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Nyanza (in Chagwe, occasionally, coming within four days' 

 journey of Kampala). There appear to be plenty in the 

 forest district round Kivari, between the Mpango river and 

 Ruwenzori, and, as I have mentioned, they are always to 

 be found somewhere between Chukarongo and Kasagama's 

 on the east side of the mountain. A few probably still 

 exist on the Nyamgassa river, a little north of the Salt 

 lake. There are also a few on the eastern shore of the 

 Albert Edward Nyanza, north-west of Makowalli's, and a 

 little south-east of my route. This probably exhausts the 

 localities for the East African sphere, unless some are still 

 left on Kilimandjaro. 



In the German sphere of influence there may be some 

 on Kilimandjaro, but they are probably completely absent 

 now from Karagwe, Urundi, and the whole eastern shore 

 of Tanganyika. 



The number remaining in the Congo country I cannot 

 estimate, but there is a very rich ivory country lying 

 between 2 and 6 degrees S. latitude, close to the border of 

 the German sphere, and which is most easily reached 

 from the north end of Tanganyika. 



In British Central Africa elephants probably exist along 

 the western border, from Lake Moero through the Angoni 

 country, and possibly down to the Zambesi. The few 

 remaining on Mlanje, and along the Lower Shire river, 

 will almost certainly be soon exterminated. 



This southern ivory is said to be worth a third more 

 than the hard " gendi" ivory of Unyoro. 



The value varies very greatly from 120 to 180 dollars 

 per frasila of 35 lbs. One tusk is said to have scaled 

 215 lbs., but usually they are from 50 to 70 lbs. weight. 



Now, in estimating the amount of ivory to be expected 

 in the future, one must carefully distinguish between the 

 annual supply due to elephants shot, and the much larger 

 amount which is obtained by buying the accumulations, 

 often of many generations, of native chiefs. These stores 

 may still yield a certain supply for perhaps ten years 



