364 GAME RESERVES 



I do not suppose that such measures are ever 

 taken without grave reflection, nor do I imagine 

 for one moment that any one of our hard-worked 

 administrators ever dreamed of sacrificing the 

 sanctity of game reserves or the lives of their 

 occupants without feeling convinced that he was 

 actuated by good and sufficient reason. But I 

 would beg leave to suggest that before any de- 

 finite step is irrevocably taken that such section 

 of public opinion as might have interested itself 

 in the more complex aspects of game preserva- 

 tion should be consulted in an advisory capacity. 

 This would do no harm, and might very con- 

 ceivably greatly strengthen the action of the 

 chief authority, should it be at any time called 

 in question. 



