﻿HUNTING 
  LICENSES 
  IN 
  FOREIGN 
  COUNTRIES. 
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  tax, 
  and 
  the 
  fee 
  for 
  such 
  persons 
  or 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  their 
  families 
  is 
  

   10 
  yen 
  (15). 
  Third-class 
  licenses 
  (red) 
  are 
  issued 
  to 
  persons 
  who 
  are 
  

   not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  classes. 
  All 
  these 
  licenses 
  are 
  

   printed 
  on 
  pieces 
  of 
  thin 
  cardboard 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  than 
  ordinary 
  

   postal 
  cards. 
  On 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  license 
  are 
  shown 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  

   class 
  and 
  the 
  season 
  for 
  which 
  issued; 
  the 
  status, 
  domicile, 
  occupation, 
  

   name, 
  and 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  holder; 
  and 
  the 
  seal 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture 
  and 
  commerce. 
  On 
  the 
  back 
  is 
  printed 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  

   law, 
  showing 
  the 
  close 
  seasons, 
  the 
  birds 
  protected 
  at 
  all 
  times, 
  and 
  the 
  

   conditions 
  under 
  which 
  hunting 
  is 
  permitted. 
  

  

  GERMAN 
  EAST 
  AFRICA. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  ordinance 
  of 
  July, 
  1903, 
  hunting 
  licenses 
  are 
  required 
  in 
  

   the 
  German 
  East 
  African 
  hunting 
  district. 
  The 
  fee 
  is 
  10 
  rupees 
  a 
  

   ($3.25), 
  but 
  applicants 
  who 
  have 
  no 
  permanent 
  residence 
  in 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  500 
  rupees 
  before 
  the 
  license 
  

   is 
  issued. 
  In 
  addition, 
  special 
  fees 
  are 
  required 
  for 
  hunting 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  kinds 
  of 
  game: 
  1 
  rupee 
  for 
  each 
  dwarf 
  antelope; 
  3 
  rupees 
  for 
  

   each 
  gnu, 
  hartebeest, 
  waterbok, 
  rappenantilope, 
  certain 
  other 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  antelope, 
  4mdu, 
  oryx, 
  ape 
  (Colobus), 
  or 
  marabu; 
  10 
  rupees 
  for 
  each 
  

   leopard; 
  20 
  rupees 
  for 
  each 
  buffalo, 
  hippopotamus, 
  or 
  lion; 
  30 
  rupees 
  

   for 
  each 
  rhinoceros, 
  and 
  100 
  rupees 
  for 
  each 
  elephant. 
  

  

  These 
  licenses 
  are 
  good 
  only 
  during 
  the 
  calendar 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  

   issued, 
  are 
  not 
  transferable, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  refused 
  to 
  applicants 
  who, 
  

   during 
  the 
  five 
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  r 
  ears 
  preceding 
  their 
  application, 
  have 
  been 
  guilty 
  of 
  

   violating 
  the 
  game 
  or 
  certain 
  other 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  

  

  GERMAN 
  SOUTHWEST 
  AFRICA. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  ordinance 
  of 
  1902 
  licenses 
  are 
  issued 
  under 
  certain 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  for 
  hunting 
  in 
  German 
  Southwest 
  Africa. 
  As 
  in 
  similar 
  cases 
  

   elsewhere, 
  these 
  licenses 
  are 
  issued 
  for 
  one 
  year, 
  are 
  valid 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  hunting 
  district, 
  are 
  not 
  transferable, 
  and 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   the 
  district 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  person 
  is 
  a 
  resident. 
  The 
  fee 
  is 
  30 
  marks 
  

   ($7.50). 
  If 
  the 
  applicant 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  permits 
  may 
  

   be 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  government. 
  When 
  hunting 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  a 
  regular 
  expedition 
  a 
  special 
  license 
  must 
  be 
  obtained, 
  

   the 
  fee 
  for 
  which 
  is 
  1,000 
  marks 
  ($250) 
  per 
  year 
  unless 
  suspended 
  by 
  

   special 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  government. 
  

  

  SUDAN. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Sudan 
  two 
  forms 
  of 
  licenses 
  are 
  issued 
  for 
  hunting. 
  License 
  

   A 
  costs 
  £25 
  ($125), 
  and 
  entitles 
  the 
  holder 
  to 
  capture 
  or 
  kill 
  a 
  limited 
  

   number 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  rarer 
  species 
  of 
  big 
  

  

  «The 
  rupee 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  about 
  32| 
  cents. 
  

  

  