amljtt a Jttenojjrae JHagapux. 
EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN 
No. 11.— Vol. 3. 
LONDON, MARCH, 1918. 
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INTRODUCTORY. 
" Hamlyn 's Menagerie Magazine" will shortly 
be entering its fourth year of publication. 
It has managed to pull through, but only- 
after serious troubles and worries incidental to 
business life during this terrible war. To> all my 
readers I would say that if this Magazine has met 
with your approval mention it 1o your friends, for 
it is of the utmost importance that, with the in- 
creased cost of paper and printing, an increased 
list of Subscribers is absolutely essential to carry 
on. I shall be pleased to receive the annual sub- 
scriptions which are now due. 
The Wild Animal Trade is, for the time being, 
dead. Imports are restricted. I receive offers of 
stock from all parts of the world. Calcutta actual- 
ly offers twenty Pandas, one hundred rare Phea- 
sants, six Tigers, with two baby Elephants. For 
any dealer to hold twenty Pandas constitutes a 
record, and must prove a very interesting sight 
in captivity. These animals are known as Cat- 
bears, coming down annually to Calcutta from 
Thibet, with numbers of birds. 
There will be a tremendous rush of live stock 
home when times come normal. Freights will 
doubtless remain high for some considerable time. 
The charges are absolutely prohibited. The Port 
of London have their own peculiar idea off charges 
on wild animals. Being the greatest city in the 
world, they decided in their wisdom to have the 
greatest charges possible without rhyme or rea- 
son. The London Authority's standpoint has al- 
ways been : "Take it or leave it. We are Lon- 
don !" The only port in the whole civilized world 
to impose harsh unjustifiable charges on this trade. 
Having had forty years experience in the London 
Docks I speak with authority. In many cases 
the charges are more than the actual freight, but 
the callous audacity of the whole affair is that 
they render no> service whatever for these so- 
called charges. 
Let me give a few instances. If you have a 
box of Mongooses arrive, say thirty in the box, 
the charges are as follows: — 1/3 for the first 
Mongoose, and half price the remainder each; that 
makes out 19/5 charges on a very small box easily 
carried by one person. Take a box of Monkeys. 
First Monkey ninepence, remainder half price; so 
if you have a box of twenty it works out at about 
7/11. Please understand you walk on board and 
take the box with you. There is no service by 
the Authority whatever. On a Bullock they charge 
5/-, on a baby Hyaena 5/-. There is no compari- 
son in these charges. For a Giraffe, value say 
^,'200, charges 5/-; for a Wolf, value say £.6, 
charges 5/-; and so on. 
Sometime back I had a consignment arrive 
in the Tilbury Docks from Calcutta. The New 
York steamer was sailing the same day from the 
opposite jetty. 
