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MADRAS—NILGIRIS. 
1. Unless with the sanction of Government, no person shall shoot at, 
wonnd or kill the females or immature males of any of the following animals 
within the limits of any reserved or rented forest or any fuel or fodder reserve, 
grazing-ground or area under special fire-protection :— 
(1) Bison or Gaur. 
(2) Sambur. 
(3) Spotted-deer. 
(4) Ibex. 
(5) Antelope. 
(6) Four-horned deer. 
2. Unless with the sanction of Government, no person shall kill, wound 
or shoot at any mature male sambur or spotted-deer if it is hornless or il its 
horns are in velvet. 
But any member of the Ootacamund Hunt Club may kill sambur 
brought to bay by the hounds whilst in the proper pursuit of hunting. 
This permission, however, will be subject to the control of the Collector 
of the Nilgiris, who will frame such precautionary measures as may be 
necessary. 
