§ SIR CLEMENT HILLTo ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, what sums have been taken, in the Estimates of the current year, towards the protection of game animals in the East Africa and Uganda Protectorates, respectively; what staff will be apportioned to either protectorate, and how soon the members will be appointed; and where it is proposed that the various officers should be stationed.
§ (Answered by Mr. Churchill) A sum of £2,370 for the preservation of game has been provided in the Estimates of the East Africa Protectorate for the current year. The rangers, whose salaries are to be paid from this sum, will all be; stationed in the East Africa Protectorate, 1040 and they will be appointed as soon as possible. I am unable to say where they will be stationed. With regard to the Uganda Protectorate no provision has been made in the Estimates for the current year for the preservation of game, and I would refer the hon. Member to the despatch from the late Commissioner of the 1st of November, 1905, which is printed in the Parliamentary Paper [Cd. 3189]. In that despatch Colonel Hayes-Sadler said that it would not be possible to police the Uganda reserves without incurring expense, which, under the circumstances, he did not consider justified, the sanctity of the reserves being fully respected as it is.