Kamerun license fees

[grand veneur]

Decree of 1892 by the Governor of Cameroon concerning fees for commercial hunting of elephants and hippos.

 

[Pablo]

Can someone translate this?

 

[grand veneur]

Ordinance of the Imperial Governor of Cameroon concerning the hunting of elephants and hippos.

§ 1

Anyone who hunts elephants or hippos commercially or has them hunted commercially must first obtain a permit (§ 2).
The same applies to persons who are in the protectorate without being in the service of the protectorate or the German Empire or to a company, a commercial organization, or mission located in the protectorate, if they wish to hunt such game.

§ 2

The permit is issued by the Imperial Government for a specific period of time to be specified within the same period.
The fee to be paid for this is:

In the case of § 1/1, 2,000–5,000 Marks
In the case of § 1/2, 200–5,000 Marks

§ 3

Violations of § 1/1 are punishable by a fine of 1,000–5,000 Marks, and violations of § 1/2 are punishable by a fine of 100–5,000 Marks.
In addition to the fine, the unpaid fee (§ 2) must be subsequently collected from the convicted person. In addition to the penalty, the confiscation of the rifle carried by the offender during the unauthorized hunt may also be imposed.

§ 4

An uncollectible fine shall be converted into imprisonment for up to three months.

§ 5

The Governor reserves the right to issue permits free of charge to researchers to whom § 1/2 applies.

& 6

This decree shall enter into force on January 1, 1893, for the Cameroon Protectorate.

Cameroon, November 29, 1892

The Imperial Governor
Zimmerer

 

[PrechtlM98]

Pretty interessting. 1 Mark 1889 would be arround 8€ today. So a commercial
hunting licence was between 16000€ and 40000€. Very much money in that time.
@grandveneur, have you got more info how many Elephants they could take with that
licence?

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

I wonder what the price of ivory was per pound or kg back then? Thanks for sharing. Very interesting

 

[grand veneur]

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@grandveneur, have you got more info how many Elephants they could take with that
licence?

No, unfortunately not, but if you look at the amount of ivory exported from Cameroon at the time, the shooting of elephants has been pretty much unlimited. It is about commercial hunting, no trophy hunting for clients.

 

[Philip Glass]

This is very interesting. There was at least some regulation way back then.