2 PART V.
The following conclusion was unanimously agreed to:—
(1) That the indiscriminate preservation of game and the
progress of native and non-native agriculture could not go
hand in hand.
(2) That evidence had been given to the Conference which
showed that in Tanganyika, and possibly other, parts of
Africa, indiscriminate game preservation was at the present
time intensifying the difficulties of the European settler and
restricting the progress of agriculture; and, further, that it
had the effect of so segregating the native that his lands were
becoming exhausted and a condition was arising leading to
his demoralisation and preventing his natural rate of increase.
CHAPTER VI,
GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF MARKETING.
Mr. KOCH read the notes* which had been submitted by the
Chiet of the Division of Agricultural Economics of the Union of South
Africa (referred to in Agenda as T.C.(C)Ag.19).
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Holm) stated that he would like to put on
record their appreciation of the interesting note which had just been
read, which indicated the wide scope of the Division of Economics in
South Africa.
Mr. SIMPSON said that in Uganda the only commodity in
regard to which they had strict marketing regulations was cotton.
With cotton they exercised a very strict control and only allowed it to
be bought by licence and at certain specified places. By this means
it was possible for any individual producer to market his own cotton
and obtain his money for it. This method had been of great benefit
in excluding many of the unnecessary middlemen.
Mr. KIRBY stated that there were three main systems of auction
markets for produce in Tanganyika :—
(1) Markets, such as that at Morogoro, where only general
produce was sold, and deliveries were sold by auction on
the previous day: this method eliminated the small
speculator.
(2) Markets which handled domestic products only, and where
each native brought his own produce to the auctioneer and
paid a small fee to the Market Master. Special regulations
were enforced as a precaution against fraud.
*, Bulk Marketing. In this case truck loads were put up for
auction, and the whole transaction was under the supervision
of the Market Master, under the Administration, natives
being paid for their quantities delivered, according to the
successful bid.
* For text of these notes see Appendix.

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