Rhino horn smuggling from Kenya into Italian territory continued unabated. Important was the capture of a consignment of rhino horn at Malindi. There were 218 horns, weighing 955 lb, worth some ?600. The conviction of the owner, a Barawa, who is still paying instalments of his fine which amounted to ?560, led to the break-up of the gang, of which he was chief, and the conviction of 14 of his fellows. The headquarters of his organization was at Mariakani, a village which has long been notorious for the facilities it offers, lying as it does at the junction of three districts, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale. Another haul of 38 horns was made in Nairobi. A third attempt was on information about a certain shop in the Masai reserve, a couple of miles from Konza station. We only found the nasal bone of a rhino.
At the request of the local inhabitants, the department undertook to attempt to reduce the number of forest rhino in the Nyeri area, where they had been for some time a source of danger and annoyance. The first gentleman to undertake the business on our behalf killed two. Mr Isaac Engelbrecht the volunteered and succeeded in killing 26. He is greatly to be congratulated that he did not leave a single animal wounded.
Imports from Italian Somaliland ports into Zanzibar, Rhino horn 1929 27 cwt 1930 24 cwt
