English Translation

Ot teln moved to Brno: 149 slaughtered pigs, 7 calves, 155 kg of land butter, 80 shock eggs, 28 talents of legumes, 17 talents of cereals, 1 talents of meat, 15 kg of fat, 35 slaughtered geese, 4 talents of maize. These quantities were admitted by the accused, but it is certain that the actual quantities are far higher. Among the accused there is also a mayor of a village in the district of Hrotto- witz, further among the Brünn customers there are 10 Czech employees of the Protectorate police. On April and April, a large raid was carried out in the area of the Protectorate, using police, gendarmerie, price control authority and agricultural control bodies, which had a good success. From 1-20.4. l303 criminals were reimbursed, in the same time 257l block penalties were imposed for a total of 377 950 K. The experience gained so far has confirmed that the trade in creeps is camouflaged in large circles by the Czechs with a national coat and that, for this reason, all defensive measures are already on a closed front of the Czech. With effect from 1 April d.J., the new hunting law has come into force on an autonomous basis. Essentially, it is similar to the Reichsjagdgesetz. Although it has no war economic significance, it creates a new legal basis for hunting that is worth welcoming. The resistance of the Czech side (Ministry of the Interior) to this law was great, because the implementation is not the task of the autonomous Czech administrative authorities, but of the forest authorities under German presiding authority. In addition to purely jäglicher improvements, this law also creates better political conditions for the German hunting industry in the Prot ktorat. On the basis of this law, the possibility exists, above all, to issue a gun passport and the hunting card. Czechs to refuse and to assign hunting to a larger extent to German interested parties. In the commercial sector, the elimination of political events revealed an increased, obviously organised boycott against German customers, both in wholesale and retail trade.