CONTENTS. 
1. DESPATCH FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 
THE COLONIES TO THE GOVERNOR OF SIERRA 
LEONE vee . wr “53 
Extractfrom letter from the Secretary-Genera 
of the League of Nations to the Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs ve. - 
2. DESPATCH FROM THE GOVERNOR OF SIERRA 
LEONE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE 
COLONIES ... ves sa we _ = 
3. ExTrACT FROM DESPATCH FROM THE GOVERNOR 
OF SIERRA LEONE TO THE SECRETARY OF 
STATE ¥OR THE COLONIES os I. vee 
Protectorate of Sierra Leone Redemption 
Certificate for redeemed slaves  ... we 
Leading Article in the “ Sierra Leone Weekly 
News” ves cer aes yas vas 
Ordinance declaring the abolition of the legal 
status of slavery in the Protectorate of 
Nigeria - are i Fo vee 
Number of slaves redeemed in the Protec 
torate since the formation of the Protec 
torate into Provinces (i.e., from 1st Jan: 
nary, 1920, to September, 1922) ... “rs 
Minute by Captain W. B. Stanley ... vue 
4. MiNuTE BY CapTaiN W. B. STANLEY .. ive 
5. DESPATCH FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 
THE COLONIES TO THE GOVERNOR OF SIERRA 
LEONE we s* ses sha e ve 
East India Company's Act, No. V of 1843 ... 
6. DESPATCH FROM THE GOVERNOR OF SIERRA 
LEONE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE 
CoLoNIES ... pa I. ce vee ee 
Protectorate (No. 2) (Amendment) Ordi- 
nance, 1926 ... - es pa wn 
Report by the Attorney-General of Sierra 
Leone on the above Ordinance ... she 
Letter from the Provincial. Commissioner, 
Southern Province, to the Colonial Secre- 
tary, Freetown ny ane hp ini 
Report of Speeches of two Paramount 
Chiefs during ‘the second reading of the 
Bill .., vee vee ee es I. 
wetter from the Colonial Secretary, Sierra 
Leone. to the Provincial Commissioners 
7. DESPATCH FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 
THE COLONIES TO THE OFFICER ADMINISTER- 
ING THE (GOVERNMENT OP SIERRA LEONE .. 
8. TELEGRAM FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 
THE COLONIES TO THE OFFICER ADMINISTER- 
ING THE GOVERNMENT OF SIFRz2A LUEONE ... 
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27th March, 1924 
29nd December, 1923 
30th April, 1924 
20th June, 1924 
.. 35 
30th September, 1922 36 
31st August, 1916 37 
i 5% «.. 38 
9th October, 1923 38 
4th October. 1924 49 
7th September, 1325 51 
... 52 
12th April, 1926 53 
14th April, 1926 55 
31st March. 1926 56 
7th January, 1926 57 
roe ... 58 
10th April, 1926 60 
{7th Mav, 1926 61 
27th Julv. 19927 61