the development of the territory involved? Is it intended to 
supplement the measures already taken by any further Govern- 
mental action? 
The Council hopes that replies to the above questions may be 
received before 1st June, 1924, in order that further steps may, if 
necessary, be taken before the next Assembly to comply with the 
hopes unanimously expressed by the Fourth Assembly in its resolu- 
tion of 28th September, 1923. 
1 have, ete., 
Eric DRUMMOND, 
Secretary-General. 
The Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 
Foreign Office, 
London, S.W. 
No. 2. 
Despatch from the Governor of Sierra Leone to the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies. 
Government House, 
Sierra Leone, 
30th Aboril. 1994 
SIR, 
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch 
of the 27th March last” transmitting an extract from a letter from 
the Secretary-General of the League of Nations regarding an inquiry 
which the League is conducting into the question of slavery. 
2. By section thirty-six of Ordinance 33 of 1901} all dealing in 
slaves in the Protectorate of Sierra Leone is unlawful, and all 
transactions and contracts for effecting the transfer of slaves in the 
Protectorate, and all bequests of slaves, are absolutely void. 
Section thirty-seven] of the Ordinance provides as follows — 
"Every slave or other person who shall be brought or 
induced to come within the limits of the Protectorate in order 
that such person shall be dealt or traded in, sold, purchased, 
transferred, taken or received as a slave, or placed in servitude. 
or transferred as a pledge or security for debt. shall be and is 
hereby declared to be free *’ 
Under section thirty-eight§ of the Ordinance :— 
“ Every slave within the limits of the Protectorate shall. 
on payment made by him or on his behalf to his owner or 
master of such sum as mav be fixed bv the Gavernor (not 
* No. 1. + Now Section 5 of Cap. 167. I Now Section 6. 
-§ Now section 7. 
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