1 OCTOBER 1927, Page 2

No time has been lost by the Sierra Leone Legislative

Council in remedying the defective Ordinance_ which made it possible for a recent judgment to recognize salvery in the Sierra Leone Protectorate. There is, of course, no slavery in the Colony, but it has been an immemorial native custom in -the Protectorate. On Thursday, September 22nd, the Legislative Council unanimously passed a new Ordinance making it clear that every slave can claim his liberty and that the owners have no right of compensation. The Ordinance will come into effect on January 1st.