§ MR. WODEHOUSEasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether further progress has been made towards the complete abolition of slavery in the Protected Malay States?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYAll slave debtors became free in Perak on January 1st of this year, so that slavery of any description is now illegal there, as it 670 already was in Selangor and Sungei Ujong. This emancipation has been accomplished without difficulty and at a small expense to the State, owing to the praiseworthy co-operation of the chief people. Most of the masters refused to accept payment and liberated their slaves voluntarily, following the notable example of His Highness Rajah Idris, Chief Justice of Perak.