§ Mr. James Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, how many slaves in the Aden Protectorates had applied to representatives of Her Majesty's Government for manumission certificates in each year since 1945, respectively; how many have been granted; and how many have been refused.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 14th February, 1957; Vol. 564, c. 220],supplied the following information:
The numbers of slaves who have applied for, and have been granted. manumission are as follows:
1945 … … … … 9 1946 … … … … 6 1947 … … … … nil 1948 … … … … 3 1449 … … … … nil 1950 … … … … 1 1951 … … … … 1 1952 … … … … 14 1953 … … … … 16 1954 … … … … 3 1955 … … … … 3 None has been refused.