Preamble, The Diamond Agreements Shor: ti~Ie

CHAPTER 207. DIAMOND AGREEMENTS AND LICENCE (RATIFICATION). An Ordinance to Ratify and Confirm two Agreements and a 22 of 1935. Licence to regulate the Mining and Sale of Diamond. [1ST JULY, 1933.] WHEREAS an agreement was made on the 5th day of October, 1934, between the Crown Agents for the Colonies on behalf of Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson, Governor of the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone of the one part and Consolidated Mrican Selection Trust Limited of the other part which agreement is set out in the First Schedule: AND WHEREAS an agreement was made on the 15th day of April, 1935, between the Crown Agents for the Colonies on behalf of Henry Monck-Mason Moore Esquire, Governor of the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone of the first part, the Consolidated African Selection Trust Limited of the second part and the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Limited of the third part which agreement is set out in the Second Schedule: AND WHEREAS on the 20th day of October, 1934, in compliance with the agreement set out in the First Schedule the licence set out in the Schedule to the said agreement was granted by Thomas Nelson Goddard Esquire, Acting Governor of the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone to the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Limited: AND WHEREAS the said Licence must in accordance with its terms be ratified and confirmed by legislation: AND WHEREAS it is desirable that the agreements aforesaid should be so ratified and confirmed: Now THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of Sierra Leone, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-