Establishment of the British Protectorate and further land acquisition (1895) In August 1895, an Order-in-Council was issued in Britain authorising the Colony to make laws for the territory around it, extending out to the agreed-upon boundary (which corresponds closely to that of present-day Sierra Leone). On 31 August 1896, a Proclamation was issued in the Colony declaring that territory to be a British Protectorate. The Colony remained a distinct political entity; the Protectorate was governed from it.
Establishment of the British Protectorate and further land acquisition (1895) In August 1895 an Order-in-Council was issued in Britain authorising the Colony to make laws for the territory around it extending out to the agreed-upon boundary (which corresponds closely to that of present-day Sierra Leone) On 31 August 1896 a Proclamation was issued in the Colony declaring that territory to be a British Protectorate The Colony remained a distinct political entity; the Protectorate was governed from it