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• BRITISH GUIANA FIRST IEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY THIRD SESSION 1963 -1964 MINUTES of the Proceedings of the 26th Sitting of the · Assembly of the Colony of British Guiana Iegislative Order in under the British Guiana ( onstitution) Council, �t the Public Buildings, 1961, held in the Chamber of the �gislature Georgetown, Demerara, AT 2.00 P.M. in WEDNESDAY, 29TH JANUARY, 1964 PRESENT: Mr. w.o.R.

Kendall, Deputy Speaker -In the Chair• (a)Members of the Government (i)Ministers The Honourable Minister B.H.
Benn, of Agriculture, Forests and Lands.

The Honourable Ram Karran, Minister The Honourable Minister of Works and Hydraulics.

R. Chandisingh, Dr. the Honourable of Labour, Health and Housing.

Charles Jacob, Jr., Minister of Finanqe.

Dr. the Honourable F,H.W, Ramsahoye, Attorney The Honourable Minister General.

of Communication s. E.M.G.

Wilson, (ii)Parliamentary Secreta ies Mr. G. Bowman, Parliamentary Mr. L.E.

Mann, Parliamentary of Home Affairs.


Ministry Secretary to the Secretary the to Ministry Development.

of Education and Social Mr. S .M.

Saffee, Parliament of Agricultur Ministry e, Forests and _ary Secretary to the Lands.

(iii)Other Members Mr. G.L.

Robertson.

Mr. M. Bhagwan.

Mr. J.B. Caldeira.

Mr. V. Downer.

Mr. M. Hamid, J.P. Mr. D.C. Jagan.

Mr. H. Lall.

Mr. M. Shakoor.


I ••• (b)Members Constituting the Minority (i)PeoEle's National Congress Q.O • L.F. S. Burnham, Mr. Mr. J. Carter, Q,.C • Mr. N .J.

Bissember.

Mr. E.F. Correia.

I Mr. W .A.

Blair.

I Mr. R.s.s.

Hugh.

Mr. J.G.

Joaquin.

Mr. R.J" Jordan.

Mr. C.A.

Merriman.

Mr. H.M.S o Wharton.

(ii)United J!

7 orce I Mr. P.S.

d Aguiar_.

Mr, S. Campbell.

Mr. R.E.

Cheeks.

Mr. E.E.

Melville.

(iii)Ind.eEende nt Mr. B.S.

Rai.

Clerk of the legislature -Mr. E.V.

Viapree (Ag.).


Assistant Clerk of the I.egisl1ture -Mr. F.A.

Narain (Ag.).

Absent His Honour the Dr. the Honourable C.B.

Jagan, Premier and Speaker -Mr. R.B.

Gajraj -excused.

Minister of Development and Planning on leave.

I PRAYERS The Clerk read prayers.

QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS QUESTION NO.

19.


Mr. Blair asked the Minister question:- Housing the following of labour, Health and Question: Will the Minis er of Labour, Health and Housing state - were made by each of stationed (a)how many "'!,;_sits the Dispensers and Ida Sabina, Berbice River, to each of the points usually visited during thel half year ending July 31, 1963?

by them at Schepmoed I ••• -3- '.


(b)how many times di the Infant league Welfare and Maternity hold the usual Clinic at each point in the Berbice River it is usually held, during the same period?

where (c)according to the Schedule visits, how many should have been made by - of �) each of the dispensers, � (1.

1. )

the nurse during the same period?


The Minister of Labour, Health and Housing gave the following reply:- Answer: (a) 15 visits were/ made by the at Schepmoed Dispenser 11 visits by he Dispenser, Ida Sabina.

and (b)22 cltnics were held in the district.

No Schepmoed clinics as such were held in the Ida Sabin� district, but the nurse at Ida Sabina attended Ida Sabina.
to cases who came to (o)(i) By Dispenser, Schepmoed Dispensary -24 By Dispe ser, Ida Sabina -22 (ii)By Nurse, Ida Sabina -20 By Nurses, Schepmoed area -No fixed number of clinics.

S upplementary questions were asked by Mr. Blair.

PUBLIC BUSINESS fil_gi -Committee of Supply and Third Reading Item 1 - APPROPRIATION BILL, 1964 -Bill No.

38/1963 (L.A.) Assembly to resume consideration T·o APPROPRIATE THE SUPPLIES GRANTED IN THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
itself into Committee of Supply of the BILL intituled resolved AN ORDINANCE In Committee of Supply SCHEDULE AND lDRAFT ESTIMATES11964 HEAD AMOUNT 49.MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS -POST OFFICE TELECOMMUNICATION ••• $1,328,608.
S & EIECTRICAL INSPECTION -4- HEAD AMOUNT C 011si.deration of this Head was resumed and the Head with the printing which waG approved was Eassed at correction at the pre1ious sitting • • • • •• $1,328,608 50.MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS -TRANSPORT AND HARBOURS was :Q_assed as printed at 51.MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS -CIVIL AVItTION 106.

• .

• $692, This Head was under considerat ion when of the sitting the time for the suspension was reached, Assembly resumed.
Suspension of Sitting I At 4.00 p.m. the sitting was suspended for tea.

Resumption of Sitting At 4.48 p.m. the sitting was resumed.

Assembly resolved itself into Committee of Supply.

In Committee of Supply the head was passed Consideration l Head 51 was resumed and ••• as prin ed at of 52.

AtJ])IT was passed as printed at • •• 53 • PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS was pas,sed as printed at 54.PUBLIC SERVICE COMl'J.

[ISSION was passed as printed at ••• 55.
PENSIONS AN]) GRATUITIES was passed as printed at 692,106 223,414 47,165 151,622 685,428 56.PUBLIC DEBT was passed as printed at ••• 5,035,390 57.LOANS FRGM PUBLIC FUNDS At the request of the Minister the following printing approved to the Total of the Head:- corrections of Finance, were (1)Substitution 1t244,00011· for the figures 11226, ooou i:..1. the column "Approved Estimate of the figures 1963"; -5- F�AD AMOUNT (ii) of the figures 11 for the figutes 11 Substitution "226,000 11-244, 000 "Revised Estimate in the column 1963' ·.
Head 57 was then pa�sed as corrected at • • • $ 2 6 9 , 000 24.MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS -PJRINTERY ••• $550,613 On motions by the Minister, of Finance, Head 24 was recommited, amendment carried:- and the following Substi tution of the words "Printery Trainee" Apprentice" Emoluments for the word� "Printery in subhead 1 -Personal , item (3).
The Head was then passed as amended at ••• 550,613 Total of Schedule 11 11$61,441,138 The figures substituted in the total of the SCHEDULE which was thereafter passed as amen�ed.

for the figures 11$61,421,889" were then Clause 1 -was passed as printed.
Clause 2 On a motion by the Minister of Finance, the following amendment was carried:- of the words "·sixty-one Substi tution million, four hundred and forty-one thousand, one hundred and thirty-eight" million, for the words "sixty-one hundred and twenty-one thousand, hundred and eighty-nine" and sixth lines.

four eight in the fifth The Clause was then passed as amended.
Preamble - On a motion b I the Minister of Finance, the following amendments were carried:- eight hundred and forty­ of the words "sixty­ four hundred and one (i)Substitution nine million, thousand, four" for the words "sixty-nine three hundred and eighty­ million, five hundred two thousand, ninety-five" in the first and second lines; and