, 1868-10-23

not allow the accusation to rest without beng
recalled. He observed, that His Excellency
the Governor, when recommending the amount
proposed, had stated, that it may likely be re-
uuired nor can it be considered high on The
contrary it is low when compared with what is
expended in other countries. The cause of the
augmentation in the support during the last
years is this, hat about one year and a half
previous to the emanatlon OF the new Poor
Law no support was granted to any one. The
Burgher Council had declined TO entertain the
recommendations of the Poor Commissions,
with some few exceptions, the result of which
was, that macy paupers died, and none were
added to the existing list on the Poor-COm-
mission obtaining the right to grant support, 1t
became a matter of course, that the number of
parties relieved would increase to its former
proportion. He therefore urgently recommend
ed the proposed sum for Chri>tianSted and Ere
deriksted to the adoption of the Council.
The Speaker declared that no inSult-if this
= word must be used-had been intended to the
Poor Commissions, nor did he see how the
words Of the report could be so construed. lie
read the passage of the report in question and
added, that he thought he could declare this to
be his opinion without insulting any one; the
English version of the report was the original
in which he did not consider the Danish con-
tanned much deviation.
The 3rd n-member DuBois) observed,
that the expression 'inSult' ought not to
have been used; the word ''censure" would
have been the correct one, which opinion was
cprroborated by ;he 2nd member for Frederik-
sted's country district (knight).
The lst member for ChriStiansteds town
(Clindinen) and the 5th crown-member (Walker)
declared, that none of the members of the
Committee had any idea of insulting the Poor
Commissions.
The 2nd crown-member (Stakemann) stated,
that he had been surprised, when he read in the
newspaper the Report of the Committee and
the expressions therein contained regarding the
Poor commissions. He must say, that the
honorable LIST crOWn-member'S version OF the
passage in question was not only OVer-rated
but that in the Speakers opinion the sense IN
the Danish copy is still stranger what comes
nearest to it would be the words eff any
thing like proper discretion were used" He
must differ from one of the honorable members,
who mentioned the "English' the original
officially the Danish is the original according
to the CoIonial-laW, and at all events for the
Government in Denmark it is the only copy,
which they read. The word "~inSult" used by
the honorable crown member might perhaps be
too strong, but he himself at least must call
the cpnsure an offence to the Commissions,
and particularly to that OF Christiansted, which
in another Committee Report on the same sub
ject had been expressly pointed out as ,ne one
where am increase of expenditure had taken.
place. Now be would prove that no such in
crease has occurred. In an official State
ment Of the St. Croix Landtreasury'S ordinary
expenses in each year from 1855 to 1860" the
amounts paid to paupers in the island is put
down in 1886 at S5,l07, 81 and in 1857 at
$1,000, 81. The sum which was demanded
last year for th whole was $3.50, consequent