, 1872-03-16
ROCEEDINGS
Of the Colonial Council for st. Croix.

Continuation ofbe Meeting of h March 1w2)
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1e1 1@"as Gs 51 sb 5nd' S 5so% % ' " a5 observations f6@ i@ ssuPIFh h%ms D St h fo Tod t Isg t to o fsuss on # TIA s
B %%@% rt the o p pDposo n fno %%a s what the the T Hdninh StpGo n 1nsnU @a @ ; S@p muoh be e @ @s
ja@ has senp P@I%p% Ji how much seh# e % possibly MSA 1 expected npeaedn Tb reduced and how mch will
presenting the normal otf ug Administration o%e Island wo3 viii have to be met y the
Bringing it up to cover the expenditure; and in starring rom o@an hypothesis he Would seek
BB %gt "% &Po " n"n of o "n%d" ow 8S o @1 f%&ng &e ETsn %1 9IS he u would S% Se tIooB Budget for for
discussed 5ouss5i here 6 %s y %na 900 u Mu aw wa@ 0 the n .d%Ion " of 4s q @ono Go oumaD % % the 7sdouus
tn" expense; the result gave total sum Of about $4,000 expenditure without extraordinary out
o so%Y s 5%%I the expo o5p9 %s %op% %o With % la%s is c d5%aei 1t W SH%' there's %S are
repairs or alterations that have been Hm%@ Wanted. In ppc%eeP@ to- anawef that's sum we find avng
om n$a83l unor the TENS for the Superior Administrator then $1ia5u under he Bookkepes
Office; the ne%%nd%nSs Saving in asnHay Expenses sIoass; then there are some few
against d~soso savings must be placed certain increased expenditures which, however might possibly
a anoan%s oos ns % o abe aup % SSgIS5s, va so @ @ %o " aS @g% ps % %% sa5,f @ %@ a Top+S
povomentn the mnanoad between the towns then the big figure Go $500 under Building
5000 compared with I8I-72. If we ask now ISL possible ored@o& the expenses r the Admin
s s%o s @b 9 4 %oaI y the % op s5 % 9%S A 1%i @9 Ga@ s would % SP P@ or ' "aad @So' @s we IS ss a
d &%s some on o sa%g n %55b% /" a %%" s "S n% @" Ga5 w Va% 9dssa oo % P1" %d p %oe h he 1 A%0 naPe
b@ g D uuS T" #6 %T p% eSs o g P%a%S uaiS S% G@" occur @r i it b My @ % %t a sMe Of Of
oGoes;- HsH Military Ezpons3% 2 to 5000 dollars higher han esHna@% e Draft on the nil
dy Year. g4h@ so will "% bs Larger %5 force SP %a~p c1oS Us%GI 5oooass % tho V%1 ~ of ss mhe 80 mr A 80 mnn nS IN
s &s oo91 NJ. Dep %S Pa %y on o1y y@ @n aI e sS % 5si 9 with S s% @7 to to g Boos- asN2Ds Ss s5Ss arse 5 as
saving swings 1a %d f o9na@s @ %os e He sT5s ed by d Deg s98 ~ will IN ha SS1% a5as spf" a say Tnse of 81 s s%%S
5 6%pg an mere @ RSSe coming g5 5e", viz Z" for for Public H"fn n%0o %%f n@ ay sa%@ ' adt@ the the P Pol CO.;
Schools s% fyGT T The s9 stab IS nn %S% f. new s@$ S s4Sue an %s spe59 %9 Of more s3dss
its s% own strongest td 5s@n n%a %% to that tt tS Gdhe gonHe% men s Who had d, framed this ss 6laq nu The Town
he a5 HS%n4 to RS%se means %s s5 5s 4sR 9f I"%s 1 nn s' @b as Bsnd f aH fS do %. In doG G%s ~aG Th
1 1osssaar ss sny N eon %snils %e@ %@ Of % %s2sai %@: b% EE' Fosers OF % %% e to P5 be asd'~ on s
t @ieos. sh n S"n % about F ssogo T Sn nn SsB 55s@ 6s sS %s %H n9G IS daS 1as sFsfjoo S g as e1 1sS
s%ot and @do1 % this sum sunni iron the the s expected s1 Tg Of ss d3 9oe there will be- a s%s u say1gf
R Rs%mGT %n M% 6 ensq H@ aa B ay we G mstn NOT D se that nv we fH an 9om m at m that [SH t at once e. and
course Of S Yeas sM will t we hen 4 have "a aP Rs lm a oga,9 Certainly %Enr We We will 5 Ms d% sa much more
6 ymp Pnorga m nn sM j ay Snv e%ap to mg gS1G"fmn% n Ha 1m s"o f 1dod% H pf 4nn OF smT agt
thing is being done orhe cause fnonnsf here beanet works slowly and f@e results are not
0fhrhs and deas md in the pead Of general nOTledge But we conn now to consider how
tenn oftzadon needs to be revised and smHfed, sthat in certain respects we may arrive alta
island scarcely any heavy botbsnm df avoued by hisr%5y good circumstances it will even
calculated from the returns dhep present taxation; let unst start from this hypothesis that the