, 1872-08-24

A0i VI OONClbOt DlllC III GuC SOuiNLA iIoNS
also been refutod in almost every respect.
The Draft was referred to a committee
) Members, aud on the 22nd April it came
to a Pad discussion. The Committee for
tie first time touched upon the orsanlsa-
ton OF the Administration here, and had
agreed IN considering it necessary to have
a special Superior Magistrate but the
sense OF the Council has, however, never
been taken on that question, and the opin-
ion OF those 5 Committee Memberg, unask-
ed and unprepared as they were to
form an opinion thereon, could certain
Iy not be the expression of public
opinion and the voice of the community.
1t was publicly known here, that the late
Governor Birch had returned from Copen-
hagen with Instructions from the Homo
Government to prepare an Organisation
with a Chief Governor residing in st. Tho
mas and a Secretary or Counsellor resid-
ing IN st. Cr0iX to administrate on his be-
halt. This scheme met much approval
here. The inhabitants are unaware if the
Home Government changed those i~nstruc-
tions when sending out Governor Bile;
we are 10th to believe it, but we rather
suppose that he has been Swayed into the
new scheme, which has no doubt origina-
ted from that peculiar similarity OF opln-
ION and action which Mr.. Stakemann in
u late public meeting said there exists be-
tween himself and Mr.. Bijie.-In regard to
the question Of monoyfo the Presidents ia
bic, the Committee was divided into a Ma
jorlty of 3 and a Minority of 9; the form
er would have no such table money allow
ed, the latter recommended an allowance
OF $1,000. During the discussions on
this Report in the Colonial Coun-
Gil, Governor Billie was represented
by the deputy ~Vicegovernor Stakemann.
The proposal of the table money was
raised to the magnitude of q 6 Ca
bInet question" 1t was, however, from
the Governments bench declared hat the
Government would, in the absence of the
table money, be willing to take a salary of
$4,000 /; showing that then there was no
such great stress laid upon that table-mo-
ney allowance. But quite suddenly came
the declaration, which has since been re-
neWed, that the Government would not re-
commend the Draft to Royal sanction
without the tabIe-money allowance. Now,
where IS tho constitutional legality
OF this declaration Z Where do we find it
stipulated In the Colonial Law that the
Governments approval is necessary for the
passing aud sanctioning of a Law or Ordi-
nanco2 Whenever an Ordinance is adopt
ed by the Council, His Majesty's sanction
IS required. He may make use of His We
to; but we believe that this is on the respon-
sIbllIty OF the Constitutional Minister and
when it is borne in mind that the Govern
ment making that declaration is to all in
tents personally and monetariIy interested
in the settlement of the question, it's
voice may, all things considered, not
have such an import as ascribed to it.
The late Governor BiIle's administra-
ton has ceased, and we look now to
those temporarily acting as Administrators.
Meantime the matter was DELAYED
en- account Of the ''ungenerous'' de-
man raised from St. Thomas for those
$4,000, another result of diplomatic short
sightedaess in the Administration This
question was adjusted in a manner which
st. Crolx should never have accepted; a
right is boldly but insidiously asserted
and is kept pending against us, whereas
we should at once have obtained a
competent and final decision on it. The
amendments prepared by the Committee
ct will be distinctly remembered that the
GOVernmant DronoSod N o~onJ