, 1872-03-02

the Desirable interest III CC CFOlX anu the ne
cessary intimate knowledge Of our special
relations and we suppose the labour-rela-
tions were the chief object in view. But
we venture to say that after an almost en-
tire separation in administrative and finan-
cial concerns from St. Thomas, the duties
and functions Of the Administrative De-
partmentS will be so limited as to render
it entirely superfluous, and to a certain
extent even prejudicial to have a special
Superior Administrative Official, claiming
all the outward d~i9nities Of the Governor,
who will either, like the late Governor
Birch, consider it his highest duty to do
every thing himself, leaving the Secretary
the agreeable duty Of drawing his salary
once a month,-or theremay bean exchange
of parts Why the Secretary, in those cases
that must be submitted to the Governor
at st Thomas would not equally as well
make his representation direct to him, in
stead OF having to lay the circumstances
before the local Superior, to take his opln-
ion, and then write to the Governor, we
are unable to perceive We can not
see why the Secretary can not impart to
theGoyernOr thesame amounted knowledge
of the special detailed requirements Of St.
Cr0iX, as that he sets before the local Su-
perior; = nor can we discern any reason
able cause to expect hat the Governor
would be having more interest in our con-
Germs, because he had a Vicegovernor here,
and the amount of interest in both Cover
nor and Vicegoyernor must altogether de-
pend onthe respective objects they haven
view self = ACKNOWLEDGMENT, merCenary
considerations or real inward zeal for the
Celony's good. When the new Labour Re
guiatlonS Gmanate, it is to be hoped that
me now frequent occasions for personal
intervention in labour = relations will have
disappeared. AS for the meetings of the Co.
lonial Council, the Governor could come
over personally, Or be Just as we'll repre-
sented by the Secretary And as re-
CARDS the representation that will OF
course be given up; but all the better.
We must confess that ever since we heard
mention made ofthe plan of removing this
Government to st. Thomas, and committing
the local Administrations a Secretary fur
nished with more extended power Of action,
and with monthly visits of the Governor,
- we were inclined to favour it, and the
!HcEc we nave ltlICCICu OH III dtlu iIcdiU GtiC
opionions Of others, the more have we
grown attached to it and, if we are not
mistaken, this idea of the late Governor
Birch was favourably entertained by the
respective Commissions Of 1870 in st. Croix
and st. Thomas and was even communica-
ted to the Committee of the Diet on Colo
NAL matters in 1870 (see its Report).
There might be some Planters still wish
full to have a local Governor, by whom
they are sure that their interest will be
served by high-handed measures in their
individual favour but we do nope that
the rule Of pIantocratism has ceased or is
on the eve of ceasing. There might be
some Officials, who would like to have a
local superior, to whom they could run
up and talk their cases, and gu whom they
could throw the responsibility for their
actions, or from whom they could expect
some screen in negligence of duty but it
is to be hoped that the number of those is
but small. Nevertheless, it is but too pos
sible that these two parties, when united,
will in the Colonial Council carry their
view. We know nothing to set against it,
than either the resolutions of a public meet
ing convened for the purpose of considering