, 1872-07-03

tor an inferior organization of our admins
trarlon. This, it is supposed, could have
been done if care had been taken in etfec-
ting this removal, to have the interest of
the two islands equally in view, and not
give the one all the advantage. The Sc
cond object of His ExceiIency's mission we
learn was to prepare various reforms III this
island by means OF ordinances, and in that
respect the Royal Government had drawn
his attention to three important points,
namely LIST "the condition of the large la
bouriug class of the population, involving
their instruction as we'll as their material
lie" 1t is difficult to see what inf enCo
the dry year could have on the settlement
of that point, especially when we learn
from another part of the speech that the
Government only wishes the Council to
agree with 1t III keeping up the annual con
tract. The Council and the whole mass OF
the people can easily agree to that; the
other question involved in the reorganiza-
ton OF labour, that Of the Government fix
ing a certain pay, is of much more impor-
lance, and more difficult to agree on, but
the Governor did not mention that it
seems to have been purposely avoided :.
The Governor says that the annual
contract will encourage the labourers
to greater effort, ana thus enhance
the amount of labour more than the
former regulations could allow Oft
is difficult to understand what is meant, as
the annual contract exists already, but when
we are told that the dry year should ette ctthis
arrangement, " hiCh is not even new it
becomes perfectly bewildering. One thing
is certain in this labour-act reform matter,
although not expressed, and that is that
this reform has been put up for months in
order to secure the votes of the planters
for the big salaries. In policy YOU give
and take. The planters ought to have be-
lieyel that the people in the towns were
about breaking down every thing they
have been worked upon in every possible
way to make them understand that there
would be no danger from the side of Gov
eminent and its adhercntS, but that a ter
rib.e catastfophy was impending over their
doomed heads from the town people. In
this way it was hoped that they would
have been whipped in, but they would not;
they seem to understand pretty well that
it will be for their own interest to allow
that by law which already exists in practice
at all events they have proved themselves
more determined in carrying out the neces
sary retrenchmeut than most of our town
members, and have lately, at the second dis
cussion Of tn, Draft of Ordinance regu!a-
ting the salary Of the Superior Administra-
ton, gained immense applause by their vote
for $4,000 salary to the President and no
table money, while we see some of our
popularity elected members figure along
with he Crown members. And it is to be
sincerely hoped they will not suffer them
selves to becaught IN any ofthe traps, which,
if reports speaks rightly, are being set for
them at the 3rd discussion of that Bill, a.
though Governor Billie expressly stated, we
Why have the labourers in the Country
been allowed to remain under the silly inn
preston that Governor Bile had come out
to provide better pay for them E? Ignorant
as they are, they have not understood that
the object of the intended reform was to
give them a chance of doing more work
and thus TO earn more money, thereby bene-
fitting themselves and others This was
what the liberals wished, and thus they un-
derstood Governor Bille's first speech to the