, 1872-11-13
PROCEEDINGS
Of the Colonial Council FOR st. Gxoix.
pr O C EDIN S

ICOCu>m 0Ne Meeting of the DIST October 1871
81 Question dEtheing, and eventually putting an Interpolation from LIST Grown Member
Dubois concerning the supply Of wMernt the town of chrsdantvI mdFvdsdtstel
What steps has the Government taku! or intends to taken rgmdh the supply Of Water in
de towns of ChIHansd and FrdeikHeL brought under discussion in te Colonial Council on
he 18th September 1862 nd goth November 1871?
I* Crown Member (DuBo@) said that on the 1871 of September 1899 the question 9fdes
ewHh some other Members VINO We're to be appointed by the Government Tor n% purpose OF myg-
dgahg the matter and reporting thereon; but as yet We have to know .wheHNrt members
rm # A. vf hrwUr, NOTHING is Know of ne matter: and it is therefore,, he begged
90 20 nme the esnory iatread. TTee matter has assumed even grrearr Importance than previously
in y~wofu the severe drought from which We have been lately suffering and 1.-The extremely distress
ing position to which the inhabitants had been reduced under such circumstances especially wn@n
hDrmg u9der the anxiety that the small supply of waerthy got h"mHheT [Hsmghn tease Inc
r Wet Tdn NAV NOT he atnl al win samuel fFlv aSHo wafer from tho Gutter outside
the town could be made to afford s.f dent supply to the different quarters. Of deHwn. In Chris
he could not for one omentb believe, that that could aari supply for the consumption of anwn
containing 5000 souls However We have mo authority whatever on the nature of the resources
there; but the smaness of the source would seem to make it impossible to obtain any hnsh@
time reasonable supply. It's mdral circumstances, necessary I" procure information so as TO
GGm plan to secure water for consumption in times ofd"qght and for usom fires In other n@s
have mOreoverH the means of doing something in the matter for we have certain sum granted the
1hndn from the finances Of the MG Mother Country there could be no purpose more more DG mM Incl h" !" 1 "S
the original prepayment the honorable End Member for FrerIatel TFabnj. 80.
hin. at least for the pedodf from 10Th November 1871. In fact, he had zen under the impression
been made The mMtf you'd howeye' nov have his earliest attention
End Member for Ffderhtel[ FMrl as the original moposr begged to thank the honorable
it deserved and also His E1cehmy for his renewed promise t, attend to the matter soon. He
would only beg to P9to out that the proposal, in question had been 6e@h the Council in It's IN meetings g
4genhmen Me@s Sanuw, MCMILLAN, Chdnen and IkkW@mmrn Ojln with some other Mem
PLAN PLAN nS 1 wm nS Go %Smn4 m To aRRo mt ITS om members beers nm% we m y% m nn%ca EEnm1%qPT
The Vugogmr said it would be difficult 6rh lin to say who are real practice! persons in this
matter as very few people have any such qualifications fH the honorable Member as he som9ses by
practical" meant theoretical" 1t is my requisite howeve, to have ordinary practical insight
into what's required nd he could nOts@ why the honorable Member should not possess such Just
made for Member instead of Nj. MCMILLAN, WIZ is absent from the Island.
The Chairman said that according to His Excehncys promise to-day it may be expected that
the election of Members for the Commission WHbe made by the enm before G m GoumGt
ezpde@t to make an election today. OthO5e Members who we're elected on the l3hs September
then elected gentlemen be still considered as being appointed for hepmpOso nqoemjT tt which
As the Order Of The Day was exhausted the Chairman closed the meeting The day for the
next Meeting could not be fixed nov. but Members w4d H21zsH -9-na-9n1 e@9= -