, 1874-04-22
PROCEEDINGS
Of the Colonial Council for st. Croix.
MEETING OF 18TH APRIL 1874.

Continuation Of 1t Discussion on Draft of Budget for St. Oux for the Financial Year 1877. rs
The President: The Draft Of Buaga which he hd the honour to introduce to the Colonial
and everybody who know the circumstances will lot be at los to asedbe the very unsatisfactory
% ap%"a a% sy t 5saaI5a o od 65 do a H'I I VII 4 % Ps se@ G &S4 %ea amount 4 S9 " Sf%o saG 6%h g2a n%d h 95 f s5
a ah %%5 after @sS %5"s @ta % Ba 59S@4 as%7t ds a ns1 o ae it o 1' pg sa%s3 5 HsS55 h hs s .' ct. 5o
tnod@ the Draft budget % this Eer As ahYaly sthedm several previous occasions the
TTtntae sanction Of His Majesty, in hems way as all Other Other means ms of te Colonial Treasury.
d%gmT A %s ~%pna@ @ psr@%a5 fund; but still he had never at am dno considered it otherwise
h man % an " f@ or IRE nD %% em 40 % "b r@%E H n% as Im% 59 A~ 0 general S% GT of oH the " r@nnfd
treasury was BY entering 6n this D@55} and the amount is a part Of the To@mys properly
hm&tJ beaded to The general funds S%vb1s% %%s the a amount is now n no income strictly
s %%4%,a S% was mo mo oH oh %N ~E @ o %%m ut n" a a%2 via o %a said d9 @35 $685. 5 Ta sn5 5 5Tv@ ts
~% 4n @e !" $i5 d9 ls %9o' I'M FOUND u" " fmra {" "pB fs is @a ds4anT " nS ST@S @cb f fo BE-
ssrS T@s a s S % a% 4Shr i a b ut r @m t"t4 That m g cz@ 1S anal hi f%@ 9f % td "a t S pubf Go
a S veil "a % G @@s 4 Is.G % ed @@l @ o@2 e d A He en %9i%S 5 ag d %S coming .@3 s ysr % .R En a d%fde smg
F%% % and as little as as he 5000 i paper G Could s%%E come among the revenues 50 little
s@. 'T Ss si 2% BE S, ss%9 s o%Sn oS %4 he @d n@roon Ii " aps "s@s s v G5' r in s %' on r5
p p@Hc izpa25a nS & re en a sy % r o Keep as n%S ass @s H%" on | &ss a side @oG ;TG@aTTs@ n the the oo one
side not toe aggs"9 the revenue but on The %%n% side side %sae the M ssp @tms with with. as as high a
r rSSt ." yo% IN P %@pe % % v a% b % |% & T% %d % 1@ %%" Of P9 % year 59E5 ~Ges the i" re" "w S%" had "Id
Stated the time as %%s probable il" @t tGH y@! be increased But the actual revenue
nature .. the present one; therefore he qd not mention 4 that t result @r Ms purpose of creating hopes
%y H% @as s"G, IS r% s n% p S%% o os "g n @." Ths o% Mi en S% r he at ger T So 9@ en
4 4D@9so %6@ 4" and p %qo& % 5li IN %s B @%s e it $Ioo9 d By St. ST. 4 T%"a o o@%y treasury "S y a md
oT9os Bureau claims Will come in during the Year,: lie He %Dt believe The last financial " year
8o5@5 s% IL 3 comm coming crop Wilt ys @oH Out here "S Tq5J g@5 out that { sn5s oSs
Very late an the whole revenue from tn crop will come min All the FINANCIAL year IS14-15 Stbe
o o%%o IN in m %s g@ y %: GTSIs own Impression that the Absentee ak is posted With b higher
1eu i%% va less certain than nov what the result Of the crop would BE- and hopes were en-
IE@a"ss former formerly T T5ongng to Absences hs come into possession Of resident pcpaao~j; on the
s' There T5s%~ as %o1er" point to T%I @ T%q cali attention }E that smdsr The Item q,
there had been % calculated %a 4%d on the interest," %r 1a 5 $4o due 5 by a party part .n in E5i %fh sdT T1sn h hd 5n
years viii make amends for the soGGoss Of the present Year. and he saw no cause to dsspad
pa lt H MEM t for cnf h". @1 1L sF %% 6 6%@9 S9 s ob GS SSI f 5j 5@ 5@%n @f " % f 36D pts
osl74@8 %%m Expenditure of&l75%h consequently e4u deficit deficit Of 3LiS6; this bromo me includes
the the S G@t % @ S m mo de6d Gr ec ! Ts SUBSIDY 5% loon gd% % !" "@ oa8 g""Hy already "% "m aa ang pamo ON
S sLao ai 1@ % 4% T% nsr5 y" n @%o % NOT 5% % %s eIa among 1og the @ "y sa% a he I"%y for T the
no mention " the interest calculated sub { ! on bureau P%s and on lo portion Of tbesnbsdy
Pfo he Remarks to the Rsvg5o qhapo, showing E $1,000 nwyenuss above h 9S Sma year.,
there % will rather I%@s $780, 900 f fgo f iae f" %m from 9m the e $fS 5r p F9 g 6 f&'% s be d a%e ned@ tn% "f
the RemarHu fWHng to this point not very clear, owing to tem miscellaneous occurring; on the