, 1875-04-10

in,tanc fright on goods for public use This
the omm tee could not otherwise than ad-
nit. But from the remarks to the Money
Bill D. before us. we see that $3.50 were ex-
pended in l873-74f for freight he would not *
actly say thatthe whole Of this amount could hive
been divided into several sums under each
of the branches 10 which tho articles imported
belonged but some inform ation could have
been obtained as to the proportion in which
the expenses would fall on the leading heads,
if the Budget had been submitted in time to
allow OF investigations. There are, moreover,
under these Uncertain Expenses clas,ed items
which do not belong there, for instance, the
amounts for procuring postage stamps, stamp
paper, etc, which form OUTLAWS that are after
wards refunded, and are only temporarily
entered under this head. Then again, there
is an item $71.95 for a Copying NJ ,chne for
the Secretary's Ofi.e; this outlay does not
belong under this head, but under Off ia x-
penses for the President Secretary's Oil ,e, in
accordance with the rules observed under other
branches of the pubic Service. for Instance, if
the Judge should require such an article, it
would have to be betrayed under his ofica expan.
ses.-As regards the Money Bill for Office Ex.
penses in the Secretary'S OH, he woold re-
call to mind, that a Committee Of this Conn.
Gil had-as far as he remembered. in ADriI
l87l-referred to an agreement made he.
tween the then Governor aud the Committee
according t. which these expenses shou 4 not
exceed $1,000 p. a but we see now. that
although ST. % have been uS.d for a conving
machine under another head The item is carried
up with SI300.-Aftar these few remarks. he
would now tuin to another poiat which he thinks
it would be we'll to have discussed and d4cid d
now, if we have time tor it, viz wheel her the s.
l-A -,
not be brought in under the general means Of the
Treasury. Last year the P esident himself Dro
posed that The $4,000 SUBSIDY should ba uttered
on the Budget-Rs venu 8, to which a gooldeaI Of
OBJECTIONS were made, but more Of a formal
nature, because the amount had been entered
among the ordinary revenues, while some
would have it as an extraordinary income.
But there are other items which mi5ht he
taken in. He believed that by a Minis erial
r solution it was, during the Burgher Coun.
cl's time, decided that the capital Coined by
the sale Of militia muskets should be kept as
a separate fund for the purpose of afterwards
purchasing new militia arms but this capital
IS still kept rs a special fund after the Coioni-
vi Treasury has been esraotishel, while il seems
evident tlAt if We any line should want arms,
the expense for procuring hem must be borne
by the Colonial Treasury and must be de-
fr4yed in the same way AS OUTLAWS for uni.
forms eto.-rhen there is the s1-clllei Fund
for the eluoation of Teschers," The capital
of which, 81 1000, has for 1910 yelrs been in
vested in Estate Oxfud. IF such a Fund
really exist, it would be but natural, that the
interest on that capital should accrue to the
Fund, and not be entered, as is the cas-, among
,he general revenues of the Colonial Treasury,
He would like to see it investigated, whether
these Funds and perhaps others besides, ought
rightly to be drawn 10 under the Colonial
Treasury.
The Chairman observed that when the last
Speaker said that the remarks from the. Chair
man Of the Committee on public Accounts
on the point alluded to had been considered
out of order, that WAS not exactly so; it was
under the discussion argued that it was not
right during the revision of the Accounts to
enter into criticism of the manner in which
items were posted, after the Council had, whea
adopting the Budget, agreed that the items
were to be posted in The manner done; but il
was not considered out of order to mention the
matter.
The President would wi h regard to the
question conce ming tha separate funds, made
by the 1st Member for ,ederiksted (Sarauw)
rather reserve his answer for the Pad discus
sion on the draft, after making the necessary
Investigations. AS regards the subsidy of
$4,000, it would be Of no use now to return
20 that subject. He was still of the opinion
that the subsidy was simply in favour of the
Colonial Treasury, not for any special purpose,
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