, 1875-09-29

penses -.------ Sl,2l7.00.
. amount refunded by
Governor Garde through
the Colonial Treasury
of st. Thomas : 1876. 1,0SS.S4
From the Ledger it appears that $42.5O of
this sum has been expended for Dietary
and Travelling ExpenseT for officials in
the Island.
AS, however, these sums seem not to agree
with what has been impaired to the Council
on other occasions, for instance in the remarks
to the Money Bill Item D. 3 for 1928,
where mention is made also of travelling ex-
penses for Governor Billie and Of the outlay
for the equipment of his Secretary, Mr.. Andra,
the Committee has applied to the Presidency
for information in this respect, and especially
with reference to the amount actually expend-
ed for account of the Colonial Treasury, what
portion thereof d~evolves on st. Croix Colonial
Treasury, and with what warrant such expen-
ses have been betrayed from the said
Treasury.
The Presidency has in reply thereto, by
letters Of 18th February and 29th July q. c.,
communicated the following
On the 10th May 1871 there was betrayed
by the Chief Treasury in Copenhagen, for ira
yelling expenses for His Maj 'sty's Commissioner
Extraordinary, Chamberlain Billie - 1000 Ri.
for equipment of his Secretary,
Cand. Juris Andre 400 "
24O0 Rds.
In the Account Current between the Chief
Treasury and the Colonial Treasures for the
Financial Year l870-7I, which was transmitted
to the Government by the Ministry's letter
of 18th jana 1871, No lis, the said amount
was divided between the two Colonial Urea
cnrinc the half zach Tina Communal Accounts
for 1870 II had, however, been closed before
information of said expense arrived here, and
pursuant to the Revisor's Decision to Post
3 6 B. of the Annotations to St. Cr0iX
Ledger for the said year, the portion falling on
st. Croix of said amount, viz 1900 Rixdollars
or S640, was carried to expenditure here and
entered among Expenses for Building and
other Uncertain Expenses in 1928, and
the amount is included in the total sum which
St. Croix Colonial Treasury at the close
of 1901 owed the Chief Treasury in
Copenhagen for Expenditures incurred for the
Colonial Treasury. Tn the Account-E Extracts
for l67O-71 prepared by the Colonial Depart
ment in Copenhagen and subsequently revised
in the Colonial Council, tbs aforesaid amount
has, however, been entered sub Item A: The
Superior Administration in he Mothercountry,
and not under Uncertain Expenses as was
the case in the Extracts for 1928 prepared
by the Royal Bookkeeper here. This latter
mode of entry is, however, the one followed
by the Presidency when giving the statement
contained in the Remarks to the Money Bill
Item d. 3 for 1874-75.
With regard to the question of the warrant,
wherewith the amount has been charged to
the Colonial Treasury, it has been explained
that those expenses, as far as those for the
Royal Commissioner and his Secretary are
concerned, have been betrayed in virtue of
a Royal Resolution of 18th October 1949,
and as far as the present Governor
is concerned, in virtue Of Royal Resolu-
ton of 4th May 1872.
st. Croix 10th August 1875.
G. SARAUW. L.. FABER.
1st Member for Frederiksted (SGrauvJ as
Speaker of the Committee would first make an
excuse for the long delay 10 rendering the re-
port. The Committee had in March last hand.
ed its report, but was afterwards informed by
the Presidency that some of the Information
given the Committee by the Presidency
was not complete the Committee therefore
withdrew that report, and subsequently,
after obtaining further calculations, rendered
the Report now before the Council.-He would
then beg to refer to the contents thereof, which
he further explained. In reference to the amount
betrayed under Uncertain Expenses for travelling
expenses and dietary for Chamberlain Billie and
his Secretary, as we'll as for Governor Garde,
it would be remembered that on several ocoa-