, 1875-06-23
The "AVIS."
GHRHSTFANSTED. ST. &R9Ex.
Wednesday June 23rd 1875.

The Colonial Council held an eXtraoFdl-
nary meeting on Monday.
The patents of nomination for Messrs
Willemoes and Hvid, as respectively End
and 4th Crown Members, were examined
and found in order. The first item on
the order Of day was election of Members
for the Enrolling Commissions for the
Brand Companies. Messrs. Fr6rup and
Flynn were elected respectively for Chris
tiansted and Frederiksted.
Number 2 was 1st Discussion on
Money Bill for $24, 900 Bureau Advances
for July, August and September q. C.
The President explained that it was
necessary this year to limit the Bureau
Advances as much as possible, owing to
the scant resources Of the Colonial Trea'
sury, and as it cannot be expected that the
State Treasury will come to the assistance
of estates again this year. The e~xtraor-
binary circumstances last year rendered it
unavOidably necessary for that Treasury,
in order to maintain the whole establish
ment, to give such assistance, but those
circumstances do not exist this year,
besides which the Home Government has
already indicated the way in which
estates and the whole island may
be assisted in the best and most
effective manner, viz. by improvement in
themanufacture Of our staple, and has
even gone so far as to ofer-together
! with influential men in Denmark-to
assist, pecuniarily, the island for that pur-
pose. If we refuse the hand held out to
us, how can we expect that the Home
Government will still be willing to come
to our assistance when we cry out for
help? 1t will thus be seen how little
chance there is of a continuance Of the
Bureau, still the Presidency and the Gov
eminent will do all in their power to OBJ
tain the most needful assistance. But it
is necessary to confne this assistance with
in the most limited bounds, which, as
stated in the remarks to the Draft will be
done, in the first place, by combining the
advances from the Treasury to money
wages for the labourers alone,-the other
supplies being obtained from the merchants
on collateral security in the crop along
with the Colonial Treasury-and secondly
by limiting the number Of planters to be
assisted to what is absolutely necessary.
In this way there will be required about
$4,000 from the Colonial Treasury for the
0months up to 31st March next year. The
$4,000 mentioned in the Bill for July
Sept. will be raised by means of a portion
of the loan from the State Treasury for the
last year, and which will not become due
for repayment before April and May next
year, by which time resources will have
been obtained here to meet the amount.
With regard to the remaining amount, a
Draft of Ordinance will be introduced en-
towering the government to raise a loan
for Bureau purposes. Another circum-
stance which hampers the Colonial Urea
sury is this, that a considerable portion
of previous Bureau Advances is still in
ar@ars /; for 1928 the amount out
standing is $s,226, for which real or
personal security is held for 1973-75
the ou~tstandings amounted to $33 .3S4, of
which $4,000 are guaranteed by the
State Treasury, and $1,000 totally lost +;
for 1s74-75 it is supposed that $500
will be locked up, and q part of this
sun which cannot be precisely stated
now, will be totally lost.