, 1875-07-03

JSSN"A ~ OA N4hplOyI ~ WAN itSOuCtS AOk
cleansing public latrines; but from the
calculations obtained partly through the
Presidency in. the documents handed to
the Committee, and partly from the
Company's Working-Manager, the Com
mittee has arrived at the conviction,
that the work is not of greater extent
than, that an amount of 5000 p. a.,
together with the value of the stuff,
would be an ample remuneration. The
Committee would therefore recommend
that that amount be placed at the disposal
OF the Presidency for the purpose Of hav-
ing the work In question executed, as
we presume, by the abovenamed Compa-
ny, but the Administration shall not
by the form of the grant be excluded
from making o contract with any other
party concerning the work ;-and we
propose that the item be entered as follows
For cleansing Latrines etc. in public
Buildings and on properties belonging to
poor persons in both towns. $500.
The total sum of the Grant
would then be. ..$11,086.
and the whole Item in the Bud
get. Sll,726
In the Remarks to the Money Bill
certain expenses for the Communal Hos
pitfalls are stated as being warranted by
Contracts of 3Oth June 1856 with the
Pur1veyors. New Contracts have been
made on the 9Th June 1874
ad D. 10. The Poor Department.
Under this Item should be mentioned
that the Presidency has forwarded to the
Committee a memorial from the person
who furnishes Collins in Frederiksted,
wherein he %solicits that the reduction of
so Cts. 70: pr, coffin) which some time
ago was made in the price, should now
cease the Presidency has however made no
proposal in that respect, and the Committee
will find no reason to make any proposal.
Qd E. Expenses for Building and
other Uncertain Expenses.
The portion of the Money Bill under
this Item relating to Building-Repairs
having been referred to another Com
mittee, this Committee has only to re-
port on Item 8, Uncertain Expenses.
This item includes an amount for pre-
p|aratory measures for establishing a Credit
Association and Central Factories. .$3,4OO
According to communication from the
Presidency there has to 31st March 1875
been expended $3.50 of the Sc, 200 origi-
nally granted for the said purpose, so that
the remaining balance will be 1920, and
it is proposed that this latter amount be
entered.
According to the aforementioned letter of
14th May last the Presidency intends pro-
posing, that for procuring SO Raingauges
for use on Estates be granted an amount
not exceeding.
The Presidency has forwarded to the
Committee two memorials from DR..
Neumann wherein he, in referring to the
great interest which meteorologi observa-
tions,. especially correct knowledge of the
rainfall, would be to the Island, proposes
that a number of suitable and reliable
Raingauges be procured and fixed up
round about on Estates, and offers his
services in procuring the Gauges and in
executing the work attended with the
calculations and elaboration of the
requisite lists and tables. The Com
mittee does not undefvalue the utili-
ty of such observations, and is of
the opinion that DR.. Neumann's offer
merits appreciation; but it entertains
doubts as to whether such a large number
of reliable R~aingauges could also be ex-
pected to be reliably attended to, and it
cannot consider such a large number of
stations to be necessary. The Committee