, 1876-07-29

honorable Members copies Of the recently
published Prospectus for the Central Factories.
1t would be seen from that how the matter had
progressed. Since the Prospectus was issued
the Company had been formed, with those
Gentlemen who the whole time had taken so
great an interest in the matter, as Directors.
A Loan of $500 had been granted from
the Statetreasury, so we had all reason to
congratulate ourselves on the turn things had
taken since we last were together and he
would beg the Vicegovernor preliminarily to
express our thanks for this renewed liberal
assistance.
The Chairman further stated that, as mott.
fed on a previous occasion, he had hoped to
have been able to place on the Order Of The
Day for to-day the 2nd Discussion on the
Draft of Budget for l676-77 but this had
not been possible, and he would beg in behalf
of the Committee to state the reasons why the
rendering ofthe report has been delayed 80
long. 1T will be remembered how things stood
here in this Island when the Draft Of Budget
was brought in not only was there O great
deficit in the Budget, but it was at the time
impossible to see how the other great object
Of the Colonial Treasury, viz to render Qssis-
lance 10 The needy planters, could be achieved
in the present depressed state of the Treasury
1t will be remembered, that there was at the
time q great deal Of reluctance to enter on the
Budget, and one Member even expressed the
wish, which was also shared by others, that
the discussions could be postponed SO that 1t
is not to be wondered OF that the Committee
has been reluctant to enter into the matter.
Later, however, this latter difficulty was
removed by the grant of the loan, Of which
he had just made mention, and although the
deficit in the Draft still remains, it may be
hoped that the difficulties arising from that
cause may be surmOunted, so that the obstacles
from this quarter to render the report no lon
ger exist but then the Committee has been
l~abOuring under several mishaps, first the
Chairman and thereafter Mr.. Sarauw,
having by illness been prevented from join
ing the Committee. He hoped, however,
that the report would soon be forthcoming, and
he would then put the matter on the Order of
the Day. lie would beg The President also
to take this explanation of the causes of delay
Of the Budget, on which the Government must
no doubt also have been anxiUuSIy waiting.
The President would before the Council
proceed to business beg to avail himself Of the
opportunity to congratulate the community on
the successful result of a question which has
so long been in suspense, and without which
the greater part of the Island would undoubt-
edly soon have gone out Of cultivation. This
question of Central Factory is intimately con-
nected with another, that Of rendering tempo
rary assistance to planters in order TO keep up
cultivation until the carrying out of that raGj-
cal change in our system here and be felt
sure that the Council and the whole Island
are St nsible of what we all owe to those
who have so energetioalIy assisted in achiev>
ing q happy result in both respects. He
would not fail rendering the thanks p~roffered
today by the Chairman of the Council.
The Council then proceeded TO the Order Of
the Day
!, Election of Members to revise st. Cyoix
Communal Accounts for 1874.75.
The Chairman notified that the report from
the Committee on the Accounts for 1874
had been received, but the discussions had been
deferred on account of the sickness of the
Committees Spokesman, Member Sarauw,
The result Of the election was that II
tickets were handed in; elected We're Faber
with 10 votes and Lemming with 6 votes.
2, Question Of furthering and eventually put
ting Interpolation from 2nd Orownmember
(W3len0eS.)
The Council consented unanimously to the
Interpolation being furthered and it reads as
follows
"Will His ExcelIency the Vicegovernor iu-
form the Council, whether the Priests oficiat-
ing in the Roman Catholic Churches in this
Island are recognized by the Governments
and Eecntaally, if the reply to the above
should be In the negatives Will His Exoellen-
cy take the necessary steps to regulate this
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