, 1876-09-13

the government, ana his GAcelI6uCy lu6 ' ice"
Governor and President has on the same occa-
sion stated that ho would watch over the inter.
ests of the Colonial Treasury we beg leave
to recall this to mind and to add here, that we
do not think that the partition of those expenses
is always fair towards st Croix for instance
the Colonial Treasury of this Island has been
burthened with a part of l2I.l44 of the pen.
sion for Captain Kleist.
The expenses not fixed are estimated to
$1,000, but there has only been expended
sic, 400 while thus no excess has occurred in
the total sum, there are still some excuses en-
the minor items, especially the items Medicine
and Lighting Materials, where the excuses of
expenditure has been respectively $500 and 5000
ad Item II: The Sanitary Department.
Under this head the expenses for the Com
munal Hospitals have amounted TO $9,927 70,
while the amount granted was $7,476, showing
an excess Of c. $4,000.
The excess of expenditure under this head in
the financial year 1o70-7l amounted to 81, 800,
in 187I-72 to $ll00, in 1928 to $4,000
we may refer to what has been stated in this
respect by previous Committees, and to the
discussions in the Council on the matter, as
also to the promise given by the President to
endeavour to introduce savings under this item
of expenditure. We recommend the excess
this year TO the Councils approval.
ad Item D. /. E1penses JOr Bnsldias. Under
this head there is entered a sum Of So, $40
for repairs to 80 public buildings. to which
il to be added a 3lst item of $4,000 to
meet excess OF estimates and unforeseen repairs.
10 all 81. 346, of which there has beea used
e4,I30.69, according to the accounts. The
total sum has thus not bean exceeded, but from
the information we have obtained there are a
Fovu minor n Wooceaa ocpoaia lv ~, Fbo hCii1;r~o
for military purposes and besides there is an
excess Of c. 1910 Of the total sum $479, under
the head Of Excess of estimates" IN connection
with the said class of buildings.
ad Item D. 3, Uncertain Eapenses. The
amount granted under this head is S2,025, the
sum used is S3,08l.46, consequently used up.
wards of $1,000 more than was granted.
The item consists of about IS different &C.
counts, and as the Grant does not specify the
amounts, we confre ourselves to point out a
few Of them which We consider as having
specially contributed to the excess Of expendi.
turs. There has, for instance, been expended
vary nearly Sl,C0e for freight and insurance on
goods from Denmark the goods have mostly
been for military use. For Printing. expenses,
besides the ordinary $500, an amount of
c. $500; for requisites for the photographic
Office $3.50; for a copying machine and paper
SlI0; for articles OF inventory $40; Tor tele-
grams Go. 10 consequence Of absconded prison
ers el60I and according TO Annotations and
Decisions $ll6 90.
st. Croix 18th May 1876.
G. SARAUW L FABER.
End Member for Frederiksted TFnberL IN the
absence Of the Committees Speaker TSarauwl
introduced the report. He corrected an error
In the Report, cd Item D. l Expenses for
Building the sentence "and besides there is
.-....of buildings" should read as follows
"and besides there has been used for this GLASS
OF buildings 1910 of the total sum of S47o ex.'
pended under the head of excess of estimates"
The Presidensi In reference to the Commit.
tees remarks about the interest on bureau.ad-
Vances not being entered in the yearly budgets,
stated, that the interest could MOI be entered as n
revenue because. firstly. it is not known what
amount of interest will be the Colonial Tres-
sury's; IN the commencemeut when The bureau
loans were made from the Trsasury's own
means there could have been a question Of the
interest, because this would be paid on the
sSpltal of The Treasury but even then it could
not De exactly looked on As a revenue, % the TO-
terest was Immediately and indissolubly con.
nectsd with the outlay itself, and loans of the
klno are not on absolute security, but on a bro.
perry or o matter not in existence, but merely
IN expectation, viz The crop, which was from
sns nature of things uncertain hence. the
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