, 1876-01-01

and happy resolution, namely, to solicit,
unanimously, the Governor to go home
and use his personal influence in the in
terest of the island for obtaining assistance
in carrying out the Central Factory pro-
ject, as we'll as in other respects, accom-
panied, at a later stage of the proceedings,
with the special thanks of the Council to
His Excellency for his persevering efforts
in furthering the welfare of the island.
1t is an important and delicate charge
thus committed to His Excellency, a mark
OF trust and confidence, which acquires all
the more significance from its having been
unanimously agreed to, not by a single
class merely, but by all classes without
exception. 1t proves fully how much the
energy and perseverance with which the
Governor has worked, during the three
years he has been here, for the well-under-
stood interest of the island, has been ap~
preciated by the community.
A natural consequence of the %unfortu-
nate concurrent circumstances of late
years, and consequent retrogradation, is that
the desire for reduction in the public
expenditure has been general, and opin-
ions may differ as to the question whether
this desire has been adequately met. In so
far as this has not been done, the reason
is, however, patent to most people. One
thing is, I think, becoming more and more
evident to the thinking portion of the
people in late years, namely, that the re-
auctions which can reasonably be made
are not sufficient to keep US afloat, without
at the san time making such reforms as
will bring about Increased revenue, which
have been decreasing during the latter
years to an alarming extent. That Cover
nor Garde from the beginning has taken
this view of our case, and has worked with
most p%raiseworthy zeal and perse-
verance, even those who are against the
scheme can hardly help to admit. In SO
far as he has not yet been able to carry it
through, the fault can not be his, as you
have already said. For the rest the ques-
ton can not be here to criticize an agency
that has not been terminated on the contra
ry, it is our hope, amounting almost to
conviction, that His Excellency, by his
personal presence in Denmark, will be able
to do much more in a much shorter time
for the success of his great enter
prise, as he will be able, verbally and on
the spot, to inform the Home Government,
the Diet, and private parties friendly to
our cause, of the real circumstances and
defects in various ways, He will thus be
able to exert himself for the carrying out
of the factory project, and, supported by
parties thoroughly conyersant with such
matters in the island, from having been
here to investigate them, he will be able
to convince those concerned that the ISL
and does not in reality lack that vitality
which is requisite for prosperity, and that
this is not solely dependent on rain, al
though of course a very important factor.
In addition to this he will also be in a
position better to point out the progress
that has been made of late years in one
direction in the cultivation of estates, in
SO far as many properties, formerly admin
istrated by men who were not practical
Planters, have passed into the hands of
practical and industrious men, at the same
time that he will point out the defects
In our system, in which respects science
and capital would give q strong impulse
to the advancement ofour affairs. On the
whole it is the im~presSion-and in my
opinion the correct one-that he will be
able, by his personal presence, to explain
much better oil the concurrent causes
which have brought about the present
state of our island, as we'll as what may
be done in the various directions for the