, 1876-09-13

SQUIRT fees, including auction fees have in this
financial year given considerable more returns
than was calculated.
Among the Revenue there is, besides, an
amount of s4l 200. "A paid on capital and inter-
est on the loans granted planters in 1928;
the Presidency has informed The Committee
that .S6s7.79 of that sum is interest, so that
the repaid capital amounts to S40,232. 65.
We would here make this general remark,
that those loans, which are to be repaid, can Of
course not be considered as final expenditure,
but The interest is an actual revenue why
such revenue does not appear in the yesrly
Budgets submitted to the Council must ne
doubt be owing TO the fact of those loans
being granted in abe form of special Add.
sionsl Grants. We would suggest TO the
Presidency that the Council be furnished a
statements shelving what amounts have been ex-
pssded since the Colonial Treasury first COM
msnced giving loans as abovestated, and what
has boen repaid on the loans, capital and interest
separately, as also whaG is outstanding on the
loans from each year.
Tks ESps~ditWye, not including the bureau
loans to planters granted by the Additional
Grsn' adopted on the 30th June 1873 and
sanctioned by His Majesty Oh the 18th August
same year and extended on the Sch May 1874,
shaws an actual outlay Of S174,4l6.64 while
NAPShAthOANg buO ~
$4,000 allowed by additional Grant of 22nd
December 1873 and sanctioned by His Majesty
on Ghe 2Sth February 1874 for preparatory
arrangements for Central Factories, and which
was nol used in Ihis financial year, was put
down al 6l76 ,603. 10 this respect il must,
however be observed, that in the Accounts the
item for contribution to the Immigrationfund is
put down AZ 9t0, 900, while the amount fixed
by Royal Ordinance for that purpose is only
$4,000 the balance $4,000 is an amount Of q
loan, free Of interest, granted 20 the Immigra-
iionfund by Additional grant of 7th July
1879 sanctioned by His Majesty on the 28th
November same year. The current Budget
Expenses were thus estimated to S172, 6O2
there WAS actually given out $40 ,4l6. ga, con.
sequsnsly s2,385 SO less than allowed under
the Budget.
While the current Expenses for the year
have amounted TO $40 ,4l664, the ordinary
Revenues have only amounted to 1888, 692. III,
showing a reduction of She Colonial Treasury's
resources to On amount Of SIC. 1928. SO.
Although on he whole less has been used
than vas calculated, which under ordinary cir.
cumstances will almost always lie the case, there
are nevsrtheless, excuses Of expenditure under
some few items and while we, in accordance
With what previous Committees with the 90.
proval OF the Council have done, omit making
mention Of trivial excesses, We would beg to
call attention to the following points:
I'D Item A. The Superior Local Admjaistro-
ssOA.
Under Che lem " Tor Extra Clerks etc. " etc.
en- amount of 1880 is granted but there has
been expended e1477.4 40. This amount lie
stated TO have been expended as follows: For
Extra Clerks $17s.73. stationery &c. 81 1857
and for Office messengers sl7o. This must be
an error, the two first named sums having been
sTanspOsed in order.
sd Item C 2. The Jadiciayu and Police
Department
The Judge, R ecorosg &c, in Frederiksted
ii, allowed $50 P. a. for stationery, subscription
20 the Avis &c. according to the Accounts
shere has been expended ee1.6 IS under this item,
OF . $50 more than allowed. The excess will
however, in reality not exceed G. $40, az the
seat Of 9 chart and q letter-weight, Rd. Is,
has incorrectly been charged under this item
instead OF under the item "Inventorv," for
che rest the excess of expenditure is owing
chiefly to an Item which will nos occur spain
Tor perhaps a century to come, namely the
sos1 OF . new mortgage.regiseer, O. IS Rd.
Abe Polisemaatsr in Frsderiksted il also
allowed 862 p. q. for Office. expenses &c. tbs
excess OF expenditure under this head IL O.
ga, or. If to this be added s12 for blanks
for passports, which ought 10 have been de-.
efayed under this head, and not. az has bean
done. under the item Various Exnenaes." the
excess would be in ell S44.
Tho Uomm;tkaa tb;nLs 49,.