, 1877-03-24


according as it was required. On taking
his book one day to the Spanish Town
Savings Bank, he got his money, but was
told by Mr.. Jamiso9n, he could not get his
book back again, for that had to g. once q
year to Kingston to be checked with the
accounts at the Head Office. The gentle
man surrendered his book and took q re-
ceipt for it. Next Saturday he m
but 40 he had not got his pasS book back
he could rot draw any money. He expos
sulated-he threatened. and then he IN"
treated Mr.. Jamjson-sll to no purpose
because his book had not come back from
Kingston; and although this gentleman
hal his money in the Bank, he could not
draw a shilling, and had to 60 outside and
beg what he required from usurerS IN the
town, who made him pay usurious interest
He applied the next week again, with no
better success-his book had not come
back from Kingston, ADD he had to go to
usurers again, aud the same thing was re-
peated for the third in the following week,
when his book at length came back and
was returned to him. OF course, there
was no redress-it was only the public
that was Inconvenience. Sir William
Crews Administration dill not trouble
themselves about what did not inconvenl-
ence them.
As another sample Of this detestable
Encouragement, and the utter irresponsl-
bility of Officials, VIZ may state, that be"
cause q fey blunders have been commit
ted by one or two parochial treasnrers, q
wholesale order has gone forth without
any respect to those parties most concern
ed, that all Coolies entitled to bounty, no
matter what part of the island they belong
to, they are no longer to get paid from the
Parochial Treasury, but are required on
receipt of their orders from the local mint
grafton Agent, to proceed to Spanish Town
to be paid. 1t was only the other day that
over one hundred Of them arrived there
with these orders, but it was found they
could not be paid, because some voucher
or paper from Kingston had not come to
hand. These poor creatures had very
little money, and no homes to go to in
Spanish Town, aud for over eight days
they fingered about the streets, spending
their little oil on food, lying on the piazzas
to ~sleep-others selling their orders to
usu:ers at q ~ruinous sacriica-whlle others
begged and lived on the charity OF the
Spanishtonians-and although Kingston Is
only distant from Spanish Town ID miles
a 80 minutes journey-this diabolical con-
dltion of aff4irg continued for eight days.
WHAT did Sir William Grey care f-he
hadn't to wait eight days for his salary
nor any need to sleep on a piazza waiting
its arrival.
A most important Bill on the subject of
immigration was passed at the Legislative
Council in this island, and had actually be-
come law-an Act upon which the very
vitals of this Colony depended for the
working of the Sugar Estates but Sir
William Grey, instead Of promptly trans
hitting it to the Colonial Office, 1ellber-
ately suppressed it for nearly six months
and it was not until the Jamaica AssocIa"
ton brought the matter under the notice
of Lord Carnarvon, that the noble Earl ex-
pressed his surprise at its nOn-arrival, and
cabIed Sir w. Grey to explain matters
It has been stated since, that Sir VIM.
Grey is a large shareholder in an Indian
Tea Company, requiring on immense
amoant of labour in India, and that the
agents there had written to say that this
West India immigration had increased
their labour bills fifty per cent. On
which side do Sir Williams sympathles