, 1877-11-03

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marks are not of . nature to create difficulties.
He believed that every impartial person will
agree with the honorable Speaker in acknow.
Lodging the successful endeavours of the Ad-
ministration to make such reductions as are
consistent with safety. The analogy the hon
orable Speaker drew between the financial
management Of the Island and that Of individu-
al planters must carry conviction to every One'
When mention is made of the deficiency o. the
last years public revenue, there has only been
looked to one side of The subject. The real
question is, what is the recurring deficiency
owing to ?-Tbe reply must be, not to extrava-
CANT use OF our means. but TO a series of un-
favourable circumstances, over which We can
have had no control and which have caused a
heavy falling of in the usual annual revenues.
IF you even reduce rle aGnlinisti alton expen-
ses by one half, and the island gets such years
as we have gone through, there vi be q def
cheney too, as certain as there is new, But,
in reality the expenses have been reduced,
not from choice or what was the best TO be
done, but from sheer necessity y, and the time
may come when 1t may be regretted, that
such necessity did exist that We did go so
far as VI have. To 20 further, under EXIST
ing circumstances be would and could not
recommend to view The matter frcm both
sides. He could fully agree with the honos
rable Member forming the Minority, that I" this
can not go on; for, with a continuance
OF such crops We have had in the last 5 or 6
years. the Island must inevitably be ruined.
Bat this will not be stayed or remedied by
reductions ~ofpubIio expenditure it is the effect
OF nature, against which we cannot stand. As
stated by the honorable Speaker, We were up
to 1871 when the expenses were II UGH larger
able to get through ant have something left,
SO that when the fret Of The bad years came,
we had means or hand to make advances to
planters. IL ia easy enough to say, that the
Estates should have been allowed to go into
The Dealing Court, the D~ellingmasters would
have foHud means TO adminisirAte them psnd il
rot, let them go our Of cultivation, hut this
~anuoi be called a Wis mode Of reasoning.
Livery EEats abandoned carries with 1t
= Iessening Of the public revenues. In
The Ryport the Committee explains the
amendments which The Presidency intends TO
bring forward he had only TO add, that there
are some few mere amendments, which will be
proposed at the 2nd discussion. Under the
Police Department, thele will be proposed al
amendment for an amount for sale ries for some
# the Policemen at K:ngsbill, who had not
been appointed in o her situations but been
Gischarged with one months salary beyond 1St
If October Under The Post Department there
will also be proposed aD addition of $500 as
payment for The conveyance IF the daily mails
ny pIlNdLc CdIlIaSSS UcfWFFu OuIINlIdnFttu
and FrederiksSed from LIST Of Nov. mber
at the rate Of 81 90 .. month. which WAS the
lowest fer when some years sgO tenders were
called in, ana the Presidency considered it hest
10 adhere 10 that. rather than calling in tends.s
again. Under the same item an increase Of
50 pr. M ,nlh TO the wages of the letter car
Sier in Christiansted, as under the new arrange
meuls for the arrival Of the mails from West
End, complaints were made that letters
were not delivered before the morning after
arrival; this has now been remedied, bat the
party must be considered entitled TO an addi-
iicnal pay for The additional time demanded
Of him in order to carry ont the letters after
their arrival about 6 o'clock, when he would
otherwise have been free of duty from 4 o'clock
This measure was strongly recommended
by the then acting Poslmaster.-Under
the Building Expenses there will be
some additions to the amounts for Kings
hill and Frederiksfort, of which further
statement will be ~given.--Finally, ard mostly
in conn eciion with the abolition OF the Police
station at Kingshill. 3 policemen who were
discharged from debility and inability to
discharge the increased duties. have by The
respective Polioep asters been recommended
to be granted q pension, which the Presidency
thought could be granted iu the form Of a
monthly assistance Of S. to each. betrayed
usder Uncertain Expenses.
To BE- con hn2ed.