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could be done in . more satisfactory manneY
The Presidenk . II Is Gartainlv to ha req -.

ted when delays OF the kind occur but -
thinks it is but seldom that the Euro ao
Mails are delayed in the way stated pean
whole the service is as we'll carried on.
it can be. The main Object of the Con..%
concerning the schooner is to secure CO..
and regular communication between tho IT,
lands in The service, and for the purposes ~
the administration. For this, as welk asain
the interest of individuals, it Is q cearv
mat the service be performed az regular
,imes' namely, as mentioned by the Aonoura.
!m prropounder, on 2 regular days weekly.
LHo government does not, however, stick to
,"is automatically, but wherever it is known
beforehand that the steamer is expeoted ON a
CERTAIN day when the schooner would be awav
from OF. Thomas, the Government has Ike ut il
o"cA out this could not be carried 80 far az
~ cause 'ne main object to suffer. AS regards
''o'o Instances where the schooner arrived on
= cd'ur gay, but he mails did not reach here
uelOie wednesday fOllowil g, thew must have
occurred at a time when it was moi known
beforehand when the Steamer would arrive.
Ut When he schooner was una voidably encao.
"a on o'her Indispensable service else where.
Auu 1t Is OILY once every month when The
steamers touched at Barbados first, that there
zap De any knowledge beforehand of their arrival
a. Of. lhOmaS. Bat besides all this, it must
Dc remembered that nova. iay there are many
steamers frequently arriving at ST. Thomas
III m Europe there are 2 English Steamers
from southampton. 2 German and 9 Liverpool
steamers monthly besides the French Steam,
ers' which are not of much importance In tb,
corr spondence; another line is still comir
INTO operation with America, which is Of
p%ortance to mary parties here. There would
accordingly he 4, or when the American Inns
comes . times a month, when the Government
would have 10 take into consideration the arti.
val OF the different Steamers, and accordingly
delay the schooner. Then again thare Is
another consideration, viz: that ST. Thomas
pays the halt Of the amount of the yearly rent
OF the schooner, and it might he a matter of
great Importance to parties there that the
correspondence between The two piaoas tak"s
place as regularly as possible. Boa the min
point Is after The Information he t. q received
from the Chief government, that they do a.
far as practicable keep the Schooner IN ST.
Thomas when the Engl Sh European Steamers
are expected. A quicker despatch could only
be obtained Ii we had u steamer between toe
Islands.
2ad Member for Christiansted Conrad sail
the publici is perfectly satisfied that the s ,hoon.
or performs its service Sd: isfact ,rily. aud be
doubted not that the Government is so too. But
the times are. different now to what they were
before; now we have telegraphic c0mmunioa-
lion with ST. Thomas, and instead Of the
schooner lying 3 or 4 days idle in the harbour.
a telegram from ST. Thomas could call her over
whenever The steamer arrives while sle Is here.
and as IN Ter ordinary circumstances she can
make the trip backwards and forwards IL aoout
II hours-of course We do not speak of calm
weather.. all complaints could be remedied IT
such a system were TO be adopted. All. then.
we could wish to have done IL, that when the
English European steamer arrives after
the schooner h 8 left, a telegram sh )uld
then be sent over here; NJ great ex.
pense would bs caused thereby ; AM the
schooner is bound to max, such extra trips. the
Uumber of which could not exceed IL a year.
lst Member for Chris ian sted's Country
District (Coulter), could quite coincids with
the views Of The Iuterpellant, whlc, he Also
believes are those of the general public. Tbs
manner in which European nails for this Is
land are treated now, is certainly very un sa'ii-
factory and has caused a great deal OF complaint.
Formerly when the seat of q 'vernm nt was
here. arrangements were always made to have
the mails sent over a. 8 on as possible then
we bad no Geographic communication. but now
we have both with st. Thomas and HafD ados f;
hence it is very easy to find out when the
steamer arrives or is expested. sad an extra
trip of the schooner perhaps every SECOND
month would not be too much to expetks
4th Member for Frederiksteds Country
District MooreI remarked that the ino0nv eni.