, 1880-05-22

crop required 9 weeks, whereas ia the
other case it wouldhave required Ia weeks,
and during those 9 weeks { of the Estates
labourers and stock had been employed
consequently so much more of both was
left to be applied on the growing crop,
and the estate could reckon on q cores.
pouding gain on the next crop. he would
add, that this statement and calculation
had been carefully revised, and with email
alterations adopted by competent Judges
There can from these various data be
drawn but one conclusion, viz. that IT
there should be some advantage in making
use of the works of the Estate which Is
itself very questionable, it Cannot be OF
any great moment, ard this being SO. 10 it
proper or not for the sake of a small pre-.
sent and unreliable individual advantage
to abandon an enterprise on which the
whole Island azd consequently the exis-
tence of every Estate-owner dependsf
He himself had no personal interest In
this respect, but be bad felt it his duty in-
stead of keeping back his thoughts, to
express his views on what may | ap.
pear an approaching crisis, not indeed
with auy great hope of making an impress
sion leading to real results, but because
he would not incur the ~self-repr0ach OF
having remained a passive Spectator
while there still remained the ~faintest
glimmer OF some good being obtained by
rousing the o Attention at the eleventh hour.
If the fate of the factory should be serious
ly endangered from the want OF canes to
manufacture, ruin appears inevitable, and
the first effects will assuredly be, az alrea-
dy stated, % complete change 10 the pre-.
sent proprietorsAip of the 1sland--There
might be some who would think it inju.
dicious to bring forward q statement like
this. fearing it might create an untavourable
feeling in the Mothercountry ; on that
score we may make ourselves easy con-
siderations Of that kind can have no
weight whatever now under the present
threatening state of things we may, more
over. be perfectly sure, that every lnfor'
nation on the state and working OF the
establishment is being regularly forwarded
from the local managers to Copenhagen.
Therefore there could be not the slightest
harm to be feared from not playing the
old trick of the ostrich of hiding his head,
in order to escape pursuit; there might on
the other hand be some faint chance OF
good to follow from an open exposure oil
the truth, and of rousing attention to q
matter, wherein the entire community 10
so largely interested and where the desire
to promote the general welfare should pre-
ponderate above motives of petty temper.
ary personal advantages.
He would, in reference to the Chairnan's
remarks in the opening OF this meeting,
concerning the communal accounts tor
1s66-67, beg to say, that he had caused
new search to be made, but as the &C.
counts failed to come forward, he would
now apply to the Government, aud II they
should not by chance be there, ne would
apply to the Ministry for copies OF them.
No one else requested the word ist
discussion on the Draft OF Budget with
Money Bills was closed.
3rd Crown member tFa6srJ proposed
that item 8, Expenses for Building, under
the Money Bill sub f. Building and other
Uncertain Expenses, should be referred to
a Committee Of 4 members; it was reject.
ed with 7 votes against 6.
The Chairman notified that 10 the course
of the meeting he had received Q com
munication from the Presidency dated this
day requesting the Council to appoint =
planters to Join with the Collectors OF
r,..au, 81. tbo nurrose of giving informa.