, 1881-08-24

NEE. the other portion. The public reve-
nues would also be benefited by immia
grafton, as many more acres OF land would
be brought into cultivation, and he felt
sure that ifthe labour force were ~increas!
ed. there would be 2 to 5000 hogsheads of
sugar added to our yearly expectation,
ali things else being favourable. He
hoped now that this matter would be
brought before His Excellency the
Governor in all its bearings.
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (JunghanS) believed that a very
good revenue could be obtained from the
Rum Trade, if those paying q tax for sell
ing rum, were properly protected; but the
existing Ordinance regulating the sale of
spirituous liquors does not afford sufficient
protection to those parties. 1t is not
possible for the Police Authorities to root
out the evil that has eFept in, but it would
be quite easy to place a tax on those who
sell in the country, as we'll as on those
who sell the article in the towns; this
would in a measure stop the sale in the
country but if that could not be done,
it would be of benefit also in other
respects if it were made allowable for
all parties to have shops in the c0un-
try. At present it is not altogetherf fair,
that so man. are able to sell spirits in the
GUILTY. thV IdJlHS tHO q" NiICll
others in town have to pay. He had
heard that the law is now evaded by the
manufacturer of rum selling as large or as
small a quantity of rum as is required.
But this ought not to be tolerated.
The Acting President stated, that as re-
CARDS the matter ofimmigra'ion of labourers
the petition tom planters had been forward
ed to the Chief Government, and he knew
.k,A Vic Fvoolloncu bod tokon .bo c,,tto.
under consideration :; His Excpllency. as
we'll az he himself, the acting President,
were very little acquainted with the mat
ter when he, the acting President, arrived
in this Island as Secretary, the immigration
scheme OF 1862 was quite settled; hut he
was at present occupied in preparing a
tull expose of the case for His Excellency.
But we could not expect that immigration
conld be effected in time to be of use
under the present circumstances. unless
we were to succeed in getting immi.
grants from some of the neighbouring
Islands, Of which however the prospects
seemed 10 be doubtful. If planters hem.
selves were to tnke the matter in hand,
it might succeed better. From Barbsdos,
VII, nee we have had the best supply of
lnn'l2CAulS, tIe |EallC WAS CleCkeu by the
British Government some years agr.
However since the abolition OF he labour
act at this Island, which. although not
mentioned, has been an obstacle, there
might nnw be less d %ficulty in Obtaining
people from Barbados. As regards the
other matters that had been touched
on among these general remarks it could
not be expected that he should express
himself on them; if they had been brought
forward 10 the torn Of an int 'rpeIlation aud
according with The rules Of business, he
would have been prepared. He could
only promise TO note the items for further
consideration,
3rd Member for Fredefiksted's Country
District [Junghans] would Big to call
attention to another thing in connection
with the revenue, namely the providing of
some sort OF telegraph or telephone com
munication between Christiansted and
Frederiksted. We have seen the great
loss sustained by ST. Thomas by preva-
letce OF epidemics, when Of course,
VESSELS wou't call at that port. At the
same time it must be remembered that
,Christiansted's harbour is an enclosed
harbour, but Frederiksted is NOT, md
vessels that are prevented from calling
at st. Thomas would doubtIessly have
called at Frederiksted If we had had tele-
graphic communication to put ourselves In