, 1881-01-22

Government on the poor persons in ques-
ton.
The Committee observes in the 'FVe1sur-
Accounts" that the Colonial Treasury has
been charged $12,954.63 for "Outlay once
tor all" by which is meant payments made
i'll Copenhagen for account of Colonial
officials against their paying corresponding
amounts into the Colonial Treasury but
it does not appear from the Accounts
what expense the Colonial Treasury has
had in RENTING these amounts to CopeD-
hagen, and the Committee begs to call the
attention of the Council to this point.
st. Oroix 10Th November 1880.
JOHN T. QUIN. j. W. WILLARD.
The Chairman notified that the report
would as usual be subject TO only one
discussion.
Lat Grown member (Quin) introduced the
Report, which he said honorable members
W0nld find bare. The Committee had
found but little to remark on, AMI the
items speak fer themselves. 1t would be
observed that in the last part OF the Re-
port the Committee calls the attention of
the Council to the fact of the Treasury
having III the year 1S77-7S been charged
S12, 954.G3 for ''outlay once for all" by
which is meant payments made III Copen-
hagen for account of colonial officials
against their paying corresponding
amounts into the Colonial Treasury ; but
it does no. appear from the accounts what
ex pense the Colonial Treasury has had III
renting these amounts to Copenhagen.
If this were a matter confined TO the year
in question, the Committee would have
felt itself bound to enter upon 1t now and
would have had it thoroughly examined;
but as it is a matter extending through q
series of years, the Committee had prefer
red to call at enti0n to it, in order to obain
general e~lucidation of the whole question.
To Members not daily cOnversant with
affairs of the kind he would beg to add,
that remittances of money to any country
abroad could not be made without some
expense, at least there was always some
difference in exchange, but these accounts
shew nothing whether the transac ion re-
ferred to had been attended with a loss or
a profit TO the Colonial Treasury and this
was a point thai should be explained.
The President would firstly, i'll reference
to the missing accounts for 1867, observe
that he had on the 9TH last month applied to
the Ministry to get copies of said accounts,
as it had not been possible TO find the Orl-
ginals here. He would next in reference
to the Committees remarks about the 500
for a veterinary surgeon, observe that
that item had figured on the Budget for a
number of years without being expended
or being intended to be expended. When
the item originated first during the exis.
tence of the Land Treasury it was intended
only as a small addition tothe realireve-
nue. of the Veterinary Surgeon, Mr..
Langballe, to whom, as he was q very fit
person, planters were willing to pay a
certain amount say, $16 - 800 yearly
Or. estate, and which formed his principal
source of revenue. After Mr.. Langballe's
death no one stepped forward to fill his
place; and a few years ago the Presidency
sent circulars to planters asking whether
they would subscribe for the service on
their respective estates OF a Veterinary
Surgeon; if planters had engaged for their
estates, it might have been an easy thing
to get a competent man to take the situa-
tion and with that view to increase the
grant from the Public. The position of
men in Denmark is quite diff.
ferent now to what it vas at the time Mr..
Langballe came out, and greater outlay
would no doubt by all means be required
heir knowledge is much more extensive,
ind much more is required of them how.
But the refusal on the part of the planters
vas to him quite imcomprehensible; in
it was astonishing that q matter of
the kind chonId have hnnu loft unattauda1