, 1882-05-20

the DfohefS Otlct, who is not paid by
the treasury by which arrangement Tho
amountofS 500 paid by the Factory isdividad
betN cen SAID Clerk and the two Assistants
He thou9hU That when the business in
question is performed by a Customhouse
official assisted if required by persons
whose duties are not incompatible with
such functions, the pay should accrue to
them and not to the Treasury. Another
question is whether the amount paid for
such extra services is higher than neces-
sary for defraying the extraordinary expen-
SEES connected Herewith. He would give
these matters his further attention.
Another instance, in which the en-
ploy6s are considered to receive a minor
revenue which ought in the opinion of the
Committee to accrue to the Colonial Urea
sury, is in connection with the NIGHT
guards. They are two at each Custom
house a SIG per month each. 1t seems TO
be the opinion, that when vessels come in
at night and have to pay extra to a spe-
cial watch on board, and this service
is done by a n~ightguard, who receives the
extra pay, that this is not quite in order.
as the night guards are there and are paid by
the Public already. He would bee to make
the following explanation. When vessels
come into the port during the night. the
CustomhOuSe Assistant goes on board. and
when the matches of the vessel cannot be
sealed on account of there being too much
cargo on the deck etc. he calls for some
one from shore to remain on board as a
watch. 1t is generally then that that one
Of the night guards who is not on guard
(they take the guard by turns from s to l
and from / till sumise)-iS sent on board
and here he remains till morning: for
which service, which is not included in his
pay as night guard, he receives 81 from the
vessel in question. If this system were not
followed, the C~ustomhouse Authorities
would have, as formerly, to send to the Bar
rack for a military to perform that service.
which must be paid at all events by the
vessel. He could not see anything un.
just in the other practice, and he hoped
after the explanation given it would be
admitted by the Committee toO.-AS for
the Item CO, he would, after the elucida-
tions given by the Committee and from
what he had gathered elsewhere, with
draw the proposal for an increase of wages
for the men i'm the pilot boat.-In connec-
ton with this item he would beg to offer
some fluctuations called forth by the
remarks Of the Committee on the advisable
lily of having but one sort of blanks for
acquisitions for theu use ofpilot by outgoing
vessels, "namely from the place of anchor
age, and not also from a buoy near the
Point BattGry.o BY the regulations for
the Pilotage in ChriStiansted dated 21st
March 1906 and renewed by the Govern
ment on the 9th November 1857 it is enact
ed that vessels demanding pilot must pay
in pilotage, Danish and American vessels
81 and other foreign vessels, $1.2S pr. foot
of the vessels draught and besides this for
Warping IS for ships, Sc for briggs, 81 for
SchoOnerS and 81 for SloOpS. These fees
go to the Colonial Treasury and it seems
that the Regulations have been under
stood so, that the warping is only paid
when vessels demand the %warping. In
case they wish to avoid that expense, they
warp up themselves to the place in the
channel from where they make sail, which
for vessels at IL feet draught of water is
up to the Point Battery, and for vessels of
greater draught to the sailing Buoy; in
the latter case the vessels only pay pilot
age according to their draught. Now,
when the wish is Of having II uniform
set of blanks for acquisitions, he did not
exactly understand the meaning properly.
When a requiSitiOn is to be made for the
use of the pilot by a vessel from the
mornings, this implies the payment of
warping fee and pilotage; when no such
help in warping is required, then another
form Of requiSition is required. But in
either case the fees are paid to the Coloni-
al Treasury. In view of the wish express
sed by the Committee it might be right to-
have a Commission appointed to take the
whole matter under consideration and pro-
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