, 1882-09-13

not now enter further into that matter, but
merely say that the building for the pur-
pose in question will be given another
site, where it can be Of no offence to any hO-
dy. He had nothing to remark to the Com
mittee's other observations on the item con
corning the Custom House nor on item .
of the Additional Grant for the contriy-
ance OF q supply Of water etc. in the Hos
pital. peterSfarm, where the Committee is
i'm perfect agreement with the Government.
As regards No. 3, there the Presidency
had proposed, thatfOr covering possible deli
ciencieS and for casual repairs besides the
already granted $40 an amount OF $500
be granted. The Committee objects to
this, and proposes an amendment, accord
ing to which $637.S6 be granted fer the /
special items named III the remarks accom-.
panying the Money Bill. 10 this the
Presidency could have had no objection, if
the amendment had not been accompanied
by a criticism Of their proposal, which he,
The President. found quite unvarrantabIc.
The Committee says namely "This method
tthat Of the Committcc's) is in accordance
with what has always hitherto been obser-
we'd. while the other method Chat followed
bv the Presidency in the bin would be
something quite new, and which the Com
mittec cannot consider more advisable nor
can it recommend IT." while the Commit
tee recommends that the amounts for each
individual item be entered separately and
not as an increase to the item Tor uuforG.
seen building repairs. Consequently, the
Committee recommends that SG37.S6 more
be granted, while the Presidency has only
asked for $500 more. He must repeat
that, he found the remarks remarkable and
unwarrantabIe. The P~rcsidcncy'a method
il nothing now, it is ais old as Assemblies
with representative power have existed.
Tie Administration tells the Council that
tap $40 granted on the Budget for mtorC-
seen expenses etc. have Is unforeseen cir
cumstauccS already heCnpXpcndedan and even
exceeded, cnumerates the different build
ing works which have caused the excess,
and applies for $500 more, with which
amount the Administration hoped they
W@uId be able to cover that excess and
get through the rest Of the financial year.
This is simply the old method to apply for
q grant Of an additional amoun to an
individual item on the Budget. The Com
mittcc SAYS that it considers it most cor
rect that tie item bc entered in the
Additional Grant in the same manner as
done with items l & ., and recommends
At the same time to grant Sl31.SG moro
AINil GNNNNk lNIs ~ NhI' H. iit--1N At~N&
consented, ifnot he exactly agreed, seeing
that tie am0uut in question is so uiiiug,
considering the extent of the works that
might come Under that itcm.-it the Com
mittee's report had stopped there but The
Committee attaches this rather remarkable
remark "that the method followed by the
Presidency is something quite new, which
the Committee cannot consider more adylS-
able-n0r can it recommend it." lie the
President was of the opinion that-to the
C~ontrary-it is the Committees method
which is something quite new, as it is a
recognized parliamentary rule that when
the Administration applies for a certain
sum, the Council can as a rule Of
course grant or reduce what is asked for,
but it is rather n novelty to grant more
than asked for. 1t must be remembered
that the Committees Report Will be pub
liShCd, and the rCma}kSmUSt to every out
slider convey the idea that the Administra-
ti0n has done either something foolish or
has made an attempt to smugglc in new
methods into the practice of the Council.
This he mentioned in order to protest
against such a view and he regretted to
that purpose to be obliged to insist upon
getting the grant as proposed by the
Presidency. 1t is, he repeated, a new,
parliamentary practice to grant more than
asked for Is the Administration
The HDcQE6r said, he was sorry in a
matter like this, to have to correct His
Honor the President. He the Speaker
could not remember having at any time be
fore now heard words, like those used to-day