, 1884-01-05

L. OQtcerS belonging to the Admlnls-
trdtiOn.
When Royal Bookkeeper Leschly in
the beginning of May 1882 took over
the acting appointment as Royal
BoOkkeeper, with a yearly salary of
S1,800.OO, the prospect was held out
to him that after one year, therefore
from LIST May in the present year, he
should have a Royal appointment to
the Office with the full regular salary,
and, under the suppoSition that this
would be so 81 1888 was entered on
the Draft of Budget for the present
year as the sum estimated to be used
as BOokkeeper's salary. That suppo-
Sltl0n, however, was not realised, as
Mr.. Leschly did not receive Royal
appointment until the 18th OF August
this year; but, as circumstances over
which Mr.. LeSchly has had no control
have resulted in his appointment COM
ing so much later than he otherwise
could have obtained it, it is proposed
that the sum of $685. necessary to
make up his salary from $1,800.CO to
$2,GO0.00 p. a. should be specially
granted by the Colonial Council, since
it is not considered that the amount
OF S1,9S3.33 stated in the Budget
includes, under the circumstances, an
authorization to pay out the said
amount of 5000.
ad 2. Diners Expenses.
AS the two midwives, Mrs. r. Grant
and Mrs. L. Johansen, trained at the
Royal Lyingin Institution in COpenhe-
gen on account of the Colonial
Treasury, are without means, the
Presidency has considered it necessary
to grant them public assistance to
enable them to enter upon their duties
in the country districts severally allOt-
ted to them. especially to establish
their new residences and to procure
the necessary means OF conveyance;
and in anticipation of the Colonial
Councils consent, there has been
granted to each Of them on their petit.
ton, a loan from the Colonial Treasury
of 100000, free of interest, of which
$4,000 is calculated for procuring d
horse II conveyance, and $4,000
for establishing Il residence in the
country. With regard to the repay
ment of the loans, the Presidency has
made the condition that from the LIST
of August 1884 $1,000 monthly is to
be retained from the salary of each Of
Uuc SdIu mIUWlNeS, winch amount Is
taken as an instalment partly on the
loan and partly on that portion of the
sum spent by the Colonial Treasury
for the training of the midwives in the
Lying-in Institution, namely $4,000 for
each, which according to the rules in
force is to be regarded as an advance
made to them for procuring clothes,
instruments &c. In accordance here
with it is proposed that the sum of
$4,000 be granted.
dd 3 Expenses for buildings and other
uncertain expenses.
ad a.. By an unusually heavy ground
sea on the 9Th and 9th of September &C.
the four jetties at Frederiksted, namely
the so called passengers wharf, sugar
wharf, molaSSes wharf and coal wharf
were very seriously damaged, and the
two last named in particular were viz
tually destroyed. A grant is therefore
sought of the amount necessary to
repair the two remaining %jetties and
to erect two new %jetties, which,
according to the Building Inspectors
estimate, laid On the Councils Table,
and to which the Presidency begs to
refer, will require in ali ~S1,oS0.OO. 1t
is remarked that it is intended to con-
struct the new %ietties Oh the same
plan as those hitherto existing, name
ly resting on iron piles and having the
jetty floor in part arranged so as to De
removable, a construction which must
be regarded as suitable since it offers
a small c,rfooo To tho attacks of the