, 1884-01-12

with furniture, glassware and china
at the expense Of the Colonial Treasu-
ry of the District where the expense
has been incurred.
REMARKS.
The above amendments are proposed in
order thHt the draft Of ordinance may be
presented for 3rd discussion in the Council
in the shape in which it has been passed at
End discussion in the Colonial Council of
st. Thomas. Concerning amendments ad
s 5 of the draft, the following observations
are offered :-Hitherto, in accordance with
existing rules, only the official reception
rooms i'll the Government Houses have
been provided with furniture, pl !te, &c, at
public expense, whereas The Governor and
the President had to defray, out of the
table.mOney, the expenses Of providing the
Government Houses with all the furniture
for the private apartments. and with glass
ware, china, linen, and other household ar
tiCleS.
Seeing that in future the Governor takes
over two Government Houses without any
increase Of table money, it must be admit.
ted to be a matter Of Justice that in future
the furnishing should be completed at pub
lie expense. This is he object of the pre-
seat amendment, it being the intention that
i'll future all necessary articles Of furniture,
glassware and china, shall be provided and
kept for public account, in such a manner
that the Governor will have to provide at
his own expense only such articles as could
not conveniently be publicly controlled,
say house table and bed-Iinen, and lesser
kitchen utensils. The Government House
in st. Thomas being already furnished by
the Governor with the articles in question,
the question is at present limited to the
completion Of the furniture in the Govern
ment House at st. CrOiX, the cost of which
is estimated at $500. A list Of the arti-
cles which it is considered necessary to pro-
vide will be found on the Councils table.
The President said, with regard to those
amendments, the Government had request
ed him to lay them before the Council
they are the same as have been adopted at
the End discussion of the Draft in the Co.
lOnial Council Of st. Thomas and in intro
ducing them here, he would beg to refer to
the remarks accompanying them. He
would add, that he had to-day received
sanction in telegraphic way from His Ex-
~cellency the Governor of som amendments
recommended by the Committee on the
Draft here in this Council these amend
mentS refer to the form Of some clauses,
and had been sent over to the Government
at the request of the Committees Chairman,
and after being accepted by Government,
he would lay them too before the Council
and in reference to them he expected that
the Committees Speaker would now give
further calculations necessary.
The last named Amendments read as
follows:
The ordinance to as follows:
The Office as President having, pursuant
to Law of l4th April 1888, been abolished
by the Royal Resolution of 10th November
a. C. on and from the LIST January 1884,
from which date the Superior Administra-
ton in the two districts of Administration
established by the Colonial Law of 9th
November 1868 is to be exercised by the
Governor, in such a manner that he is en-
powered to e%ntrust, on his own response
bility, the despatch Of the daily current
business of the said administration, in the
district in which he at any time is not per-
sonally present, to the resident Government
Secretary,-the salaries of the officers of
the Superior Administration of the Danish
West India Islands are fixed as follows
s l to read thus