, 1884-04-02

not one Of the Directors, and he ear
therefore speak entirely impArtially and
the parties who had taken the matter
in hand deserved all praise and all ell
enlargement. The facts stated of the re-
Su t Of he working Of the Hospital hith"r-
to speak for themselves; Al children had
been admitted % had been cured and left
the Hospital 7 died and 8 were in the
hospital at The tins the report was closed.
These results are very encouraging; if the
institution had to be given up for want of
means, he would not say he would bts0uy,
for that would not be much, but the Island
at large would suffer. He had b. Ell asked
if any Of those children that have been
cured by the hospital will become c|ultiva.
tors of the soil or benefit the agriculture
Of the Island. In answering this question
lie would leave on the hum9np side of the
question altogether and only speak of the
practical bearings Of the matter. May lie,
that up till yet the greater number Of chill
dren admitted into the private Chs IrCI2S
Hospital were town children it III II he
or it might not be; but let MS stat flOm
the suppoSiion that it is so, and tina all
those saved or curpd-and it Will e.
membered that they will have been d
ut a time Of life when there are 81 r
chances for them to arrive to mamie -
not one single One he Of amy benefit for the
cultivation Of The land, become labourers
on estates. But it must be remembered
that they will take up he place, even if
they do not become lahOurrrS, Of others
and would fill situations whereby they
would drbar those who ShUuId seek field
labGur, from coming TO Wrr& in OWN.
When planters complain now Of the ru-
raj labuuTcrS leaving field work u come to
town, and of the iuSutliciemcy Of the labatr
force, he would believe it was correct. and
that the Island does not reap sufficient
benefit, because Of Insufficient Iabom; hut
il, now, the population Of HAT class Of pe0-
pie be doubled, the competition would he
double; people would be obliged 10 work
much more, III quite Il different manner
t ON what they do at pre- rnj. TheI efore,
even If not one Of the children that have
been in the hospital should go 20 field
work, sill their being here VIII be an midi
rect benefit to The planting body, and it
must be remembered that in this island
the planting interest mems the interest OF
the Island; no dis i lCtIUn can be made
here. Hence, tins ii DSpjtll deserves all
possible support from he planning inter
est. What is now asked Is $500, which
amount III conjunction y it'll $500 t. be pro-
vidcd from private means, will keep up
the hospital with 10 or II beds there must
be a limit in rverl thing, So also in regard
to the number oil children at one time.
But if the planting community look ii
upon the matter in The same light as he
kalmer did, they would give tlr matter
their full support. He w rs not able t. say
no far that has hitherto been the case;
as tar rs his information went, the plant
ing interest at large had not subscribed
to ,hr Institution; but This does not ar
que that they Will not do SO in future.
Hitherto the Institution had chiefly been
maintained 10y private subscriptions, by
fairs, theatrical representations and The
like SO tar all ri4ht. But when in Co.
penhagtn and other large cities similar
means are used, il must be Remembered d,
that there is tins differ nee. thar in those
instances II is only the city, the munich
paIltY, not the community, as a whole,
that is benefited; her. the whole Island
would be benefited. Another thin: is
this, that he WAS no. quite sure, thai such
an Institution could be KEEP: mp, cvcA wtih
private and public ali combined Of the
cXten5 proposed therefore, instead OF dis
SuadIn@ from granting h. proposed amount
he would rather recommend to grant $500
i'll order 10 keep up HE Institution ac-
cDrding to The plan, which is very moier-
ate.-The honorable 2nd Nemtcr for
Chris ian>ted emmin9) had made some
observations concerning the $500 entered
in the Money Bill under the Poor Depart
meut as salary t. each of the physicians
for attending TO the poor in The country;
he (Krlmtr must confess that he had
not quite taken III those remarks; there