, 1884-09-17

man.
The Speaker would in reference to the
reality OF the question beg to state that
his private opinion was, that the way
in which the temporary change should
have been indicated on the Budget would
have been by placing the original sums
inside the lire, and only what was to be
used, be carried out.
The Chairman placed the Recti1catiOns
referring to the Remuneration tor the bn-
SineSS of the Treasurer, $500, for an AS
tant 5000, for extra writing 5000, for sta
tiOnery $3.50, the personal allowance tor
the copyist had been voted on under the
Money Bill to the vote; they were tacitly
adopted.
The Chairman said that the Councils
vote would be taken on the salaries to the
teachers as mentioned in the Rectitica-
tons to D 10. 1t will be seen that the
Government had its doubts in so FAR as
certain of the teachers are entered with
salaries higher than warranted by the new
School Ordinance, whether their term of
service under the old Ordinance should be
taken into account or not.
The Governor would call attention to the
Remarks accompanying the RectlticatiOn
concerning salaries to the teachers in the
DlUIIC DCIOOlS. 1uC new OCIlOOl OIUl"
nance contains no clause stating express
~ that teachers who were Salaried under
the old School Ordinance shall, when go
ing over into service under the new Ordi-
nance, be entitled TO the benefits Of tho
enaCtmentS in this latter of seniority al
lOWances. OF this the Government was
we'll aware and had not been in doubt.
But the Government thought that it is
only in Iyaoninr with fl,, ,nanui,,r oDl in
depreciation Of the Ordinance, and iii ac.
cordance with its spirit, that the said class
of teachers should be entitled to the small
addition which the others will be rec4iv-
ing, particularly when those Old teachers
had reached a rate of salary above the
commencing salary under the new Ordi.
nance. He had confidently hoped that
the Council would agree to the %iuterpreta-
ton thus given to the Ordinance,
The Speaker said he. as q Member Of the
Council, agreed to the Interpretation and
view thus taken by the Government. 1t
would be very unjust if teachers that were
fit to be reapp0inted under the new organi.
sation should not have the benefit of the
seniority allowances allowed by the new
Ordinance. If a clause to that effect is not
in the School Ordinance, it would have
been there, if our eyes had been open to
the case. The principle i'll this respect
has, furthermore, been acknowledged to Il
much larger extent under other circum-
stances, namely in the administration Or
diuance, where it is expressly provided
that the right of seniority allowances shall
be continued from other Offices, if the par,
ties were entitled thereto. Again. if those
teachers were to be kept at all, it would
H1Vn hppn nltipnlt IN IAt than To remain
if they did not get the same income as
they had previously.
The RectifcatiOnS to d. 10 were tacitly
adopted.
The discussions OH the Budget are there
with closed.
The Chairman notified that he would in
a following meeting state the tinal results
Of the Budget.
After a respite the Council proceeded to:
3, Discussion on Report from the Com
mittee to revise the Communal Accounts
for 1S8l-S2.
The Committees Report reads as fol,
lows:
THE UNDERSIGNED Committee has
the honour to submit the following
Report of the results of the Revision of the
Communal Accounts for St. CrOix for the
financial years lSS1-82, Submitted to the
Colonial Council in accordance with s 65 Of
the Colonial Law.
I. REVENUE.
The total amount of Actual Revenue
.%1O4, S2(.65
while in the Budget, the
Revenue was estimated
1885, 0O.O 90
shelving an actual reVe-
Oun over and above the