, 1884-02-23

the Additional Money Bill for defraying
expenses under the Budget for the Munici.
pality of St. Croix for the financial wear
from Ist April 1883 to 31st March 1884,
introduced in the said meeting, begs to
submit The following report:
Gd /. Sab Item /. Officers belonging to
the Administration
AS the Governor has given 2nd Member
for CbriStiansted, the hartman of this
Committee, the calculations desired by the
said Member during the discussions in the
Colonial Council; and as those calculations
show that the ~lateneSs of the Royal ap-
pointment i'll question is owing to dtlibera-
lions, whereby considerable savings in the
expenditure OF the Municipality will proba-
bly, be effected in a near future, the Com
mlttee recommends that the proposed
amount of 5000 be granted.
I'D 2. Sal Item Z. Divers Expenses.
TIL Committee recommends that the
proposed amount Of 4OO.UU be granted; at
the same time the Committee would sug.
ge>t that the ms ailments Oh this loan, as
well dS on the previous one, be fixed so
moderate, that it can with certainty be
depended on that they will be promptly
paid whom due.
ad5. Su6 Item F. Expenses for build
iays and other uncertain expenses.
al Il. For repairing the injuries done
to the %jettieS at Ereuerihsted by the
ground Sea OF 5th and 9th September 1888.
III the Estimate from the Building In
spec or, dated 18th September 1858, the
fou0Wiug items are enterrd:-
l. For Kepairing he sugar Wharf $4,000
III. do. Passengers Wharf 10000
III. For Building a new MolaSscs
Wharf,. ....- .-.. -. OUO.UO
". For Du lding a new Coal
harf .... . 0UU.O0
The Committee recommends that the
amounts sub !, Ii & LII, say respectively
$1,000, $500 % and $500. {, be granted,
as the Committee finds no objections to the
not.4.le 1UI ,.io5o tens OF Work, and as it
was neCeSS ny that the 3 WharyeS Ill
question were repaired with as little delay
DIS possible, from a view to tie general
UTlllc.
Bat the building Of % new Coal Wharf
is not necessarily connected with the
general %tratiit; his is also evident from the
fact that the work Of building the said
wharf has not been commenced aS yet. 1t
is, the. efOre, no building operation requlr,
ing any Specia. haste or dispatch i'll its
commencement or completion. The amount
requisite for such a new building operation
belongs more properly under the ordinary
Budget, in the treatment of which the
necessity and ACCESSIBILITY Of the work may
be better and more fully examined and dis
cusSed. The Committee has furthermore
by a conference with the Collector OF Gus
IONS at Frederiksted and by inquiries Of
business men in that town, found that there
exists no great want at present OF such a
WAarl there, which, moreover, IS estimated
to cost the considerable sum OF $6O0.O0.
The Committee therefore recommends
tIat tie amount OF @oJ0.Oo posted III the :
Estimate sub Item ". for building a new
Coal Wharf, be struck out III the Addition
al Money Bill, sub item 3 a.
ad b. For repairing the Town Clock IN
Christiansted, besides $4,000 already
granted, a further sum to an amount OF
100000.
In a, co1dance with the remarks in this
connection from the Chairman of the Com
mittee, in the Couuciis Meeting OF 3rd
December 1888, tne Committee recommends
thar he amount Of 500 90 be granted.
al sc. For repairing the w~aShlng-and
clearinghouse at the Fort Of Frederlksted
$50 %.
Similar considerations as those above
stated which nave led the Committee to
recommend that the amounts entered IN the
Els innate of 18th September 1883 sub Items
l, IL and Ill, be granted, do also IN
reference to item 3 C. lead to the Commit
tees recommending that the amount OF
$500 under this head be granted.
st. ,roix DIST January 1854.
PETER LEMMING,