, 1884-02-13

in accordance with the promise of the
Government during the md discussion
to give s 30 such a form that there
could be no doubt that instruction in
Danish is to be given in the Country
Schools provided the necessary teach
ing force can be had. 1t will not be
necessary specially to provide for
payment for this instruction, as, pre-
sumably, 5 81 is so worded that the
School Commission can attend to what
is necessary in this respect.
Regarding the concluding part of
5 80 the remarks on the preceding
amendment are referred to.
a 3. This amendment to 81 is brought
forward with reference to what passed
on the subject during the md discus
sion. When the Government proposes,
instead of dcdUcting ) per cent. from
the salaries for the purpose referred to,
on the contrary, to add . per cent. to
be put by, it is because as stated in
the discussion, the Government conSi-
derS it right to use the opportunity to
commence carrying out the principle
that officials not Royalty appointed
should make provision for their own
pensions, but. on the other hand, it
must BE admitted that the salaries
proposed in the Draft Of Ordinance
viii not on the whole be different from
the present salaries, which, even if
they must BE considered as sufficient.
can by no means be described as
high, and, as the present teachers are
expected, on the whole, to be retained
under tie new arrangement, it would,
therefore, be rather hard il their sala-
Iies were to be reduced.
The intention is that the sum put
by shall be collected into a special
Fund III the Colonial Treasury, which
can be lent out against the usual
security, and that from the interest
tauS obtained ) per cent shall he
applied to increase the Fund. 1t is
contemplated to use the Fund for MAX
ing provision for the officials in Qucs-
ten according to the rules in force on
this subject in the m0thcrcouutiy,
which are found in the Finance Minis
try's Regulations Of 10Th November
1870 for making provision for officials
in ,hcir old age and for their widows,
and in the two supplements thereto
annexed dated respectively 18th May
1871 and Och November 1874.
Ii is expected tIlat this arrangement,
even though it entails an immediate
increase OF S25S.00 in the yearly eXpen-
SEES, Will, nevertheless. in time be felt
as an actual saving for the Colonial
Treasury.
The C%lairmqH placed amendment 1 to
l. UHdrr discussion.
The G0rcga0r: The Government had
roposed that section II, as adopted at
he 2nd discussions, be altered in the way
lentioucd in the amendment No. /. The
hject is to avoid that the provisions OF
hc Ordinance concerning holidays in town
h0uid be q tttrrent from those in the coun-
RS, aud at the same time to avoid that the
ordinance should create a greater number
f holidays for schools in the country than
hitherto been The case, which might
-ad to the result that laD0urerS also took
he same holidays. From the remark to the
mpndmcutS it viii be seen, thai in reality
leIe has never been the same holidays in
0Wpand in country attempts have several
mes been made to do aWal with lhe diff
arence but they have always failed. Ac-
to the amendment proposed, it
i'll be left to the SchOOlcommiSSiOn and
re Superior Authority to determine
hat other days besides those enumerated
re 10 be holidays for the schools. He
Guild thtreforertcommend the amendment.
2nd Member for Christlansted (Lemmjng)
-ould as Speaker of the Committee on the
raft beg to say that although the Commit
&c had not been called to a formal meeting,
e Mas able, having conversed with several
its Members, on their behalf, and even
a certain extent, from w.lat has passed in
be COMMITTEE when it had the Draft under
Onsideration, on behalf Of The Commit
ee to recommend this amendment for