, 1888-05-05

out, nor any enactment as to the guarantee
TO be given by private parties requiring i'm
migrants, or how the accounts from agents
can be controlled. He should think it
would be best to postpone the whole mat
ter until he had correspondent with the
Home Government.
3rd Member for ChriStiansted's Country
District (Leeuy) could not but thank for
the view now expressed by His Excellency
towards this Draft, to which the planters;
memorial must have helped, when they sub
mitted their unanimous wish that the whole
accumulated balance of the Fund should be
used towards immigration. AS regards
His EXcellency'S observations to-day, he
would beg to observe that we cannot ex.
pect to get any great influx of labourers
from the surrounding islands; then again
those that do come must be employed for
one year ana for pay hence no one will en-
ploy laboUrerS for appearance sake. The
chief point is that immigrants are wanted
and very few planters nave means to pay
their portion of expenses, and this would
be remedied by the proposal. If His Ex-
CellencY would not oppose, he would re.
commend the Draft to be carried out as it
stands; the details could no doubt easily
be arranged by means of instructions to
the PolicemaSters and the Treasurer, but of
course the simpler the measures are, the
more sure are they of working satiSfactOri-
~,
The GOrernOr: A change by Ordinance is
requisite for altering the existing rules.
The Government could not now 90 further
than mentioned to-day.
The Chairman: The Draft might stand
over until the Government has received
the resolution of the Ministry.
Bird Member for Fredrrikstpd's Country
District He1riHl The Government would
in reality, Judging from His EXcellency's
remarks, only allow 81, 100 well, Of course,
that is so much gain in favour of the pro-
posed plan, but as regards the o b~jectiOnS
to the Draft i'll it's present form, il t would
say, that the Trainer Of it had not bought
it necessary to ada anything alb ont con.
troll in the allotment OF labOurerS or con
troll with Agents, simply because nothing
Of the kind was mentioned in the present
Ordinances; and if the amount for immigra-
ton is to be fixed 10y the Council, as pro-
posed in s ., then there could he no heSita.
ton in allowing those points to be decided
too in the same manner, and we need not
have a vastappendage of regulations in the
Ordinance, which when once there cannot
be altered again except by ordinance,
each time with the same difficulty as now.
But so far we must certainly thank His
ExceIlency; still he would recommend
nevertheless that the Council passes this
Draft as it is now we know that a long
time goes in these cOrreSpondenccS back
and forward, and in the meantime the
chances that might open up to us after
crop to get some immigrants might be
lost. 1t will last a long time before we
can get an answer, but If we Shpw today
what we desire, it might make the matter
easier: at all events we shall do what VT
can, and leave the rest to others.
2nd Member for ChrStiansted (Lemmjng)
said, those honorable Members who expect
anything to come out of the matter should
be glad to accede to His Excellency's Sug-
g%estion today, as thereby they will be
getting a Draft in a proper formal shape,
such as His Majesty could accept at present
the Draft is so ~unshapely that even if it
were to be passed, His Majesty could not
accept it; and he could tell Members that
the Draft is really unfit, particularly the
motives,-they are model motives. There.
fore when His Excellency stretches out his
hand, it should be accepted. Even after
the Draft had been in Committee, it has
not been improved, and of course the Co.
vernment or His Majesty cannot give a
Draft a suitable shape when once it has
been adopted by the Council. The Council
must look on the matter in a sound logical
way, and the Council will then find that