, 1889-03-23

The ChGiTm6H would beg 10 point ont,
that the action of the Ministry ia not to ba
called In for every day cases, but only in
extraordinary cases. Aud this is no more
nor otherwise than what is at present fol.
lowed and must necessarily be followed.
For daily transactions the consent of the
Ministry is not required. 49,
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Rs,oitD: TheTeisyet one point more
to which he would call attention, namely
this, that IT the yearly contribution from
the Colonial Treasury be disc mtimued, the
means OF the Immigration Fund would
not be sufficient If We want to keep up
Immigration even if we put @2O,O 0 on
Interest, the amount OF the tax and The
interest would not suffice. for the require.
mentS.
Bird Member for. Christiansted.A Country.
District (Leesy) Taking the sincerity OF
bis Exceilency the Governor and the
Ministry in calculation, and in view also
of the trouble which they have taken in
framing and submitting this Draft. he
would not advise the Council right away
to throw out the Draft, but he would pro.
pose that the Draft be referred to u Com.
mlttee this would do no harm, and if it be
found advisable, the Committee conld Sup.
geSt alterations to meet the views of both
sides.
The further discussion on the Draft was
then interrupted, and the question of \
Committee was cOnsidered.5
1t was adopted with 8 votes against s.
to refer tue Draft to u Committee of S
members.
The election took place later in the
meeting. s.
6. Introduction of and lat Discussion
on Additional Money Bill to the Bud.
get for 1855 Item F.
The Additional Money Bill reads ~
follows
EXTRA MONEY BILL.
&"der the budget for the municipality Of 81,
Cro'r Jor the financial year from 1St april
1883 to 5lst March 1889.
Under Item F.-Buiiding AMI other nm.
certain expenSeS-iS granted: ExpenA.s
connected with the Exposition -. 9llU. 90
REMARKS.
The participation of the Danish West
India Islands in the Northern Industrial.
Agricultural and Art Exposition i in Oopeu.
hagen 1888 has of course been attended
with not Il few expenses.
The greater part of these expenses. viz.
the cost at hniEling u separate, suitable
building tnr the exposition, has been de.
frayed by Mr.. Moses MeIchior, merchant.
OF Copenhagen, whose interest for these
Islands iS we'll known. Mr.. M4lchi0r,
together with Mr.. j. II. Frchtpnburg. mer.
chant, of Copenhagen, undertook cneer.
fully the task of being our agents in Co.
penhagtn, hence to represent the Danish
w. |. expoSltnrS before the exposition
Committee in Copenhagen, and to arrange
all matters concerning the Danish w. /. ex.
position, Mr.. Melchior and Mr.. Fechtenburg
were aware that the w. |. exposition would
remain unn0ticrd if it were to take place in
the great common Exposition Building, and
hence made great effnrtS to provide for a
special building. The Central COMMITTEES.
taking the Ssme view of the matter. acted
III a spirit of accommodation, and allowed
a not lnc%OnsiderAble contribution out of
the funds ut disposal ; but "a there was no
prospect OF providing the required balance
by other means, Mr. MeIchiOr advanced
the needful amount himself.
Mr.. Melchior moreover offered the ex.
poSltors in the Danish West, Indies to, con.
vey their exhibits to c. penhagpn free of
cost in his vessels; and neither he nor MIR.
Fe~chtenburg spared personal labour, ef-
forts, or expense with a view of producing
. good result, which was in fact obtained.
The other expenses were. partly, ouch
as the private exhibitors thenseive YES had
to pay in order 10 get their exhibits sent
home and placed on exhibition, partly such
as the W. /. Exposition Committee had to