, 1889-10-30

tory againSt certain guarantee to Share
holders. Ia meaning is then that either
along With or shortly after tlis Bill has
been introduced in the D.ot, a1a other Bill
will be submitted too.
Ord Member for Christianstel (Stak
said he had understood His ExcelIencv to
say, that this Bill will only be passed
subject to the other Draft on the Central
Factory becoming Law too. There were
some other points to which be would call
attention. AS regards the Revenue and
Expenditure Of the Municipal Che st, we
nnd among the former entered an item OF
Szo,660 as revenue from the Export Duty;
1t appeared to him pretty certain that
the amount viii fall short OF Il couple
thousand dollars, and that the item
could not be put down with more THAI
S25 or $4,000; but what strikes him
still more strange is that the expenses
have been put dow according to the
average of the 3 years, but it should be
the amount on the last budget; for they
are the actual expenses of he Municipality;
the items have, as We al! know, been in.
cteaslng every year, and the average
won't correspond with the actual. AS
TAR as he c0nld see, there would then
IN that way be under the Militia and
Brand Department an increased amount
OF $3.50 over and above that in the
Voucher |; 1876 more under Roads and
Streets; $500 under public Education,
s2554 under the Sanitary Department,
above the average sums, or all in all about
$4,000 actual expense in excess Of the
figures on the Voucher; add that to the
S64 ,944, and we get SO, 1900. to- al !; the
Revenue is SOL 900 less $1,000 under
Export duty or $4,000; and we have
@!O,QJO difference bclWrtl Revenue aui
Expenditure, d deficit which The Commu-
nal Chest 8iIl have to with.
Ills ENc"ilanGJ a2cSatudted that VIII "A
the change IS Elected, The Community
must meet I'LL the expenses of the NUM-
Clpal Ches' aud tltat amount wOulA lhem
have 10 be covered by additional taxa
ton. From 1896 the expenses have
Increased with 3I+,IS4 1T the same tin3
there has been some Reductions to an
amount of 5000 under the Government
and the Revising OFF,, leIviIg $1I,7O0;
these retrenGl4ents might in time not
be possible t. continue, but We might
have TO res. o.s those braralaS to their
former state, hence W. 3Usht to add
that amount, making it in all about
$4,000 to be provided. Then again
we may rec kon on the Expenses for
the Sanitary Department, which are now
about $4,000 gradually increasing, as he
Hospitals are to be taken over bY the Mu-
nici 'ality ;alSO the Poor Department, which
have been on the increase almost every
year Oflate and will continue to do so in
consequence OF TIE abolition of the LabOur
Regulations, as poor Iabourers are
now no longer cared on the estates. Il
was to be feared that we might I've bank
rupt just as much as usual; of course it is
a bad state to be in, but on IA real bad
bankrupt creditors are usually not hard
The legislative functions of the Council
NIGH. also give rise to great inconvenience;
we have an instance near to hand, namely
the Draft on Corpse Inspection; this is a
matter which might be considered not to
he municipal, and law on it might be pass
ed i'll the diet the expenses attending the
measure will fall on the Municipal Treas
ury, but the Council would have no vote.
1t our aft tirs are to be legiSlated on and
laws passed by the Diet we ought to nave
aSay the only way to meet that would be
for the colony to nave IL Representative in
the Diet, where then the opinions of tho
Council might be expressed Enere is an
other point, namely the bureau debtors;
under ordinary Bookkeeping those items,
or the most of them, would long ago nave
been written off as being LEAF debts; for
instance the claims against Spotten, Dam,
and Christmas, whose dealings have long
ago been closed as insolvtnt. Here now
we see those claims are to bB transferred
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