, 1889-10-30

SOA "'NNI W. OoA VA IJS
that the Ministry would listen to reason
aud will grant us what we require to secure
Just that which the Ministry intended we
should have, viz:-tO clelr ourselves and
to exist free of encumbranceS. What be
would now add, would have been better in
place before the Committee; still, as there
had been some illusions to the deficit.
which the Municipal Treasury will com,
meuce with, he could not abstain saying,
that he did not exactly believe that tue
deficit would be as large as anticipated.
but anyhow there will be q considerable
deficit; still, he felt quite sure that more
burthens will not bo placed on us than
we are able to bear. in consistence
with the idea that lies at the bot
tom of the proposal. Should We after
wards find other items to require fur
Their expense, such rs lighting the streets,
we will have to find means and ways to
cover, for instance by "a special taxation
the same DIS Ill most cities of the world.
What we have at present to do, is hearth
ly aud openly to express how much we are
are obliged to the Minister and to the
Governor for what they intend to do for
as, which is indeed a great boon. 1t has
been an unpleasant position to see our
Budgets constantly appearing in the state
bANJ h"N OCOh Az " lbO IdSU ' 0dIS dlU
to know aud feel that we could do nothing
to relieve the burden or to alter the face
of the Budget. The Home Government
has helped us before, but now they have
come to a final result to enable us to arrive
at a position where We can see our way to
arrive at financial independence or at
least i SOunder financial basis.
Bird Member for ChriStianSted (StakemGnn)
The Chairman bad stopped him the last
time he had the word, but it was nothing
personal that he had rUught forward he
was III rely looking for the rights Of the
parties, because the parties who had been
Administrators were scarcely personally
rts IOnSibIe fpr the debtS.... (The (OhQir.
man But there were many who were
personally responsible for the deOO ......
but no, I'll, and If that were the case it
w0u!d DO wrong to convey claims of that
kind, that arr worth nothing.
rht (ChtirmaM) We may we'll suppose
that II those parties were not personally
responsible for the amounts they received
as bureau advances for the Estates under
their administration, they would have
protested strongly against it when they
got their account or were asked to pay.
Bird Member for Ohristiansted (Stakemqnn)
said his remarks were based on a state
ment from one who was not security, but
who nevertheless was entered as debtor.
The Chairman: We lave seen such
things before, that parties afterwards gu
t. lawyers ald declare they never intend
ell t. bo security when they signed the
documenr by which they pledge as such.
The GOUernOr had from the remarks
made by honorable Members, notice that
the chief d)ubt in this whole matter is con-
Corning the financial position of the Com.
munal Treasury, and he could very we'll
understand that the first aud most impor-
tant duty Of the Council is to examine that
side of the question thoroughly. But he
WOuld ask tho honorable Members to re.
member that We can not base our concIu-
sion on things as they might turn out in
future, because we know nothing of what
the future will bring, our best guide is
past experience, and here the Home Go
vernment's Bad get is based on the revenue
an expenditure of the Colony for 4 years
up to l8S7-88; for 1883 according to a
preliminary calculation, the revenues on
the Municipal BUDGETS would be S62, 1868
and the expenses S67,6 or S2,743 above
the figures in the Draft. The Home Go
vernnent WAS not aware at the time of the
results for 1889. For 1895 the COuu-
Gil has passed a budget showing Munich
pal revenueS...,. 1868 ,552.87
do. expenSeS........ 59.914
Deficits $3.50
consequently still higher than in the draft.