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portation the rest must depend on the Giver of
all good gifts but anyhow, as long as we live,
we must have importations, and they must
cross the wharf and it must give good returns.
But as regards the want of public money, he
must say, money ,can' always be found for
Injuries, and hence he could not see why the
difficulty should be 80 great i'll regard to this
necessary appliance, which is to bo for the
benefit of the public revenue as well as for the
advantage of the people. He hoped Govern
mem will reconsider the matter, and that they
VII see that what we ask is needed. Importers
pay the duties cheerfully and willingly, and it
does seem but a small remuneration or
that they be furnished a suitable place to land
their importations and ship their produce with
out risks and with sufficient and requisite des-
patch no one will wait upon rs wneo chipping,
we must meet the steamers, or We W.Il De left
behind. He himself pays Is cts per ton of
Goals, although not landed on the public
wharf, but on a private wharf; and he
has besides to thank for the permission to
nave such a private wharf. re would aSain
express the hope that the Council. viii adopt
the proposal, despite of the threat held out,
and thus uphold the agricultural aid CONNER
cial interests of this island; the only w8v 4
which we here can expect to exist, is to t to
compete with other places if not, we nave to
go %asteFn, as sure as any thing. n other
places we see efforts ON a great scale being
made to secure steam communication vii the
outer world; in the English Islands, " see
thousands of pounds sterling being expt 4ded
to attract steamers and to accommodate them.
Steamers calling here with thous nds Of par
cc's ON board. but perhaps only $3.50 for this
port, h svc no time 80 wait on Us they have 90
work with speed to get away. 1t is true our
C~ustomhouse Officers pat no obstacles IN. the
way, they me willing to work beyond usual
hours and on holidays, but We have no place,
nc suitable wharf room to work on, as we
should and as w must, If we don't want to be
left astern. 1t is, moreover, but a piece of
justice to The people that they should have .
good and suitable wharf, when they pay so
dearly for it they should have all facilities
possible.
lat Member for Frndcrikstcd's Country
District (RW&SelU would say he endorsed the
views of the last honorable Speaker. He
(Russell) was Agent of a Steam Ship CON-
pan abroad, and he he'd been repeatedly in
structed that they would not have any com.
munications with the place, unless they were
offered or secured better facilities. In former
times we needed not to be 80 careful as to
time but what we then could have 2 or 3
days to complete, we have now only Just as.
nlany nouTS StlIl we Onor no IaClllrleS DeyQnQ
those of former days; if we did re would get
more steamers ; as it is now We .4aye no chance
of getting, particularly if we persist II having
no other appliances than the time worn and
inadequate accommodations, at times unsafe
and unworthy. He felt more than iurprised
at the contents Of the Governments l.. ter
communicated to the Council in thia meeting
The Government not only urges the Council
to adopt what the Council considers not suited
to the requirements and even pernicious to
the object to BIO executed but the Govern
ment furthermore tells the Council that if
they adopt anything beyond what is proposed
by the Government, it will not TO
ded, for sanction. And are the Councils
Members then School boys, with a Master to
tell us what to do or not do, under fear of
displeasure or penalty? Are we to be con
teIt to take what is given, what we do not
want, what we can not use, or else be told that
we can get nothing at all? Or are we indie
pendent Men, sitting here in this Council to
express a free and u~ntrammelled opinion on
public affairs, even though the Minister and
the Government be averse to it? This last
oommun ication is more than what could eve
have been expected. And why may we not
get what we want, if the revenues are to coz,
tinue being collected-2 The expense would
be more than covered by the returns of Q
years collections of the public dues The
Minister is scarcely aware of all the faOos of
the case, and he (RusselD could but join the
other Members in recommending the present