, 1890-02-12

mrslCS packer IN taken out or the usual
tour between this and St. Thomas, it should
be duly notified aS early as possible, as
the public is inconvenienced at times,
misunderstanding on n certain time for the
departure of the schooner, but this latter
is suddenly changed, without any previous
notice to the public, bu5 which might, so
he thought, he easily given, without caus-
ing inconvenience. rs
$ The GOUeFROr said hr was not aware Of
any alteration having frequently occurred
in the fixed time. of departure of tho Mail
Vessel, beyond such eviations as were
necesSitated by the weather. AS a rule,
the fixed days of departure are kept, and
only very rarely has the necessity for All
alteration arisen; and when this occurs
it arises 40 suddenly, that it is impossible
to notify it to the public beforehand. The
Mail Schooner will continue to S Ill, as tar
as i'll amy way possible, always at the Stlp-
ulated times.
8 Member for FrederikSted's Country
District (HeuittJ would beg to call the
attention of the Government and the
Council to the immigration fund. In the
Ordinance of 18th May 1866 5 3 it is EN-
acted, that the ImmigratiJnfund is admin,
strated by the Government, who every
year has to furnish the Colonial Council
with q statement Of the means belonging
to the Fund, and also to lay before the
Council for it's approval an estimate of the
revenue and expenditure of the said fund
for the following financial year. He would
beg to ask the Governor what are the
reasons why that enactment has not been
COMPLIED with for the last years, as no
statement nor budget has been laid before
the Council for many years. There Is no
public fund that interests the Island
az much as the [mmi grationfunl. for,
at present the Island is us badly off as it
can be for availabl, labour force, from the
want of immigrants. When some time ago
a proposal was made in co mection witch
the private draft on immigration, that the
befOrenamnd enactment should b strictly
observed i'll future, no notice was taken OF
it, and the Council is still without know
ledge Of the real state of the ImmigratiOn-
fund, particularly how the revenues are
expended Only now and then Oh some
chance occasion, we are told what the
balance is. STILL that Immigrationfuud is
n matter OF very great Importance, anu he
could not see how the Council could pass
the Budget this year without having such
q statemel 1T. Last year huadredS of acres
had TO be left unreaped, from want OF ade-
quate labOur force; aud it is certainly d,Scou-
raging that when pains and expense have
O0eIl employed TO grow canes, UnCy can uOb
be brought to account from insufficient
labour force. He would now therefore ask,
il the statement and budget for the Immi-
grationfund will be submitted by the next
meeting Of the Council.
The Governor said, that every year the
amount expected to accrue from the I'm
migration tax is entered on the Budget
and the Expenses Sc, 1000 tor the Colonial
treasury towards the Immigrationfnnd are
also posted on the Budgtt.-The Accounts
of the Municipality are every year laid
before the Colonial Council for inspection
a Committee is appointed to inspect them
and to report thereon that Committees
will be able to ex tmine also the specified
accounts Of the expenses of the imnlgra-
tioufnud. The Government could not see
there is reason to do more than that. He
had Of course no objection to lay before
the Council at any time a statement shew-
ing the status of the i'm migtatiohfund, but
to give beforeh and a staten mt of what
expenses will be requested in the coming
year is not possible, as the Government
can not know what tho expenses MY be-
The Chairman would, as there is nothing
particularly new in this Daft of Badg3r,
r.aquiring to be discussed now, beg to pro
use that the DAFT with Money Bill
b.. referred to i COn mites Of 5 Members,
aud the 1SC discussion be- continued after
the Committee has u ven in it's report.