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far as he can see now Is $23,0OO pr. 3Ist
March this year, would be quickly lost. he
was ~astonished to hear the hOnors BILE Men,
Der, after all that had transplred, say that
he (the GovernOr) had mlsled the planting
community in regard to the applcatloh OF
the amount, he would not nave that accuSa-
ton made, and would protest against 1t.
The Governments duty is to protect the
funds from being rashly applied as already
stated, he was in favour of a more extended
application of The means of the immigration
Fund; and when the Council today notifies
it's consent or agreement, he would know
what to do. In conclusion, he would merely
add, that the very last remarks from the
honorable Member i~nstifeS his (the Cover
OTs) caution; for the honorable IN
himself says, he wOuld never agree to the
maiu purposes of the immigration Fund
being altered therefore we must take tie
necessary time tOconsider we'll what we are
going to do.
3cd Member for FrederikSted'S Country
District (HeVit) said, His Excellency had"
very much misunderstood him in reference
to the term used "mislead". To the best of
his abilities he had endeavOured to express
his view, that this proposal is in keeping
with what had come from Government on Il
previous occasion, at a meeting where no
one objected, hence it might be considered
that it was sanctioned; and those who kept
up the labour force without necessity of do
ing so, at great pecuniary outlay. did SO in
expectation of getting the help which was
then suggested and to which every one as
scented; there can be no doubt but that
such vas the general impression, and that
no obstacles would be put in the way when
the matter did come on. There is then no
necessity to make All apology, as he had not
lntended any unpleaSantneSs. He bad not
intended that the immigration FUND should
be wasted or loosely disposed of; but the
Government should have proposed the Sc
Curity needed for granting these loans; for
as to discuss the matter now, would be use
less. Some risk must of course be run. but
under the present prospects of the crop,
there could scarcely be any danger of losses.
We do not advocate any alteration of the
object of the Immigration Fund, but only
an application OF a sum for q time, and it
seems but reasonable that those who have
raised the Immigration Fund should be
served.
2nd Member for Christiansted StakemQnn
could still not see the necessity of an Ordi-
nance to dispose of the means for this par
ticular purpose; of course His Excellency
must have examined the question: he (Stake-
mann) had not; he did not remember any
law prescribing that funds like this should
Oe subject to the same conditions as loans
of minors means; he was aware that by
long practice here and in Denmark similar
rules had been made applicable.
The Governor said the honorable Member
had misunderstood him: it was lust his
opinion hat the rules for minors means
could not be applicable in reference to the
loans from the immigration Fund. Ac-
cOrding to existing rules, public funds
are lent out on the same security as
minors money, with only one exception, the
Rum Fund; there could be no question of
applying those rules on the loans from the
immigration Fund contemplated TODAY.
and he had never said, nor intended TO say
anything of the kind, but he had said that
the terms of the loan must be fixed by Ordi-
nance and he could agree that the best Sc
curlty under the circumstances would be
Bureau right in the crop of the estates con-
cerned, and so that there should be no other
claim IN the crops on the ground in prefer
ence TO that OF the immigration Fund. An
other thing to be attended to, is. that the
amounts advanced to the respective plant
ers should not be unnecessarily large, it
should be regulated according to his opinion
in proportion TO the acreage in plant ~cnltiya-
ton and the estimated produce from the said
area, SO that for instance with 100 acres of
land in plants, and 100 hogsheads estimated
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