, 1891-02-14

I'll when the bill Of Law alluded to was discussed,
Unjust appear rather surprising to see a Budget
with a Revenue of 1880 and an Expendl-
ture of 1868, QUO, and that he should be unable
to see how the Island can ply the deficiency
But had the honorable Member then been in
the Council he would have seen that the bill
intended to- do away with that deficiency, by
giving the Municipality a small but balanced
Budget, and by the Mother County assuming
the large items together with certain items OF
revenue, and by relieving the community or lts
debt to the State Treasury. If that measure
had been in force in 1889, there would now
have been a small surplus on the Municipal
accounts. It had long been expected, thai poor
wears in this island would follow afterthe series
Of good years we had had. We must provide
for an Administration to maintain order and
peace in the Island the expenses for those
PURPOSES the Mother Country offered for the
p1eater part to take over, but the proposal was
refused bv the Council. AS the Bill is now be-
Gore the Diet, where it is under discussion, 1t
would be better that the Council should wait
to see The result; however, he must leave 1t
70 tue Council whether it will adopt the propo-
AL made to-day; but he feared that it will not
be caey for the Committee to find where re-
trsacaraeats can be made il the public expen-
Git1re q the Island such reductions have al
ready been made us for as possible, and more
over 4 Royal Commission WIS sent out from
Denmark some years ago to make proposals IN
shat direction, but they came to the CONCLUSION,
that further reductions could not be made, II
the Island is to be kept up. he anticipated
that the Committee to be appointed by the
Council. would come to the same result, II we
are not to be exposed to disorganisation OF the
whole public administration; which would
certainly be wrong, and we could not expect
that the Danish Government should take the
responsibility.
End Member for FIR ederiksteds Country Dis
trict (Hepitt) would say that the
nor the Council could do nothing in the way
of really effecting ret~renchmcnts unless the
Minister and the Government unite IN effect
inc them this is owing to the Colonial Law.
But if the Minister should not go with US IN
now effecting retr~enchmerts, when all prGcti-
cal men, especially taxpayers, recommend
them. we could not do more; let the Minister
thon take the responsibility. And rs regards
onr representation to the Diet, he would say,
t1is is lust the time to come forward and shew
the Diet that reductions can be made IN the
administration, and particularly should we 90
10 before the Diet comes to a CONCLUSION In re-
rard to the Bill. fit be so that the Bill will
q more unfavourable tt us than originally In.
ended. when it shall have passed the Diet,
.ssn Of course it would be Of no use to US.
it you'd not avail, for then things will have
been brought into such a middle, that we,
would then do best to let them alone and those
-qa3 have made them so. 1t is a remarkable
Circumstance, that all the British Westindla
Is7aod are self-supporting in the main, but
oal1 they do not pay as much taxes as we 90
and low is it that they are satisfied and in good
-ss.r.oa. while we here are in such a deplorable
te Gaancially? The Colonial Council might
~ olscned; but when all things be considered,
s,uaust 30 acknowledged that the Council has
actting to say. Still, it behoves the parties IN
Tacao Eands matters rest to stop before 1t be
TOO lete. before the Island be devasted like st.
5ohn. The proposal before the Council now
ie r0} aade FOR the sake of opposition, but it's
because we are seriously impressed with the
Esolirrt that something must be done If the colo,
nv is to exist; but if the Mother Country VIII
say The colony ie to exist and will assist where
we fail or + eunable, that is another thing, and
4ho Council would have nothing to do; but
v,nen we see measures being taken, not so much
70 assist us in getting along. but to rid the
L.other Country of it's DUTY 10 keep the colony
aooinc. aid to impose upon us an organisation
whioh cannot but place the colony in a position
far worse than it has ever been before, then 1t
is time for us to try, if by reducing our expens-
os we could keepup and hold out untl some
4aing better can be done. But il they at home
aud others will persist in placing the colony
IN 4 middle. we must as noticed before leave