, 1893-04-15
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COLONIAL COUNCIL
F(nR So CRoIA.
Confirmation Of Meeting Of 9th March 1893.

sra CfoWQ Member DRUM .w"Au 40 AA
as he understood, the 2 honorable Members
reason why they recommended the Council
not to discuss the Draft Of Budget is because
they think that The Council has not much to
say on financial matters, and that little is net
taken much into consideration. Well, 80 far
that is right at present under existing clrcnm-
stances; bat lot us look at it in another way; we
ha. o heard much spoken Of practical men ana
tneir advices he w0ull now ask If it ls a
real good practical step # the Council not to
discuss this Draft and what Will ae the
practical cpnse44e2ce? Of course, the COM
seqttrncr viii BE- that the Kiag will sanction
The Drift as it was b ought III here, and
the Colonial Council viii IN future have
nothing to say on the Budgets. 1t ne true thtt
il is not much he Council can sly still 1t ~
always something under the ordinary id5etsy
but more urder eXtraorilnafy grants; the
Council has always some say II a9t always
directly, yet indirectly. If we have no DIS
oassion at all, by and bye there VIII be ~ one
knowing anything about tha Budget Discus
sions, and there will no doubt be a tim when
the Budgets will have more importance than
at present, and when it might be wished very
much if we could discuss it not OILY outside
the Council but here too. When it has been
said that there is no good to come ont Of the
discussions. in fact that no good ha come out
OF hem, then we must not f'rget that with
ont them It might not IN many ils' ce5
have been possible to obtain what has been
got through extra grants and IN future II
the Council refuses to have anything to DO
with the Budgets it follows Of itself thtt the
Minister will find M cause to be az we'll dis
posed as formerly and to allow extra grants
for use when We here have not the money.
But we must also remember that among the
many TENS which the Council voted out IN
the two last years here were some that were
admitted by the Royal Sanction, all were
not nnheedtd. Then again. W. must look ut
this other practical consequence that as far as
he could understand, the Council can not
any longer expect extra grants for purposes
very much needed at TINS, such 81 road re-
pairs,if now the Council does not pass thr Bld-
gel az usual. He would quite acknowledge that
under present circums aloes the influence OF
the Council is but little; but the Council
should not give away even hat little the
present step will ,moreovtv, be OF no use what
ever.
End Crown Member smming) said, he had
not much to say, as the most f what he had
intended to say has been stated already. lie
would only beg to adj, that if hon)urabie
Members really go in for what ls low pro-
posed, thy will come II regret 1t; he hellev-
ell that il the arguments br0u-ht to bear on
YOU be admitted. and the Committees recon-
meadation be followed, the result will not be
a happy one to obtain AS u result Alongside
of the Colonial Councils right to grant
expenses for the COLONY, Is an Obligation on
thu Council not to refuse what by the Admin
i|stration is considered rfecesSary for the
undisturbed continu gee of the' Administra-
tive branches; and what is necessary is not
exclusively defined by the warraa' Of l.w3
and ordiagAces; other TENS are equally as
necessary for tn It pusroFs. Ii aow h.
Colonial Council by rs yo.e refuse s.lca
items. aud the Government caa't 10 Wi hoat
them. what IS to be done? The. Council is
moi always in a way to see what can not be
dispensed with i'm an Administration There
fore the Colonial Law has provided a safety
valve in S 81, the main point of which Is to
secure that things shall continue as they had
been. and the Administration not be left
nowerless because of a vote of tho Council.
the one year on items that have been stand ng
for very many years. The Colonial Council
has the right to vote on all expenses
not warranted by laws, ordinances ETC.; but
the Government has, the. right to say such and
such expenses needed for the unifo m dis
charge Of The Administrative branches must be
at disposal. These considerations have hitherto
Il. IoL,n;ol Council hare. To refrain