, 1893-07-01
Continuation Of Meeting Of 1911 June 1899

A third Minority (Clausenl finds it natural
that the future Legislative power of the
colonies be limited to the purely municipal
matters MS proposed in : 2 of the Draft Of
Law, III can, however, not agree to the pro-
posed measures for dividing the revenues
hitherto belonging to the colonies between
the State Treasury and the Municipal Chests,
by which the State will be burdened with a
future annual contI button for the admins
tration Of the Colonies equal to the amount of
the deficit which tie colonies on an average
have had foy a mber Of years. If the
provinces at home in the Mother Country were
pi ced in similar circumstances in respect to
the jointsFinances of the state, whence would
then be derived the revenues for defraying the
expenses hereof. That vhioh in the Draft of
Law is proposed for arranging the future
affairs betW cen the State and the Colonies is
in reality only admitting the correctness Of
the deficits, with the requisite legalIZed
assignment on the State Treasury for reim-
boursement.
The passing of the Draft will in regard to
the State be equal to an obligation to contri-
butte annually over 400, 900 KlOners towards
the administration Of the Colonies, and besides
of course q REIMBURSEMENT of the annual
contribution towards the Finances Of the
Mother Country prescribed by the Colonial
Law. The Home Government and the Gov
eminent of the Islands would indeed by this
become irresponsible in respect to the hnan-
DIAL ealanities of the colonies, but this would
also be the only real result which it can be
supposed would be obtained by the passing
of the Draft of Law, a result which hardly
contains any recommendation for the Diet
to acce 1t the course indicated by the Draft
If fhnra he anU moaning in erecting -
division between State and municipal affairs
of the colonies, the State Treasury ought to
be allotted at least such q portion Of the
revenues which would fully defray those
duties and burdens which the State should
assume.
That the unfavourab'e state Of affairs during
the latter years partly has been the cause OF
the unfavournble financial stale ofthe Colonies,
canhardly be denied, but on the other hand it
can neither be doubted but that an Admins
tratiOn better verSed in economical and
municipal matters, III part, If not entirely,
would have been able to preven' the great
annual deficits, which have taken place.
There might as a matter Of fact, have been
saved something IN the public Offices OF the
Colonies and still more by a sensible reorgani-
sation of the police and military. The
increase herein, which has in such a great
measure been active in increasing the deficit,
is in reality dscrihed to the riot of 1878,
but the events from that period on the
contrary would Indicate, that it was more q
consequence of the want of attention on the
part of the authorities in regard to the dis
satisfaction among the black population and
besides a rather apparent bad management In
respect to military and police arrangements
on a day, when it was beforehand certain that
the black population would crowd into the
town, which made it possible for a rising to
take place. In respect to such savings as
might be effected by a reorganization of the
police aud military forces it may be mention
ell the establishment of m litia in the towns
and perhaps a similar one in the country
districts in which the burghers should be in
duty bound to enter.
Tbs Policeforce could likely by means
hereof be ourtailed somewhat and the
military institution perhaps be entirely
abolished.
In these as we'll as in other branches there
GOULD undoubtedly by a sensible and
experienced administration be effected ne
inconsiderable r~etrenchments, and for cover
ing the remaining deficit there should be
devised means for increasing taxation. but
that the Home Government year after year
could have vetoed the Budgets of the colonies
in the manner in which they were made
mp without at the same having demanded
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