, 1894-04-28
P R 0 G E E D N G s
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR ST. q

OlStrlcC (dEtC1ttJ: we uHNt dlIeduJ hdO OoHh-
mittees who have made elaborate proposals,
which are all known to Government, after
being adopted by the Council it is not to be
expected that the Councn will change It's
opinion on those matters. Anyhow, it would
avail but little or nothing for a Committee to
go again to work, except His Excellency were
willing to state his readiness to entertain the
propt sails or at all events to discuss the ques-
tons in their full bearings. 1t would be out
Of place to have q Ommitte whose iaboufs
would ultimately find the SAME reception as
those Of the previous years. lie Tor his part
would have no objections to q Committee,
even at this stage Of the matter, II HIS Ex-
c~ellency will give the promise, that ne Will
take notice and act upon the suggestions nat
might he made if SO, we could proceed IN
that direction On the other hand 1T ia a dlth-
cult thing to ask or expect such q promise
now from His Excellency, who has been but
a few months here, and who could scarcely
be expected already now to sanction altera-
tons which his predecessor was d slhclln-
ed to favour His Excellency must naturally
wish to see for himself. This Budget IS
not His Excellency's own budget; he met 1t,
and he has acted on it from the Councils
stand, the results are unaltered. and IN
the face of the same facts, only with addition
of some more additional burthAnS added to tile
already heavy ones, we cannot do otherwise
than OPPOSE the passage Of the Money Bills,
which, to save time, should be put to vote en-
bloc. The Council can not depart from the
conviction that it is not right towards the
community to pass Budgets having the tea
lures of the present one, with expenses OF
upwards of $3.50, 0G0, and only $4,000 to
reckon upon; the Colonial Council can not get
away from the belief that this colony could be
.o-o~I, o,D1 4, (ToinntlU lIDnjliat rat cd for less
than $3.50, 0C0; hence the Colonial Council
can no. vote for the Expenditure as at present
entered.
lst Member for ChriStiansted (CreaOh)
would beg to say, it does not appear possible
or feasible that we could, anyhow at once, re-
duce the expenses with a sum of 100000,
whatever else might be achieved i'll the d.
rectiom Of reductions. 1t seems, however,
but fair. to allow His Excellency a chance to
see what he can do in that way and to assist IN
that way, he would consider a Committee Of,
say 3 Members Of the Council, on this Budget,
to be advisable.
The Governor would only beg to remark that
this Draft of Budget proceeds from his hand and
has been submitted by him and of course no
responsibility for it rests with his predecesro or.
On the other hand it is SO, that by S SO of
the Colonial Law he is under the necessity to
defray all expenses for the municipality,
warranted by laws and ordinances as we'll as
those that are unavoidably necessary for the
business of the Administration, which cannot
be dispensed with. even though the Budget
be not passed by the Colonial Council. But,
then, it is not possible under the Budget
alone to make retrenchments, but all those
different laws and ordinances must first be
taken under consideration, and the Budget
cannot wait upon that it would be quite
impossible to wait upon those lengthy discus
sions and he would therefore ask the Colo
NAL Council to pass this Budget, and then we
may take under consideration and discussion
what means there can be found to make re-
auctions and to effect alterations.
The Chairman would beg to state, that the
Colonial Council never voted on any item
fixed by law or ordinances on such matters
the Council confined itself wheE dealing with
the Budgets to make proposals or rather sug-
g~estions but on the Money Bills the Coun-
cil's votes, when they were made, remained
unheeded it was only on the Money Bills
the Council voted.
The Governor would say, that it is also
impressive to defray expenses that are war
ranted by rules that are as binding as laws
and ordinances; such items must also be
passed, ana many of them are on the Money
Bills. Of that class of expenses it ID also so,
that Government can not let alone paying