, 1896-02-12

cially defined case of that nature coming be-
fore Governments, will be taken up.
End Member for Fredsriksted's Country
District (Blackw0Od) would say, as far
as the case on his estate was concerned
he had called for the Policemaster's assis-
lance against the trade that was going on on
his estate, and the Police acted PROMPTLY
no blame is to be attached there. AS regards
the Interpolation, the meaning is, of course.
t" get Il change whereby tile limit be made
larger than 3 gallons, as this limit affords
now such y temptation to evade it. that the
Police Is not always able to follow it no
and prevent it. The law itself seems to be-
all light but tAo limit is 80 small, it es-
) oapes the Police, and Ru~mshopkeepsrs are
the sufferers. while Others ae the gamers.
and, as all ready said, not one mar is going
to play the ugly part Of al informor against
another man with whom he las to come in
contact daily and can't be otherwise than on
friendly terms, Thels is but one Of two
things to be done: if the Government will not
alter the law aud fix a lower limit, then the
Police must be better prepared to cope with
the evil and prevent The illegal salc in the
manner complained Of the licensed men have
a perfect right, and if the law were upheld
strictly, much might be lone already now.
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business going on. vet nothing is being
done or can b5 dolr, and this is perhaps
owing to tn shad w of legality giyei to it Nv
one man acting az purchaser and he dividing
the rum, q thing which is well known to the
seller too at the time lie sells the rum il
thas way.
This Go8ern0r said it ), EN- 4 to him that the
honorable 2nd Member for F~redoriksted
(Blackwood) does not agreo " til the mover
of this interpolation; for lie honorable
Member soys, he quite agrees that The law is
good as it is, if on it br kept, and he would
merely complain OF the Ineffective manner in
whieh the Police watches over the carrying
out Of the law; and that Is precisely what, he,
the Governor, urges; and hY goes further,
and as 1t Is not always possible for the Police
to follow up and detect cases, private parties
should not withhold information they might
possess and able to assist tie Police. If the
honorable Member would gay which are tie
cases whers the Police know very we'll he, the
Governor, would attend to them; and the
case which he, (Blackwood) hai mentioned
OF a rumshOp being ran in another persons
name, that would Of course be illegal, if it
were. not permitted, and on proof thereof
the party would be punished; az Tor informers
there should be no hesitation, sspeoi allV
when the parties own interests are involved.
But as regards lire leduction Of the limit, it
would do no good, even if there were rea-
sons to 80 in for it.
3rd Member tor Frederikstsd Country
District ID. BroUn) would say he cordially
agreed III the view hat if the minimum
quantity for the sale of rum by retailers etc. were
even fixed at 100 GALLONS. Instead of 8, there
would always b" alIuiemenlS to evudU the
law and infringe on the rights of the licensed
Rumshopkeepels; the custom Of selling guam
ties of 5 gallons to labOuTeIs, we'll knowing
that the rum is not for the one but many
buyers of smaller portions, is certainly d de-
triInent to the licensehoIders, and the taxes
of these latter are very high. This system
creates also disorder on estates. H. would
beg to put for consideration, if the present le-
gal arrangement with the 5 gallons meets
with sufficient protection for the benefit of
the highly taxed IicensehOIderS, or if that
permission for the sale of 3 gallons by re-
tailers is OH the whole IA good thing.
The Governor would say th~t persons
selling or disposing of the rum on estates
which they bought III town in quantities would
be- guilty of retailing rum and they w. uld
he punished; in thai way, even if you did
not catch the seller i'll town, you would
catch the other persons AS regards the
question of continuing the right to sell S
gallons, it appeared to him to be neces-
sary to have it, as otherwise merchants
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