, 1908-01-01

of the articles that are taxable Id the Coun-
try Districtss thereby the Colonial lrea-
sury's revenue from This tax might be
increased.
8. ad B e. tneort Duty. The Municipal
'Comlnittee would bring to the attention of
Hovernment that the existing Tariff of I'M
port Duty is quite antiqaated many items
are too high, others again too low, prices of
goods having in the course OF time changed,
without corresponding alterations having
been effected in the tariff. The Ctee. sug-
gests to Government that a Revision OF the
Tariff of Impert Duty be effected now
An individual Member of the Ctee. called
attention to this circumstances that under
existing Regulations every Hogshead of
Sugar must have the name of the estate
branded ON it; in default thereof, when the
hogshead is to be weighed in the scale-house,
the owner is liable to % fine of l Dollar,
which accrues to the labourers in the scale
house and not the Colonial Treasury. When
sugar is exported in barrels, no branding is
Required, but in such cases., as we'll as when
sugar is exported in bags stensils only are
used, indicating the name of the estate.
The above mentioned system is said to be
warranted by some very old Placards, which
in so far as the system is requisite for con-
trolling expectations from Estates Of the
Crops made, might possibly be replaced by
rules of a nature more suited to the times.
In the Ctee. it was also pointed out, that
in Frederiksted the practice exists, that,
Whenever Sugars are Brought in fir m E.
tates and cleared for expectation with Il
particular steamer, which does not arrive
at Frederiksted, from some cause Or other,
it is required that the Sugars shall, after
having been lying for some days, pass over
the scales again when being finally exported;
a., 4ho% tho nvpnrtnr QG we'll ga tho
Treasury suffers a loss it was suggested
that a change be made in that respect
In the Committee it was furthermore
cpmplained of that the Captains Of Boats
from foreign places 30 about unhindered in
Town and offer their goods for sale, parts
cularly Salt in barrels, which, after being
sold, is then delivered from the boat to the
Individual purchasers; in most cases after
the captain had refused q bargain for his
whole boat load in favour OF an individual
merchant or trader; this retailing of the
articles in town leads to a rise in the price
of the article and the licensed trader is de-
prived of a benefit.
l.. ud IS. Rt.m Excise. This item of re-
venue is carried out with 81, 600 FIR, ca!cu.
lated on a consumption of 10000 Calls.
Rum. The Ctee: thinks, that i'll the face
of present prospects of the Island and IN
view of the prospects of the coming crop;
VIE cannot possibly reckon on anything like
that consumption of Rum in the Island IN
the coming year but the Ctee: does not
possess the requisite data to make any cal
cuIation as to what the CONSUMPTION might
actually be.
5. adj III. Rsoemre iron, the Postal De-
puttsnsnt. The Ctee. suggests to Govern
meht. that steps be taken, if not here in the
island, at all events in DENMARK, To prevent
The delays which now occur in regard to the
transport of Mails It happens frequently,
that letters of a later date arrive before let
ters OF previous dates: The Danish Steam
ers never bring mails, although they are the
fastest steamers.
s. ad CO.. Revenue from The Prise" De-
purtmemt. According to existing enact
,nents all ct1prits sentenced to 2 years Oh
more penal setvitude, shall be sent to q
Prison in Denmark to expiate the PENALTY
of late ys,rs those enactments have not
been observed, and as a consequence oil
culprits have been Kept back here, and the
Prison Department here has therefore had
to defthy the EXPENSES which the Prison
DEPARTMENT in the Mothercountry would
otherwise have had to pay if the distinction
-. kl,o nooortnoant Of Arrest and the