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the Children's Homes also for a secretary's
salary, a total OF ops Kroner.
It was proposed to spend IA .430.9O Kron-.
er in maintaining the Childreu's Homes out
here. This would give a deficit of 4,817.5G
Kroner, to be made good by extra income,
or eventually out of the AssDciation's capital.
The appeal above referred to- gives some
details OF the work of the Association, and
inpresses its importance by a reference to-
DR.. Kalmer's article published in the AUis
regarding the high mortality among the
infants in St. CroiX, namely that among chill
dren under five years of age the mortality IS
about q times rs great as ia Denmark
which excessive rate IS not due to the CHI
mate, but to improper aud insufficient food
bud care and bad sanitary conditions, Gun
fortunately" says the Report, "the result of
the appeal did not correspond to the ex-
pectations which had been entertained with
regard to it,
A paragraph in the Report pays q tribute
Of respect to the memory of the late mer-
chant Moses Melchior who died in Noveln-
her 1912, and had been a director Of tho
Association from its beginning and had al
ways taken an active interest in It's concerns.
Another paragraph mentions that in july
1912 Judge Baumnnn, the Chairman of tho
Local Boards in the West Indies, was aD-
pointed Government Secretary, and that liz
November the same year he had on account
of his removal to St. Thomas, informed the
Chief Board that it would be ultimately ne.
cessary for him to resign, in which case he
would recommend that School Director
O 5. X. Rubner-Petersen should be appoint.
ed as Chairman, a course which was APPROX
ed by the Board with the authorization Of
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The ac-
tual change in question took place in My,
1913
Tho Report goes on to acknowledge some
special contributions, namely an annual con
tribution of 100 Kr. from His Majesty the
King among several gifts IN the year 1912
is mentioned 1000 Kr. from DR.. Phil. G.
Rothe, who had twice previously given Il
hike amount. Several other gifts are meu-
toned including q yearly grant Of $500 FIR.
from the Colonial Council of St. Crox.
The Report goes on to give many inter
estlng particulars, mainly personal, in regard
first to the care of the sick and secondly to-
the care of the children. Under the latter
head DIR. kaImers article above referred to
Is reproduced in full.
The said article was published in Juno
1912, and on the 9th of Sept. the same year
NH6 ASSoCiHI]On received from the Ministry
OF Finances a communication inquiring whe-
ther it would be willing to extend lis work
IN St. CIoix by the sending ont of more
deacouesses provided that the Association
was given the prospect OF covering the extra
expense by the income from run1shops ploc.
ed under its administration and on the con-
dltions sketched in an accompanying eony
OF u communication from the Governments
nf tho Danish Moot Tr1;..
The Report states that, after the Chairman,
OF the local Boards in the West Indies bo6
bad an opportunity to give his opinion On
the case, the Association wrote to the Minis
try OF Finances that it "with many thanks
and much appreciation" accepted the Offer
OF the Increase of its income in the w,v
proposed and that it would he regarJed ~
most suitable that the administration shopl1
be arranged III the same way as for tbe
rumshop III Frederiksted, carried on for be-
nevolent objects. The Association stated Mt
the same time, however, that it would ORIENT
ly appreciate its being left to JUDGE of fine
best way of using the funds, free from any
conditions IN regard to any definite form. Of
the extension Of it's work, while the Asso-
cation would place in the FIRST rank q reoar1
tor the Governments express wish for the
extension OF the, visiting, work, all under the
m th0t tho Doooouoo, T..4. -,