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in the Council, be, the speaker, Was Of the
opinion that there ought to be a sort of
Commission out at the Station, and he was
glad to see the member, who as be under
stood had maintained this, become Chair
man of the Committee.
Still in the report nothing was said Of q
Commission. But from the Directors re-
marks page 3 item 5: "The Estate is to be
managed by myself. I must be given an
absolutely free hand III the expenditure of
the money etc, F." may be supposed, that the
Chairman has written to the Director about
the sole management of the Station and the
Estate.
He, the Speaker, held the opinion, that a
Commission was needed. Que thing was to
have q man Of science, we could not be
without a man Of science, but another thing
WAS, that men of experience, in this case
planters, could not be put away. The ex-
perienced men could in many cases point
out where and how money could be used,
when the man of science was unable to see
il. And the Committees report gives q
proof of this. The majority goes out at
Annals Hope and finds that there must be
spent on certain things much more than
demanded by the Director. these practical
men have seen that there was not enough
money to spend on necessary things this
shows. that the man Of science wants prac-
tical men at his side. 1t ia no offence
against the present Director, quite the OPP
posite, it will be better for him to have o
Commission on which some of the RESPONSE.
bility for the money used is to be laid.
The Committee has not, [ am sorry to say,
taken up the matter | wrote about. (See the
report,) We are oil in our little Island de-
pendent on the agriculture, on the results
the cultivation Of the ground gives. There
fore all that is possible should be done to try
to reach better results thereof and therefore
| an going to vote for the proposal of the
majority. But the agricultural question has
also another side, 10 keep our labourers here.
We know too we'll that yearly many leave
the Island aud that the best Of Iabourers,
because it is impossible for them to make
any future here for themselves, as the plant
ers are not able to give higher wages. But
one thing might be done: to help them to
get @ small plot of their own. Aud then we
also have to help them to get the most out
of this little plot, and the best way to do so
is not to tell but to show them, how they
should cultivate their own ground Object
Ltssons.4 Therefore he sent in q proposal,
that a small part of the enlarged Station
should be laid out in model squatter
plots. The Committee answered, that this
could not be done, but everybody the
squotters included, couId come to the
Station md get advice, but that would not
be the same as when the squatters could see
aud learn from small lots, especially cult
waited rs squatter lots, what could be cul-
tiynted. He wns Of the opinion, that we
ought to have used this opportunity to IN
struct the squ8tters.
Before opening the Discussion he would
give the word to the Speaker for the major
ity
Bird Member for Frederiksted Country
District (L3nreU would as Speaker for the
Majority say, that the Estate was found to =.
be in q bad condition. 1t was unnecessary
for him to 60 into each item. Everything
all over had been examined, and the con
clUsion was that the Estate must be worked
in the same way as another plantation. The
Majority held the opinion, that it was ne
cessary to enlarge the Station and follow the
lines laid down by Mr.. Bowel We could
not get on without science. aud we could
be sure Of getting help from the experiment
stations of the neighbonring islands; he
knew this for certain from Governor Nord-
liens time, when q known expert, DR.. Watts,
had said to Governor Nordlien, that his task
was also to give advice and help to the
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