, 1914-02-14

Accumulated, among other by the import duty
being raise freu 81 to 0I6; this | percent
went 10 the Fund, if now this Fund becomes
liable Of any money above its assets, II will
have to be paid 10y the Treasury, but the
Fund viii then have to be raised and again
raised by the increase Of the import duty.
Since il is necessary to give mortgage in the
Estate, then he could not see there was r.
gross to any party, if the mortgage did not
cover the assets.
He did not understand the fixing Of Tho
purchase sum in the Draft. The actual pur-
chase sum was Sc. 600 Francs.
Nh. BcveIl is SAID 10 have held the opinion
that The area OF tie Station from the begin
nng was too small. Mr.. Bowel must theu
haye hud two opinions. He, the Speaker,
remembered, that Mr.. Bowel being asked
by he late Governor LjmprIcht II i would
be necessary 10 have more acres Of land, shat
MIR. Bowel had answered Ho, because no
planter would be unwilling to give some acres
Of land for experiments.
Looking ut what experience hitherto had
shown out here, he, tlte Speaker, was rather
sceptcul with regard t. the Public taking over
private enterprises. We have seen the losses
Government Aas stuff red by taking over the
estate. Sion Ium, Work x Rest etc. We
ntti seen VIII ittl OFNlIlV ~ LIZ W. N1"H
plough. it had been as less aud had rotted.
We had seen the aduiulstra ION Of the
Central Factory, and recently we had the
telephones; the money used for this last pun
pose was there visible in the telephone posts
standing in the ground. lie had been very
keenly interested in the telephones aud had
been very strongly for the arrangement aud
he therefore telt very sorry, that the
money
The Chairman (h alu1er)asked the Speaker
not to 20 too much ntu details.
l~t Member for Christiansted Iown(Sto%e-
matnO answered thot il he WAS depr we'd OF
The word. he could very well SIT down.
The Chairmun (haLuerJ answered that
he did not deprive the speaker OF the word,
bul ONLY asked hmm MOTTO 60 too Tar INTO
details that did not concern the matter ia
question.
LIST Member for Christionsted T2wu(Sa.e-
uta1.iD continued, thpt SO the past ha4 been,
but now the future. He could not see, that
Anna Hope would bring the Revenue to
pay the interest, If this weather continued
Ills E,rceUe4cg answered that the hon,
last speaker had given hmm a good many
things to answer. But he would only polut
out, that the Experimental Station IS u sell
owning Institution. With au Experimental
Station 1t could not be expected as with an
ordinary estate that the assets at amy mo
meut should cover the Iuhj'j1ee Bat IN" sab
vention of Fl. 10000 Il year wound make up
for that With regard to the fixing OF tire
purchase sum. be really had not thoa4ht
that the hon. Members OF the Council were
not able to make out the simple addition OF
$4,000 and $4,000. 1t was expressed IN tins
manner in the Draft to make it c.epr how
the money was to be used and thHt there was
no mention Of leaving any prof. to tae gen
tloman, VIII had bought Annts Hope.
His ExceIleucy knew from a tru7two. tn
source, TINT Mr.. Boycl had saIi, thu tus
area OF the Station was too small.
The hon. Member wa. a little too far out
IN speaking about tue telephones etc, but as
the hon. Member had sand, that he would
not vote against the Draft, there was no
need for His EXcelIency to enter ON these
matters. The estimate Of Dr.. LongtieIi
Smith for the carrying Oh of Aunp's Hope,
His Excellency would lay before The Couu-
Gil.
The Chairman (hoi0ter1 asked, If the hon.
Members wished to have this eatIluale Iald
on the Councils table or read
As the Members expressed u wish TO have
it read at once, this was accordingl' done.
1T Ia,,haY for GhrISfiaDStAl HDWu( SfIha-