, 1916-11-11

Gil, that the Councils meeting fixed for
Monday the 10 inst according to s So of
the Colonial Law Is postponed to Monday
tne znd October a. C. at l D. m.
g. do. from do. No. 1347 of %, Septem.
( Der a. c, reading:
Government hereby officially requests
the sanction of the Colonial Council to
grant sugar cultivators in ST. Croix Rurean
Loans on the below mentioned particularly
stated terms and with the restrictions men.
toned there:
Inc government of the Danish West
!hola Islands is authorized to dispose. dur
in8 the period from the LIST. August to
'ne o4st' October 1916 of an amount not
exceeding Francs 10000 of the means
oelonglng TO st. Croix immigration Fund,
Tor the purpose of granting advances To
owners of land in st. Croix in order to
enable them to continue the cultivation
OF sugar cane, against preferential claim
ana security in the cop, established by
Plncard OF l4th May 1923, cfr. Ordinances
OF list June 1S49 and 10th February 1878.
Ihe maximum of the advances is fixed
IN each Elndlvldual case proportionately to
the area III cane and cannot exceed twenty
I'VE francs per acre. No advances can be
given to any party having less than ten
acres in cane.
The amounts advanced, with interest at
the rate of 40 -four per cent p. a, are to
be repaid indemnifyiugly in the following
manner:
a. as regards estates delivering their crop
to Central Factories, with such a quo
Ia OF each payment for canes delivered
as the Government may decide,
o. as regards other estates, with three
equal instruments falling due respect
1yely on the 18th April, 18th May and
10Th June 1917,
Ii the advances granted, with interest
thereon, should not have been repaid in
full by the 18th June 1917, interest will be
charged from said date at the rate of 6R
p a.
3.
The party receiving advances binds him
self to submit to such control with the
management of the estate and the area aud
condition OF the cane-felds as the Govern
ment may consider requisite.
S4.
Inc party receiving advances binds him
sell not to dispose of any part of his crop
unless with the consent of Government.
until the amount of the advances with in
terest thereon, has been repaid. and he
submits to what restrictions the Govern
ment may consider necessary, among others
the prohibition against the expectation of
sugar through the Custom Houses.
SIS.
The advance must be applied exclusively
for the further,ng of the cultivation of the
sugar cane.
Should any party having received ad-
vances be found to have applied the ad-
vances for other purposes, the amount
advanced becomes due at once and no more
advances can be granted him. The same
is the case, if any party having received
advances should dispose of a part of his
crop without having fulfilled his obliga-
tons towards the immigration Fund.
Sc.
The Government is further authorized to
dispose, during the period from 1st Novem-
Der 1916 to the 3lst March 1917 Of an
amount not exceeding%50, 600 Francs of the
means belonging to the immigration Fund
Tor the same purpose against the same
security and on the same conditions as
stated above, in such q way, however, that
the maximum of the advances is fixed in.
each individual case proportionately to the
area IN plants and cannot exceed half the
value of the crop that said area
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