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and every care and curative treatment known to medical science is administered The Institution now cares for about 75 lepers a!l those known to be in the Virgin Islands, today it is very rare oceurrence for the authorities to lccate a leperous patient outside of the »recincts of the Asylum and the loathsome disease is being rapidly stamped out of the Virgin Islands. X (To be econtinued.) Ist Member for Frederiksted Town *(Jackson): Mr. Viece Chairmian. As it seems necessary to make a number of change= in the list of fees I propose that the matter be referred to a committee. Ist M=mber for Christiansted Country Distric’ (Jessen) seconded the motion. The Vice Chairman: Before the vote is taken I wouid like to hear the cpinion of other memklers. 29nd Member for Christiansted Town (Cancgata) remarked: Mr. Vice Chair man. 1 wish to draw attention to the fees for the use of the slaughter house. No fees for the use of the slaughter house has ever been fixed by the Colo nial Council. My attention was called to that a few days ago, unfortunately to late to bring in a bill to provide tor the necessary remedy; however,I sent the individual to the Despatching Secretary. I will relate the case—At present every butcher is charged $25.00, whether he kills a goat, a pig, or ‘a calf, once a veur or avery day, he pays the same amount. ] think that’s a shame. When the o Slanghter honse was buili I was a menm- ber of this Council and also a member of the Municipal Committee and I know that no tees were fixed for using it by the Council. Afier the slaughter nouse was erected a eertain man went to the Sanitary Officer and proposed that $25 00 be charged every butcker for using it; his idea then was to put every other butcher eut of business. That has been aoing on for sometime, and many per- sons have made sacrifi.es by securing licenses, but were afterwards told that they cannot slaughter without paying $25.00 per year. The case 1 have in mind is that ofa boy, his father died and rath:r thin be- come a ‘public charge, he tcok up the work his father had been doing by kill- ing ag at occasionally, but he was toid e cannot continue unless he pays a fee of $256.00 per year. Ido not think this is right. 1 bhave sufficient contiderce in the Government to believe ihat if this condition is brought to its at ention the matter can be easily adjusted, therefore ‘] ask that somethlng be done to afford the necessary reiief. If it is necessary [ will bring in what I think is reguired to remedy the situation at the pext meeting. 4th Member for Frederiksted Country District (Andersen) remarked: M: Vice- Chairman- The case i 3 a very worthy one, but the story is too long. The Hon- orable Member can bring in wnet he considers necessary to remedy the situa- tion, and we will supportit. Ist Member for Frederiksted Town (Jackson) remarked: Mr. Vice-Chairman. I want to make the story a little longer. The precedent is a dangerous one. A butcher who hadn’t the $25.00 killed a goat in his back yard and soid it and he was fined SIO.OO. He has Lis license and cannot work. The :Ordinance under which they are workinrg da‘es back to 1879. The tax of $25.00 per yvear on the butcher is unlawful, that is to say, it has never been passed by the Couneil. The Viee-Chairman: remarked : llf all the stories are over 1 will §take the vote for a committee of 5 members to receive and report on this matter, but before doing so I will give a recess. A recess of 20 minutes was given. At the resumption the Viee-Chairman asked mewbers to prepare their voting tickets for the election of .5 members to receive and report on the ratification of fees for services performed by the law courts. 13 voting tickets were handed in. Eleeted were: Ist Member for Fred- eriksted Town (Jackson) with 12 votes, 2nd Member for Frederiksted Country Distrier (Cuarry) with L1 votes, 2:d Mom- ber for Caristiansted Towan (Uanegata) with 190 voies, 4th Member ror Froederik- sted Country Ois:riet (Andersen) with 8 vates and 3rd Member for Christian- sted Town (dlexander) with 7 votes, Ist Aop.inted Membher (Cwlter) re- ceived D votes, Ist sMember foe¢ Freder iksted Couniry bDistriet (Feming) 4 votes and ist Member for Chrisitansted Couniry Distriet {(Jessan), 2ad Member tor said Uistriet (Bare), 3rd Member for said Distriet (Root., W, 3+ke ch) and Ist Member for Christiansted Town Abram- son wi h 2 votes respaerively, The Viece-Chairman a<ked the Com- mittee ty eiect lis Coairman »n it proceed to businesssoastobealet s:ndin its report beiore the naxt meeti g Governnent Secretary (4 iae) remark- ed: Mr. Viee-Coairman. i%or the infor- maiion of the Committee wao i 3 to deal with this matter 1 wish to say thata similar measure is pending before the Cotonial Council of St. Thomas and St. Jonn. I would suuzgest therefore that the two committees consider the possi- bility of coordination amonz themselves wiith a view to fix a schedule for both Municipalities, as the coart procedure is the same, and as the officer serving in the court is precisely the same for both Municipaiities. If the Chairmnan of the Committee care to have it [ can furnish him with the nam2 of the Chairman of the Committee sitting on this matter in Sc. 'homas. To be continued. =1 a1 10 LOCAL The agents advise the s. s ‘‘Parima”’ from New York as due at Frederiksted today 1 p. m., having 182 packages freight and 10 bags mail, which may be looked for ot return trip of the mail car this afternoon. With reference to the buying up of mail order catalogues for the opurpose of destroying them to eliminate competition against loecal trade as cited in Monday’s issue, our comment was made on the hasis of what we read to this effeet in conti- rental papers. “Whether this practice has been tried here or not we do not knoa, and those who imagine that we referrcd to loeal dealers are mistaken as to the wording of the article. The navy tug ''Grebe’’ called at this port yvesteraay, landed 2n automobiie for one of the nurses, and some mail, and re- turned to St. Thomas in the evening. s i The sloop ‘‘Mizpah’’ was duly dis- patched with the St. Thomas ma:l yes- terday. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Copenhagen, March 14th--Bills aiming at the stabilization of ilanisk exchange have been proposed to Parliament by the Government. They provile for an extra- ordinary tax from three to five perecent on all incomes of more than 1,400 kroner annua'ly. The proceeds would be s t aside for three years, after which t e taxpay- ers would receive 45 percent bonds. Ottawa, March 14th--The supremacy of Canadian m=de automodliles and motor trucks in the New Z-aland market, is shown in returns pubitshed in the (lom-* mercial Inte ligevee Journwl, issued here by the degartm.nt of liade znd (om- merce. Canada sold nearly twie: as mony cars in New Zealand ast y ar us tne Unitea States did and quadrupled its own 1922 busiaess, London, Mareh 14ith-Tie newspapers commenting on the assistance given France by the Anzlo-American Bankers to arrest the iall in tne value of the franc, assert that the Allies have again saved France from disaster, as they did in the war. Baltirnore, March 14th--Ten survivors of the Ward Line S. 3. Santiago, which sank in the storm off Cape Hatteras last Tuesday night, were landed here today. Captain Baldwin went down with his ship, lashed to the mast. The first and third officers were washed overboard when they tried to retrieve a hatch cover that hadtbroken loos>, The survivors had no word of thz rest of the erew of 35, they b-lieved all hut themselves were lost,