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tiansted Towa (Canegata), Ist Ma2mboar for Krederikstel Coanfry District (An- dersen) and 3rd Member for Frederik- Country District (Curry:. 4*th Appointed Member (Biackwood) was absent. The Despatching Sz2cretary (C E. Rap- polee) was present. The Secretary not being present the Assistant Sacretary acted as Secratary The Colonial Council was opened with the following prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. H. M. Pigott Most Gracious God. we humbly beseech Thee as for the people of this Island in general; so especially for their represen- tatives in Council assembled, that Thou would’st be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations to the glory and welfare of Thy people; that all things may be s ordered and settled by their en- deavors upon the best and surest founda- tions, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be es- tablished among us all for generations. This we humbly ask, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. The Chairman announced that he had received a letter of excuse from Ist Mem- ber for Christiansted Country District (Jessen) notifying his inability to attend meeting today, and continuing said: The minutes of the last meeting hove been published in th2 ‘‘Avis’’,the first part on Saturday and the last part to- day, and if there are no objections to be made, I will consider them tacitly adopt- ed. 2nod Appointed Member (Noll) would like to have the last part of the minutes read. The Assistant Secretary read the min- utes. The Chairman remarked: Gentlemen, you have all seen the minutes as pub- lished and heard them read, are there any remarks to be made? There being no further remarks, the minutes were tacitly 'adopted. We will now proceed with the Order of the Day. Item 1. Production of Minutes of the Mu- nicipal Committee for the quarter ending December 31, 1921, forward- ed by the Chairman of the Commit- tee for inspection of Members of the Council. and continuing said: Honorable mem- bers are aware that the minutes of the Mun’cipal Committeeewill be placed in the Colonial Council Office where they can be inspected any day during office hours. . [ have to report to the Council that the report of the Labor Committee appoint- ed by the Governor some tnonths ago, in pursuance of a resolution adopted by this Council and which report Coun- cil voted to have printed, 1 have tried in Porto Rico to get it printed and find that it would be just as cheap to have it done here in St. Croix. I had hoped SIT.UROGIE A Y 1S to have it ready for this meeting, tut it is a rather difficult piece of |werk, having so many rubries, ete., that it could not be finished in time. However I hope it will be ready in a short time. We will now proceed with Item 2on the Order of the Day Colonial Council Bill No. 14. Continuaticn of Ist Discussion on Colonial Council Bill No. 14, Draft of an Ordinance, introduced by 4th Member for Frederiksted Country District (Fleming), providing for the repairing and rolling of the Centerline Road. I have to announce that at a Commit- tee whole House meeting last Monday a committee of five members was ballotted for which resulted in the following being elected: Ist Member for Fred- eriksted Country District (Andersen) received 15 votes, 4th Member for Fred- eriksted Country District (Fleming) re- ceived 14 votes, 4th Appointed Member (Blackwood) received 13 votes, 2nd Mem- ber for Christiansted Town (Canegata) received 7 votes and 3rd Member for Christiansted Country District (Skeoch) received 7 votes. I think the right thing for this house to do is to ratify that vote today after discussions have taken place. Is it the desire of the house to cast a fresh ballot or accept those ballotted for last Monday. sth Appointed Member (Mec Intosh) proposed putting it to the vote and adopt- ing it as it stands. Ist Member for Christiansted Town (Abramson) said, I think it quite un- necessary to do all that. We made an arrangement on that day and we should stick to that arrangement today. The Chairman stated ithat the mattor was under first discussion. (To be continued.) St. Thomas News BODY OF BOATMAN FOUND The body of Victor Jacobs, boatman of No 2 ferry-boat, who was missing since the night of the 20th, was found floating about 25 feet south ' west of Hotel America yesterday morning. The body which was found to be in- tact save for a part of the face,—around one of the eyes, which was eaten by fishes —was taken to the Municipal Hos- pital where upon examination a verdict of death from natural cause was given. —St. Thomas Bulletin, Feb. 23rd. TELEGRAMS. ST. .CROIX STATION. ° Tokie. Feb. 23rd.— Disorders broke out in Tokio this evening in connection with demonstrations in favour of the ex- tention of the suffrage. By nine o’clock tonight a total of fifty arrests had been made, and one hundred persons had been more or less injured by police reserves. London, Feb. 23rd.—Sir Eric Geddes, former First Lord of the Admiralty, and later Minister of transportation as the first holder of that newly created office, formally resigned his seat in the House cf Commons today. Sir Eric Geddes lat- est notable activity was as head of the economy committee appointed to find a means of clipping 100,000,000 pounds from the national expenditure, which re- ported recently recommendations which would account for a more than three quarters of this sum, some of the sug- gested ways of saving being through re- ductions of 50,000 officers and men in the army and 35,000 officers znd men in the navy. The British Admiralty took ex- ception to the Geddes committee’s recom- mendations, as being based on a serious misconception of the character and re- quirzments of the British naval organi- zation. London, Feb. 23rd.—By Canadian Press. The cost of London’s education is illustrated by the fact that the county council committee has agreed to an esti- mated expenditure for 1922-23 of over 12,000,000 pounds. London, Feb, 23rd. —Preparations for Princess Mary’s Wedding are going for- ward with the greatest expectancy of a gala ceremony. It is reported today that Queen Alexandra is seriously ill at Marl- borough House, she had been in delicate health for some time and any turn for the worse will interrupt the plans for the wedding, or even defer it. London, Feb. 23td.—Mr. Lloyd George vill meet M. Poincare either at Boulogne or Calais for their private and informal discussion of questions relating to the Genoa conference and the proposed An- glo-French pact, it was announced today. Mr. Lloyd George will leave London on Saturday for the conference. No mem- bers of either the British or French Ca- binet nor any experts will be present at the conference. Ottawa, Feb. 23rd.—Jamaica may be enabled to enter Vancouver as a compe- titor of Fiji with her raw sugar, and British Columbia exporters of fish, flour, and lumber will be granted access to the West Indian markets, according to a re- port received by the commercial intelli- gence branch of the Department of Trade and Commerce from trade com- missioner G. K. Stevens of Jamaica. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Coy. Ltd., Mr. Stevens says, is considering making Kingston a port of call on its British Columbia United Kingdom service. Ottawa, Feb. 23rd- The Dominion Government has entered into negetiations with the Australian Govt. lcoking to pre- ferential trade between Canada and Australia, the Hon. W. 1.. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister, made this state- meant today when leplying to the delega- tion from the Canadian Manufacturers Association;