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TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STA 'ION.
Lonion,
April
16th.—The
Duke
of
York,
the
Daily Mail
declares,
1s to be
appointed
Governor
General
of
one
of
tha
British
overseas
dominions
in
the
near future.
Loncon,
April
16th.—Great
Britain’s
informal diplomatie contrart
with Soviet
Russia,
effective for the
last
two
years
through
the
maintenance
of
trade
mis-
sions
in London
and
Moscow will
be
con-
tinued,
it
was
stated
today
in
official
circles,
despite
the
recent
straining
of
relations
due
to
the
Bolshevik
war
on
religion
and
the
insulting
Soviet
notes
in
apswer
to the
B itish
proftests
while
the
present
Soviet
methods
of
handling
foreign relations
are highly -unpleasant,
generous
allowances
are
made
for
the
Bol:havists
who,
officially,
as
wecll
as
popalarly,
are sti.l considerel
in Englind
as
quite
uncivilized
in
their regard
to
diplomatic
forms
and
customs.
It
is
stated
that the chief task of the
British
mission
in Moscow
is that of observation,
which,
under the
present
system,
it
is
possible
to carry
on with aceredited
offi-
cials.
The
EBritish
believe
this
method
of
watching developments
in
Russia
is
better
than the unofficial indirect
surveil-
lance
upom
which countries
without
re-
presentatives
in Russia
must rely.
Guayaquil,
April 17 h.—The
voleano
Tungurahua
is in
a
state
of strong
erup-
tior,
buge flames rising
from its
crator
and showers
of rocks
are being
shot
into
the sy,
desp .teches fron Riobamba
says,
while
hot
stones
are jailing in
the
en-
virons
of
the
City
which
are
covered
with ti-es> and fli.e sana.
MEMORIAL
presented
by
St. Croix Colonial Council
to the Secretary
of the
Navy, Congressmen
and Senators
visiting St. Thomas April 8, 1923,
The
Colonial
oundl
of St. Croix
in
caucus
assembled,
in view
of
the
visit of the
Honoraole
>ecretary
of the
Navy
and Cengressional
party
to St.
Thomas
desire
to present
for consideration,
certain
suggestions
for improve:
ment in matters
pertaining
to
the
welfare
of the
isiand,
which
a
e largely ir
not wholly dependent
on Congressional
aid and cooperation,
I.
This t'cuncil is aware
that
the general
cendition
and
prospects
of
the
('olonial
or Municiy al 'treasury
is far from what
may
be desived,
and
as much
as
we desire
to see
a material improvement
in this particular,
it is
our opinicn
that
this
cannct
leescrably
be
expected
withcut
a therevgh
levisicn and
re-
form
of the
«ntire
system
of
acministraticn.
In support
of this we would
draw attertion
to the great
lack of
*
oyporticn Letween
the budgetted
revenucs
and expenditures
as set forth in the
.ppendix
below;
as
will as
the total fed-
eral appropriations
made
to the Virgin Islands.
Estimated
R~-
Estimated
Ex-
venusas
as
per
penditures
as
Apparent
Period.
Budget,
rer Budget,
e
Defieit,
April 1, 1917 to March
31,
1918
$149,730.00
$183,819.72
§ 34.089.72
April 1,
1918 to June
30,
1918
$
18,300.00
$
09, 18212
3 2148210
(3 months
period)
July
1,
1918 to June 30,
1919
$120,740.00
$255,620.05
$134,790.05
nlv 1, 1919
to June
30,
1920
$141,200.09
$263,625.27
$122.495.27
Juty
1, 1820
to June
30,
1921
$188,300
00
$355,263
99
$166,963.99
July 1,
1921 to June
30,
1922
$165,000.00
$337,528.61
$169,928.61
July
1, 1922 to June
30,
1923
$132,400.0)
$271,397.67
$138.997.57
Actual
Actual
Aciual
Federal
Period
Revenues
Fxpenditures
Defieit
Allotments
April 1, 1917
to March 31,
1918
§159,028.004
$152,443.74
8
:
$
8.000.00
April 1,
1918
to Jure
39,
1918
$116.935
0)
$ 35.594.15
:
-
:
s
.
July
1,
1918 to June
30,
1919
$158,041.73
$221
997.60
$ 63,955.87
$ 40,000 00
July 1, 1919
to June
20,
1920
8211
la7
$260.5630.70%
$
49,263.33
$120.432 50
July
1, 1920 to Tune
30,
1921
$219.725.704
$237.820.824
$118,095
12
$120,000.00
July 1, 1921
to June
3V,
1922
$2Bl, 491
64
$315,693
77
S 31213
E
.
July
1,
1922 to June
39,
1923
$ 95,678
34}
$162.551.5)
$ 66,873.154
$ 79.764
80
(The actual
Revenues
asd
Expenditures
are
from July
1.
1922
to February
28,
1923).
11.
While
some
progress
in securing
modern
public
improvements
has
been
made,
a
great
material
drawback
to the
island
of St. Croix is the pro-
longed periods
of drought from
which
it at times suffer, our resources
are
in-
adequate
to conduct
any researches
that will be of any material benefit
or per-
manent
improvement,
we
therefore
recommend
that
certain
experiments
should
be undertaken
in actually drilling artesizn
wells to determine
as to the
practicability for furnishing
water for man
and beast.
That the
Federal
Government
should
send United States reclamation
ex-
perts
to investigate
and report
as to the possibility
of impounding water dur-