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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1929.
OBITUARY.
CEYLON FINANCES.
DEFECTIVE SYSTEM OF CONTROL OF FUNDS.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK BROCK,
Colombo, Sept. 30.
London, Nov. 4,
The difficulties, amounting·al- The death occurred suddenly yes- most to a Constitutional and finan-terday of Admiral Sir Frederick' cial crisis, which confront the Brock, aged seventy-five. present Government of Ceylon în' He was in command of. hayal connexion with the Budget now Establishments at Gibraltar at before the Legislative Counell, the time of the outbreak of the
lustrate the defects, pointed out war.-British Wireless. by the Donoughmore Commission; in the existing system, and are closely relevant to the proposals made by the Commission for Con- atitutional reform.
[Admiral Sir F., E. E. Brock, G.B.F., K.C.M.G. was born in | 1854, and entered the Navy in 1868. Ha wis an, A.D.C. to the King in 1907-8. He was appoint- Living for several years on a- cumulated surpluses, the Ceylon retired the following year, his ed in full Admiral in 1917, and Government had allowed its cash fast post being in command at balance to fall to so low a gure the Orkneys and Shetlands.] -at one time not exceeding
Rs.10,000,000 (£750,000)—that the provision of funds to meet urgent
expenses became an embarrassing bers of the Council, who will problem. The Council, which un-collaborate with the seven Minis- der the scheme of government now tera, but will be responsible to the in force (the Ordinance of 1923) Governor alone. The discusalon is dominated by its own Finance of financial matters will thus take Committee, was unwilling to sauc place primarily with the Minis tion increased taxation. while at ters, and secondarily with the same time pressing for the
the execution of expensive
Council itself in full session. public works. The Government, reluct
Financial solvency at least will be secured. ant to face a conflict with the Council, in which a" resort to the Two further points of interesti Governor's over-riding powers arise from the recent difficulties. might finally become inevitable, In the first place the import duties made all possible. concessions to certified by the Governor and con- the wishes of the unofficial mem-sequently in force involve an in- hers,, until in the end the dep...civase of several cents in the re- tion of the Treasury rendere.l a tall price of rice, the staple food firmer stand necessary, Alany of the island. Large arous being public works of a more or less devoted to coconuts, rubber, and costly nature have been approved tea, the rice grown in Ceylon is in principle, and in certain cases inadequate for the needs of the
| actually begun at the cost of cur-population, and the price is there
rent revenues..
Jected
Indian Immigrants.
fore fixed by the imported variety. The suspension of work is al cost of living, the labour organiza- Despite this enhancement of the ways uneconomical, since over tions are vigorously supporting head and interest charges con the Government in its disagree- tinue to run, and if constructionment with the Council, and press- was to be suspended or postponed ing for the until the suggested loan of public works in progress or pro- completion of the Rs.30,000,000 » (52,250,000), had been fouted, arrangements for | payment of interest and for'a sink- ing Cund had still to be made. from the annual income of the State. The great majority of the Early in July, therefore, the labourers are Tamils from Madras, Governor presented to the Council who welcome the employment scheme for supplementary taxa offered by railway extensions and tion which would bring in Rs.25,- the building of the Kandy Uni- 400,000 (£1,875,000) a year. and Versity and Government store- demanded in particular an im- Houses, all of which are contained mediate enhancement of import in the programme. They have. duties by 5 per cent., which was moreover, little reason to love, the estimated to yield Rs.2,000,000 unofficial Sinhalese majority on (£150,000), and exactly to balance the Council, which expresses the the current year's Budget. This "national" demand for the re- demand was rejected by thepatriation or disfranchisement of Council, but validated by the cer-Indian immigrants; and their posi thicate of the Governor, in order tion will no doubt be still weaker to meet the daily requirements of if communal representation is Che Administration.
awept away, as the report of the Donoughmore Commission pro-
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time and on September 12th noti-wards on the body of a Chinese find the prison Superintendent woman named Leung Mes Mul, nat the man was dangerously ill. aged 30, who died in the Victoria Witness saw him last at midnight|Gaol on Saturday.
The principle of ultimate con- Secondly, it appears advisable trol over finance remains still in to maintain a clearer distinction issue. The Constitution, under than his sometimes been observed the Ordinance of 1923, places in the past between productive the responsibility for execu-expenditure, such as that on rail- tive action with the Governor, ways and harbours, which miny singly, or with his Executive appropriately be financed from Council, but, broadly speaking, long-term loans, and expenditure no taxation or legislation can be equally desirable but only to be carried through without the con-undertaken as funda permit, such sent of the Legislative Council, as the university, the leper asylum, save by the exercise of exceptional the reconstruction of Govern- hawers of certification. The ment House. If expenditure of Legislative Council contains this description cannot be financed large majority of unofficial mem from current revenues. the bera, drawn, for the most part borrowing on its Recount should From the educated minority in the be for a shorter term, with repay- lowns, and possessing, no experiment by annual instalments or a cace of executive responsibility, sinking fund. In spite of the tem- The result has not unnaturally porary depression, the "prosperity been a sharp clash of authority of Ceylon has rapidly increased The Finance Committee, formed since the War, the value of for by all the unofficial members of eign trade having been doubled the Council and three officials, has since 1921 and the Budget of the in practice seized for itself an un-jaland" increased by - 50 per cent. of the Government, and is alleged raising locally such loans as may expected control over all branches There should be no difficulty in to have taken up a provocative be required. allitude towards the heads of de- On the other hand, the suggest partments, who were called before ed State Mortgage Bank, with Central it to explain their Budget state-share capital partly subscribed
Chief-Warder McLeod asid de-f coased was admitted into the Vic- ments. Its proceedings are pri- and debentures wholly guaranteed afternoon, vate, and therefore, free from the by the State itself, will involve
toria Gaol on June 17th, 1929, on restraint which publicity might the Government in heavy liabill-was serving a sentence for larceny banishment order. He was sen- The deceased, Prisoner 9230, a charge of larceny and under exercise.
ties on a landed security which it
INQUEST ON VICTORIA GOAL PRISONER.
Dr. G. H. Thomas said that-de-
on Sunday, when every assistance possible, was given, but, as was to "Sodden with Opium" was the
hebe expected with such an advanced ceased was admitted to the prison. description given by Dr. Cannon died in spite of special treatment. And she died on November 2nd
case of opium poisoning, the man hospital on September 20th last. of the physical condition of Chung The subsequent post mortem con-from pulmonary tuberculosis. Gaol, when Mr. A. W. G. H. Granary cause of death was oplum Man, a prisoner at the Victoria firmed his diagnosis and the prim tham held an inquiry into the cir-polsoning. He was in fact sodden
with opium. cumstances of his death, at the Magistracy yesterday
It is no doubt for this reason cannot realize without odium in return fram banishment, but tenced to two months, one year that the Donoughmore Commis- ease of default. The growing co-he spent nearly all his time in the and 15 strokes of the birch to run sion, while proposing the alloca-operative movement will shortly be hospital, and died on Sunday.
concurrently. tion of the unofficial members in a able, as in India, to establish a
The coroner returned a verdict
according to the medical evidence.
new and enlarged Council to seven mortgage branch, and will be more Dr. Cannon said that the committees, each under a Minister. competent than any official au-first came under his care on June and each directing the policy of thority to recover its dues from 18th lust, when he diagnosed His the departments with which it is remote and euspicious rustic bor- concerned, has reserved defence, rowers. For this purpose also condition as being chronic opium law, and finance for official mem-local resources should suffice. poisoning. He treated him for a second inquiry immediately after-I
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three yeara' hard labour, on & the arms and am- charge under munition orders.
A verdict aecording to the medi- cal evidence was returned.
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