St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
May 16, 1865

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Y 4 3 i i R i b R, N R A Rt e B bl e e S S A l R B Y {eRR AL C s T 5] b ooy VR SS, LIS AP RO Bye A N B R i 4 R AR 3.4 B v Yol v?.‘.»)h o i AR e R g h P Rt R O S S TR P1: gt i a5 2T R B B e an AR, R i 3 o e, Y‘- g 3¢ v, R N o L e P e RS e R 9 Ry RT2 LYY YN By, 5 e SN S 8 R e A PYh. b(P 8 SRR\ vt T EArt Y £k RS BRSE 4 i T e :-‘:;T'.‘ :"V’-. PR V) o e R R 'f:(:{“ S s e s Lol Rty Py kLI D s e &y lU6IvER: HANS BHATUBETT TRYRT 1 ENKEEN HABRIET BDATOHETT'S BOGIRYKERERE 21do Aarg.] The “AVIS” IS EDITED BRY HANS HATCHETT; AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. for the Proprietress. e e S S s AUCTION. ÆFTER Begjering as Procurator Heil- F buth paa vedkommende Paute- og Udlægshavers Vegne vil blive bortsolgt ved offentlig Auction overeensstemmende med Pi. 22de April 1817 PLANTAGEN Mount Welcome med alt Tilbehor beliggende i denne Oes Ostende Qvarteer A. No. 1 2,2 a og 25 a, eller flere og andre Nummere, tilhørende Barou A. Bretton. Iste Auction afholdes Tirsdag den 6te Juvi førstkommende, Qden Anuction afholdes Tirsdag den 20de Juui forstkommende, 3die Auction afholdes Tirsdag den 4de Juli forstkommende, de to forste paa Auctiouscontoiret 1 Chri stiansteds Retshuus hvergang Kl. 12 Mid dag, den 3ie paa den sælgende Eiendom Kl. 1 Eftermiddag. Vurderingsforretning, Conditioner 0. a. Documenter ville være til Eftersyn pa Auctionscontoiret og Reqvirentens. Con toir fra Iste Juni næstkommende. Denne Bekjendtgjorelse tjener tillige tillfterretnivgfor Panthavere i Eieudom men. Christiansteds Auetionscontoir, St. Croix den 15de Mai 1865. J, Å. Stakemantmn. AUCTION. )Y request of Lawyer Heilbuth in be- Zfij half of the mortgage avd levyholder concerned will be exposed for sale at public Auction in conformity with the Pl. 22nd April 1817 THE PLANTATION Mount Welcome with all appurfenances situated in East end Quarter A. of this Island No. 1 a, 2 a, and 25 a, or more and other numbers, belonging to Baron A. Bretton. Ist Auction will be held on Tuesday June 6th next, 2nd Auction will be held on Tuesday Juve 20th next, 3rd Auction will be held on Tuesday July 4th next, the two first at the Auction-Office Chris tiansted, each time at 12 o’clock noon, the third on the premises at 1 o'clock Petße Appraisement, Conditions and other papers will be exhibiied for inspection at the Auction-Office and at the Office of Lawyer Heilbuth from Ist June next. This advertisement serves for the in formation also of mortg;!g,efio!defs on ths property. Auction-Office Christiansted, St. Croix Misy 5060, 3865, oov in J. A. Stakemann. CHRISTIANSTED, TIRSDAGEN den 16de FIAI 1865, AUCTIOMN. FTER Begjering as Proceurator Heil '_! buth paa vedkommende Pante-og Udlægshavers Vegne vil blive bortsolgt ved offentlig Auction overeensstemmen de med Pl. 22de April 1817 HUSE og LODDER No. 7—12 Fiskergude og No. 18—18 samt 28—83 Nygade heri Byen Christiansted med alt 'Tiibehor tilhrende Baron Å. Bretton. lste Auction afholdes Onsdag den 7de Juvi forstkommende, 2den Auction afholdes Onsdag den ?lde Juvi forstkommende Sdie Auction afholdes Onsdag den 3te Jnii forstkommende, de to fårste paa Auctionscontciret i Chri stiansteds Retshuus, hvergang Kl. 12 Middag, den tredie paa den sælgende Eiendom KI. 1 Eftermiddag. Vurderingsforretuing, Conditioner 0. a. Documenter ville hevligge iil Eftersyn paa Auctiouscontoiret og Reqvirentens Con toir fra Iste Juni næstkommende. Denne Pekjendtgjorelse tjener tillige til Efterretuing for Punthavere i Eien dommen., Christiansteds Anetionscontoir, St. Croix den 15le Mai 1865. J. A. Stakemann. ATTCTIDN. WY request of Lawyer Heilbuth 1n be- L) haif of the morigage and levyholder concerned will be exposed for sale by public Auction The Houses Liots No. 7-—l2 Fiskergade and No. 13—18 also 23—33 Nygade in this town with all ap purtenances, belonging to Baron A. Bret tou. Ist Auction will be held on Wednesday June 7th next, 2nd Auction will be held on Wednesday June 21st next, 3rd Aaction will be held on Weduesday July sth next, the two first at the Auction-Office Chris tiansted at 12 o'cloeck noon, the third on the premises at 1 o’clock p. m- Appraisement, Conditions and other papers will be exhibited for inspection at the Auction-Office and at the Oflice of Lawyer Heilbuth from Ist June next. This advertisement serves for the in formation also of mortgageholders on the property. Auction-Office Christiansted, St. Croix May 15th, 1865. J. A, Stakemann. AUCTION. =ET bekjendtgjøres herved at en nye FJ Anction vil vorde afholdt Onsdagen den 24de dennes Mrddue KI. 12 slet, I dette Steds offentlige Retshuus over No. 20 Prindsens Gude heri Byen tillø- rende Miss Ann Harris Dodsboe, [vor ved Eiendommen ventesabsolut bortsolgt. Den eventnelle Kjøber haur ingen Auc tions omkostninger at udrede. Og bemærkes det at ikkun $550 blev budt ved den sidst afholdte Auction. Christiansteds Auctions Contoir, den 15de Maui 1865. J. A. Stakemann. AUCTION. YT is hereby made known that a new :ig Vendue will be held Wednesday the 241 h instant, 12 o’eclock at noon in the public Courthouse on e s e HOUS:Z and LOT No. 20 Princes Street in this town, be longing to the Estate of the late Miss Annp ITarris, by which the property will be sold without reserve. The eventual parchaser has no Vendue expences to pay. No more than £5650 was oftfered at the last Auction. Christiansted’s Vendue Oftice, 15th May 1865. J. A, Stakemanmn. 10N, AUCTION AUGTION. "Three Months’ Credit, é'“ N Saturday 27th Inst. will be sold at &J tiie House No. 40 Strand Street at 1 o’clock precisely a large variety of consisting of Mahogany Bedsteads and Beddine, Clothes Presses, Bureaus, Se cretaries, Book Cases, Commodes, Wash Stands, Work Tables, Dining, Break fast, Card and other Tables, Marble Top, Centre, and Pier 'Tablés, Sofas; Loun ges, Settees, Ottomans, Cane Seat and other Chairs, Mirrors, Lamps, Pietures, Globes, Clocks, Barometers, Gold Watch es, Plated Wares, China, Dinner and Tea Netts, Crockery, Glass and other Wares, Kitchen Utensils &e. &e. ALSO Several Horses and Pheetons. Christiansted 16th May 1865. R.J. ROBINSON, Auctioneer. JAHE well known, Clipperbuilt, Schoon- E’E er “MAGGELE,” in perfect order she is a very comfortable Sea Boat, and has splendid accommodation for passengers; for particulars please apply to ROBERT FLYNN. Frederiksted, St. Croix 15th May 1865. e e PZUHE cndersigned, in returning thanks fi for past fuvours, requests his friends and customérs to ‘come forward with a speedy settlement of accounts in order to enable him to leave for Europe in a short time. 518 J 5 00 Chrisiiansted May 15, 4865., S gHh CONRAD, fdr Co AO OL RADO [Ny 30

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NOTICE. THE undersigned, in returning thanks to his friends and customers who have kindly dealt with him, begs to state that he will positively leave here for Eu rope in the begivning of July next, and trusts that overdue accounts from his pre decessor Captain Brodersen’s time as well as during his time will be speedily set tled to avoid coercive measures being taken. Christiansted, 16th May 1865. H. J. PETERSEN. PROCLAMA. ä& LLE og Enhver som maatte have No get at fordre paa afgangne Philip T. Davidson's 80, indkaldes herved til at anmelde og beviisliggjore deres Krav for undertegnede Skifteret inden Udlåbet as tre Maaneder efter denne Inukaldelses sidste Bekjendtgjorelse. Frederiksteds Skifteret, den 16de Mai 1865. C. Sarauww. DUD [DODØOO OD 00000 OO [Ob »-m-omm——————e-e h———7 BEKJENDTGJORELSKE. WZED Liitle Bay paa Oen St. Jan hen- W ligge følgende ved Jacob Bay Point indstrandede Gjenstande fra et formeentlig paa Anegada forulykket Fartoi, nemlig: 1. 3 Skibsræer ;de 2de 40 Fod, den 3die 32 Fod i Længde. 2.3 Stykker de 2de 93 Tommer i Om kreds, Tomme tykke, 44 Tommer brede, det 3die 22 Tommer langt og 3 Tommer tykt. 3.2 Blokke den ene 13 Tommer den anden 11 Tommer lang. Eierne indkaldes herved med Aars og Dags Varsel sub pocna præclusi et perpetui silentii til at anmelde sig for undertegnede Præsidentskab og godtyjore .deres Kien domsret til det Strandede. Præsidentskabet for Oerne St. Thomas og St. Jan, St. Thomas den 4de Mai 1865, L. ROTHE. S. W. van BRAKLE. 6 Translation. T Little Bay of St. Johns are lying the following goods; stranded at Jacob Bay Point, and most likely belonging to some vessel wrecked at Anegada: 1. 8 yards; the two of a length of 40 feet, the 3rd of 32 feet. 2. 38 picces of iron; the two 93 inches in circumference, 4 inch thick, and 4% irches wide, the 3rd 22 inches long and 3 inches thick. 3. 2 blocks; one 13 inches, the other 11 inches long. The owner or owners are hereby sum moned sub poena preclusi et perpetui silen tiz to claim said goods at the Presidency before year and day after the publication of this. Presidency of St. Thomas and St. Johns, St. Thomas 4th May 1865. L. ROTHE. S. W. van BRAKLE. Proclama. LLE og Enhver som maatte have Noget at fordre paa Boet ester afdode Joseph Ambroise Kuntz ind kaldes herved med 3 Maaneders Var- ST CROLE AVI S, sel til for undertegnede Skifteret at anmelde og bevise deres Krav. Iligemaade indkaldes den Afdides Arvinger med Aar og Dags Varsel til at legitimere sig. St. Thome Skifterets Contoir den 6te Mai 1865. Roscnstand. AUCTION. [F'FTER Begjæring as Christian- IG steds Skifteret, som behandlende afgangne Elizabeth Maduras 80, vil paa Aastedet iPARCEL No. 3a. Contentment HlLand, beligrende i Compagniets Quartecr og tilhorende bemeldte 80, vorde afholdt en c%oent lig Auction over bemeldte Eiendom Liverdagen den 20de dennes AL I slet p. m. Christiansteds Auctions Contoir, den Bde Mai 1865. J. A. Stake;nann. n 'e:?,;“::'a:.:s: i TR AUGCTIOMN, T Request of Christiansteds Deal .l ing Court in behalf of the deal ing of the late KElizabeth Madura, will be sold at the premises LOT No.3a. of Contentment Land with Buildings thereon, sitnated in Companys Quar ter and belonging to said dealing, on Saturday tne 20th inst. 1 o’clock: p.m. Christiansted Vendue Office, Bth May 1860. J. A. Stakemann. Route of Steamer Clara Ro the from St. Thomas to St. Croix and Vice Versa May. 1865. 8. Mouday leaves St. Thomas at 8 a.m. i i leaves St. Croix at 5.30 p.m. 9. Tuesday remains in St. Thomas. 10. Wednesday do., do. 11. Thursday leaves St Thomasatl p.m. 12, Friday leaves St. Croix at 5.30 p.m. 13. Saturday leaves St. Thomas atl p.m. for West End. 14. Sunday remains in West End. 15. Monday leaves West End at 7.30a.m. 16. Tuesday leaves St. Thomas 4 hours after the arrival of the European Mail. 17. Wednesday leaves St. Croix at 6.30 p m. 18. Thursday remains in St. Thomas. 19. Friday do. do. 20. Saturday do. do. 21. Sunday do. do. 22. Monday do. do. 23. Tuesday leaves St. Thomas at 7 a.m. St. Croix at 5.30 p.m. PASSAGE RATES First Uabin...ii crenov &8 Sewnd dO- Semseevosws-w 1&‘ for particulars applyto _ e J.KNUTHSERN. VVJE beg leave to inform our friends \/Y/ that the Bark ANTELOPE has arrived at St. Thomas and will be over here in a few days with our usual assortment, to which has been added 25 thousand feet pitch pine Lumber. Bassin May 6th, 1865. ROCHE BROS. Co. TJAVING Steam power in success- U"J ful ope¢ration at SOUTHGATE FAIRM I offer to gin, press and bale Cotton, finding bagging and rope, at 5 cents pr. pound. May 6, 1865. FRANCIS ARMSTRONG. FAHE undersicned will press and bale f,&; Cottonr at o low rate. King’s Street No. 40. Christiansted the Ist May 1865. J. W. R. HANSON. A \‘f:q 7N T LLPORT Os the Receipt of Deposits at the St. Croix T T 7 SAVINGS BANK, Ou vaturday, 13th May 1865. Reeceivers: In CHRISTIANSTED R. A. Finlay, Esq., Trustee. Licutenant Boye, Member. IN FREDERIKSTED WO, ..cioiiaiadtusten. R 0............ oember Amount of former deposits.. £233,183 74 9 deposits of 20 cents each. 22 above 20 cts.and under 1. 20t B b 9. 5 €4 b i“ 7 v {0 20 4 F 20 st 50. g 50 100. 76 deposits, ol which 68 in Christiansted amounting LR e L 55} €in Frederiksteddo. 115 74 o o 497 29 Total §233.681 03 Ealance of deposits 3 47,789 90 13 new deposit accounts, viz.: 1 Carpenter. .2 Minors: 1 Fizherman. 1 Simpstress. 5 Labhorers. 3 Various. 11 Withidrawals amounting t0..5502 24. Receivers for Saturday, 20th May 1865. {N CHRISTIANSTED Carl Hattensen, lisq., Trustee. L. Coakley, Esq., Member. IN FREDERIKSTED Counsellor Rahr, Trustee. Revd. J. C. Dußois, Member. GEO. BEHAGEN President. St. Croix, 15th May 1865. e M A T 1 THE “AVIS.” Buristizasief, 21 Brois

TUESDAY, 16Tu MAY 1865.

At the election on Saturday last of a member to serve in the Colonial Council in the place of Mr. G. Behagen, who de clined to accept his election, Mr. H. Percy was elected by six votes. i

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MINORITY REPORT ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INsPECTOR OF THE COUNTRY ScHooLs FOR A. D. 1563—04. (Continued.) VI. But if the undoubted failure of these Schools, in comparison with similar institu tions elsewhere, cannof, as we have shewn, be attributed in any great degree to the caus es aliedged Dby the Superintendent, then the question arises—To what is it to be attribut ed and on the answer to this question will depend the decision of the further most im portant inquiry—How is their defect- to be remedied Now, from the foregoing con siderations, it must be manifest that the ckief cause of the failure of our Sclools must lie in something peculiariothemselves—something non-existent in other quarters, where, under si milar circumstances generally, much greaier success ts attained and we unhesitatingly affirm that it is to be found in the peculiar metiiod Qf instruction, called the Phonetical, adopted therein, and pursued nowlere else where the Bnglish Larguage is tavght. We emphatically deny any merit whatever to this system as applied to the English Len guage. It wonld, of course, be impossible for us to enter here into any discussion of the system itself, but we briefly contend that the bare fuct of its non-adoption in the I’ublic Schools of England, Treland, Scotland, and the United States, nor yet in those of the British Colonies—nay, its rejection in all other places than this, where the Inglish Language prevails, is 2 far more than suflici ent verdict against its adaptation to that language, and a conelusive refutation of the Superintendent’s opinion as to its “intrinsic value.” Notwithstanding the fact of its hav ing been deemed necessary to put the Coun try to the expense of publisiing o series of Reading Books expressly for our Country Schools, we yet venture to deny that the teaching of the Knglish Language bere, is something so different from the same work elsewhere, as to admit of a system being ad vantageously applied to it 1 our Schools, which is universally condemned as inepolica ble wherever else that language is spoken and we cannot commit ourselves te the ab surdity of supposing that we. in this lsland, are more competent to arrive at a correct conclusion on this point, thian the experien ced and accomplished Edvcationists of the Countries which we have named, whose judgment has been, by their non-adoption of the system, emphatically adverse to its claims of superiority and we believe, moreover, that one very important point has been quite lost sight of by the majority of those among us who are most zealous in their advocacy of the system, namely—that a thorough know ledge of the language to which it isapplied, is quite as necessary for the formation of a cor rect judgment on its merits, asa knowledge of the system itself. With regard to the argument in its favor, drawn from past experience, by the Super intendent, we can only express our surprise that the experience obtained here, should have given results so opposite to those yield ed elsewhere. Insome of the United States where the common School instruction has been notoriously carried to the very highest perfection, and with acknowledged unbound ed success, the trial of this system ied to its immediate and entire abandonment— and even in the neighboring Islands of Bt. Tho mas and St. John’s it has been thrown aside, if we mistake not, as a failure; while hare, in the Town Schools of the United Brethren, who, in this Commission, advocate the sys tem most warmly, i kas never been adopted— a fact which can only be accounted for by their lack of faith in it. In any appeal te the evidence of persons here, we accept as un guestionable the position of the Superinten ent, that those Teachers are best able to judge of this system “who have practised both, “(the ol and new,) in our Country Schools, “‘and are not biassed”—in other words, Exz- sTes GROLXE AVIS. perience, and Independence are to be the tests for reliable evidence on this subject. But we find, on examination of the witnesses which he produces, and which we take for granted are all and the very best, that he could =-ieet, that when tried by his own two foll iusl, they entirely fuil to meet Lis de mands. For instance Mg. Mcinrosy gave the evidence produc ed, after only one year’s trial of the Phoneti cal system—an experience far too limited to be of any value; and while he was, as he still is, Teacher in the Country Schools, un der the sole power of the Superinicadent, upor whose pleasure kis situation cntirely depended. Now whether the evidence of a man so situat ed, on thie merits of the favorite theory—(we had almost said hobby) of his all-powerful superior, can be termed ‘“unbiassed,” or “in “dependent,” we leave any reasonable man to judge. Mg, KNEVEL'S report given in 1833 is open to the same ohjections precisely llle had then tried the system only from *the “previous examinstion,” and was also then a Teacher, under the arbitrary power of him on whose favorite theory he was pronouacing judgment. Mg. BaiLey's evidence too given in 1853 —34, while still a Teacher in the Schools, is, when tried by the Superintcndent’s own test, like the others, utterly inadmissible. So much then for the experience, and un biassed utterances ¢f these witnesses, whose evidence is bronght forward by the Sencria tendent as conclusive—nay, wo go still fur ther and assert, on unexceptionable evidence, that the last two Teachers, after they had severed their conuection with the Schools, and could froely speak their real opinions based on additional experience, did not hesitato to express their disanproval of the system. av ing then disposed of this evidence, we beg leave to offer testimony, as to the imperfae tion of the system, which will be found en tirely reliable, and auswer, in all respecis, to the test by which the others have besn tried, and found so signaliy wanting. Ist. Mg. WiLniam McFarua¥E, one of the old est and most experienced Teachers in the Rurai Schoels, having heen continncusly em pln}‘ihi therein from ahout 1837 to 18467 with an experience thereiore of 13 wears un der the old system, and 7 undsr the new, and at present well knowr to the whole com munity as a most successful Teacher in the public School in Frederiksted, and therefore, not in any mauner biassed hy fear or partia lity, writes, in a letter laid before this Com mission on this subject at a former meeting— “['hat proficiency was made by the Children “in reading, under the old system, was a “point never called in question; yet it was “‘thought by the Inspector that if’ the Phone “tical system was adopted, greater progress “gven would be made. It was accordingly “introduced, and was considered, as first, by “some Teachers, a superior method but, af “ter long experience, 1 discovered that the “Phonetical system, as used in the Country “Schools, was not adapted to the linglish “Language”—(He then specifies his reasons for this conclusion, and continues)—*“l gave “each system, the old, and the new, a fair “practical trial, and finally came to the con “clusion that the ordinary, or old method of “teaching, ought to be the one adopted in “our Country Schools”—*l have never been “able to ascertain that the children taught to “read phonetically retain the art after leaving “school, while, on the other hand, 1 have fre “quently met with young men who continue “to read pretty well, having been taught on “the old plan, and who meet with help out of ¢“school, an opportunity not afforded those in “structed on the new principle.” 2nd. Mr. GEORGE STEVENS, also at present a Teacher in the public school in Frederiksted, who claims to have taught in the Country Schools for about 5 years under the old sys tem, and seven under the new; and on whose wall known abilities in his calling it would be quite sapertduous for us to dwell who is also now in a position to give a perfectly unbias sed opinioa on the subject, writes, under the samse date as the above, in a letter which it would well repay us to give in full, but fropg which we can only now select a few meagre extracts, as follows—+Having devoted parti “cular attention to the study of Phonetics, “apart from my obligation to teach on that “principle, I do not hesitate to give opinion “freely on this point. I discovered from “practical experience, and concluded long be “fore I left the Country Schools, that the “system, as practised in them, was essential “ly defective, and not adapted to the Ortho “graphy of the English language.”—<To ¢f “fect any good by the Phonetical mode of “learning to read, a reformed alphabet, con “taining as many elementary signs as there “are elementary sownds in the language, is “essentially requisite. The attempt to sap “ply this want by means of gertain marks “emiployed, is a failure, and makes much con “fusion at a certain stage of the exercises, “and the most assiduous Teacher cannot fail “to make the experience that after the marks “‘are removed the children have yet to he “tanght” (de nove) “the vowel sounds, “which occur in most of the words compos “ing the reading lessoms. Again, out of “School, there is no sympathy with the learn ‘“er: no oneis able to assist him with the “lessons, for no one is acquainted with the ‘“‘system consequently, to those who do not “acquire a thorough knowledge of reading “while under the Teacher’s eye at school, “reading will eventually becomo a dead let “ter. Lven children who may aequire read “ing by the Phonetic system must always re “main ignorant of English Orthography, and “will never be able to write correctly. They ‘may learn to write by copying, but can ex “ercise no intelligent conception of the con “nection between the writing of the language, “and its Orthograpliy. "The defectiveness of “the system, as practised in our Country “Schools, is so striking as to render it on the “wiole, in my opinion, a decided impediment “to the general progress in reading. Under “these circumstances 1 must certainly give “preference to the eld system being adopted “in our Schools.” 3rd. Mg. C. WispETAL, also for many years a Teacher in the Country Schools, and now a well known, and highly successful Teacher in the Puablic School in Y¥rederiksted —one wiose experience, and present independent position fully qualify him to give a reliable and unbiassed opinion, also writes, in a letter laid at the same time as the furegoing befora this Commission —“The difficulty I exporien “ced in using the Phonetieal system, when a “Teacher in the Country Schools, led ma to “the conclusion that the task would| prove an “arduaous one, and the result vbtained not “cqual to the timelost, and labor expended. “I'his caused me to declare to the Inspector “that I felt myself incapable of carrying it “out. "Ll'ne ground on which the substitution “of the one system for the other was original “ly made, was some fancied superiority in “the new, and not any absolute deficiency in “the old. At the Mt. Victory School, under “the old system, with about the same num “ber of children registered as now, I always “averaged about 45 good readers, not taking “Into account many more, who would, at “present, be registered as Readers, but who “‘then were not reported as such on account “of their deficiencies. I have been enabled “to see such defects in the system, as carried “out in our Country Schools, as render it but “ill adapted to the Linglish language; since “it lacks the advantage given to the pure “system of Phonetics by the introduction of ~“the Printing reform. In the absence of this “total reform in the printing of the English “Language, the Obil£'en cannot acquire the “art of reading so rapidly, and easily, under “the new, as under the old system and even “when the more intelligent of them do sue “ceed in learning to read by the former, it is “found, from its intricacy, and from the extra “exertion required to remember the arbitrary “meaning of the signs adopted to represent “the sounds existing in excess of the.regular “alphabet, that they much sooner forget what “they may have acquired. Such has been “my experiance wherefore, on these, end “other grounds already stated, I unhesitating “ly give preference to the adoption of the “old system in our Schools.” et (To be conticued.) ah 1

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I CHRISTIAN DEN NIENDE, as Guds Naade Konge til Danmark, de Venders og Gothers, Hertug til Slesvig, Holsteen, Stormarn, Ditmarsken, Oldenborg og Lauenborg, Gjore Vitterligt: Efterat have ladet Os as VorFi nantsminister silerunderdanigst foredrage de as Colonial raadene i Vore vestindiske Besiddelser afgivne allerunder danigste Betænkninger over et Samme forelagt Udkast til Anordning angaaende Udvidelse til de dansk-vestindiske Besiddelser as Lov as 19de Februar 1861 om en forandret Inddeling as Handelsvægten i Kongeriget Danmark og as de i Henhold til sammes 4 og 5 ved Kongelig Resolu tion as 3die Juni 1863 givne Bestemmelser, ville Vi aller naadigst have fastsat som folger: Lov as 19de Februar 1861 om en forandret Inddeling as Handelsvægten i Kongeriget Danmark og dei Henhold til sammes 4 og 5 ved Kongelig Resolution as 3die Juni 1863 givne Bestemmelser udvides til de dansk-vestindiskø Besiddelser paa den i det Folgende fastsatte Maade I Eenheden for den almindelige Handelsvægt er et Pund, bvis Vægt ligesom hidtil er 500 franske Grammer. 52. Hundrede Pund udgjore et Centner. 3. Pundet inddeles i 100 Kvinter, Kvinten i 10 Ort rin gere Vægtstorrelser angives i Decimalbrokdele as Orten. 4. Som Handelsvægt man ikkun benyttes justerede Lod der, som henhore til Tidelingssystemet, nemlig sandannø Lodder, hvis Vægt er 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 1 Pund, 50, 20, 10, 5,2. 1 Kvint, 5.2, 1 Ort og Decimalbrøkdele as Orten, samt efter samne System indrettede justerede Bismere åvr skal det, indtil auderledes as Kongen bestemmes, være tilladt at anvende de nu justerede Bismere samt Vægtlod der, hvis Vægt er 160, 80, 64, 932, 16, 8,4 Pund t. 3 'he or Pund med Undtagelse as de Jerniodder at denne Årt, paa hvilke Justeringsmaterialet, Bly, ligger frit oven paa Jernet uden at være beskytiet as en fremstasende Rand. .s 5. Regjeringen bemyndiges til at ophæve de dvrige 1 Be s'ddelserne bestanende Vægtsystemer og tili disses Sted at irfiore Handelsvægten, ligesom ogsaa til at give Decimal bråkdelene as Orten særlige Benævnelser, naar det maatte vise sig at værø fornådent. 6. Denne Anordning træder i Kraft fra Iste October 1865. Hvorefter alle Vedkommende sig allerunderdanigst have at rette. Givet paa Amalienborg den 17de Marts 1865 Under Vor Kongeligø Haand og Segl. CHRISTIAN R- L.B, R. —__——:_— Å 0. No Damd| ANORDNING anganende Udvidelse til dø dansk vestindiske Besiddelser as Lov as 9de Februar 1861 om en foran dret Inddeling as Handelsvægten i Kongeriget Danmark og as de i Henhold til sammes 4og 5 ved Kongelig Resolution as 3die Juni 1863 givne Bestemmelser. S Te CROLX AVI S TRANSLATION.

W cHRISTIAN oz NINTH, by the Grace of God King of Denmark, the Vandals and the Goths, Duke of Sleswick, Holsteen, Stor marn, Ditmarsh, Lauenborg and Oldenborg, Make known: On the report of Our Minister of Finances who has laid before Us the most submissive Report of the Colonial Councils in Our Westindia Possessions on Draft of Ordinance for extending to the danish-westindia pos sessions the Law of 19th February IS6I conceruing a new division of the standard of weights in the Kingdom of Den mark, as well as the ewactments in virtie of 4 and 5 of the said Law, contained in the Royal Resolution of 3rd June 1863, We most graciously decree The Law of 19th February 1861 concerning a new di vision of the standurd of weights in the Kingdom of Den mark and the enactments in virtue of 4 and 5 of the said Law, contained in the Royal Resolution of 3rd June 1863, are hereby extended to the danish-westindia possessions in the mauner hereinafter mentioned 1, The unit of all weights in commerce and trade shall be one pound, the specitic gravity of which shall as hitherto be 500 french grams. 2 J One hundred pounds make a “Centner.” S The pound shall he"sub-divided into 100 “Kvints,” the «Ryint”? into 10 “Orts;” smaller weights are to be designa ted in decimal fractional parts of an *Ort.”’ No other but stamped weights of the decimal system must be used in trade. viz: only weights of 160, 560, 20, 10, 5,'2, 1 pound, 80, 20, 10, 5,2, 1 «Kvint' 5,2, 1 WO, and decimal fractional parts of the “Ort,” and steel-yards adjusted after the same system, and stamped. It shall, howev er, uutil otherwise ordained by the King, be lawful to use steel _vards and weights hitherto stamped of 160, 80, 64, 3%, 16, 8, 4 Pounds, and 3 part of a Pound, except those jron-weights of this deseription in which the metal bearing the stamp (lead) lays free on top the iron without being protected by any projecting rim. \:x The Home Government is authorized to abolish all other systems of weights existing in the islands, and instead thereof to introduce the standard established by this Ordi nance, as also to give the decimal fractional parts of the “Ort” special denominations, whenever it be found requisite to do so. S 6. This Ordinance is to come in force on the Ist of October 1865. To which all concerned have to conform. Given at Amalienborg the 17th of March 1865, Under Our Royal Hand and Seal. CHRITIAN R. L. s. R. il g C. N. David. ORDINANCE extending to the Danish-westin dia possessions the Law of 19th February 1861 concerning a new division of the standard of weights in the Kingdom of Denmark, a8 well as the enactments in virtue of 4 and 5 of the said Law, con tained in the Royal Resolution of 3rd June 1863.