82 + REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

One case from St. Thomas was accepted for supervision by the New
York Parole Board. At present the Board has a total of 12 cases
under supervision. Two were terminated, one by expiration of sen-
tence and the other because of death. This present load case of 12
also represents the Interstate Compact cases.

Budget
 The actual obligations incurred for operating the Department of
 Public Safety over the past 5 fiscal years may be observed from the
 following comparative chart:

 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
 Commissioner's office ...---- ____. ___- _____..... ..- $26,084 $29,715 $31,018 $80,751 $98,789
 Police and Prison Department ---. -. ---- -__..._... 257,346 335,256 401,382 482,998 548,293
 Fire Division --- -. ------ ... -... 53,162 90,944 116,731 129,660 134,003
 Police and Fire Commission ------.-...----____.. __ 89 29 110 251 261
 Parole Board --- --------_-.. -...___ .__.._... 69 68 192 112 95
 Home Guard-. ---- --------_-_ _....--__ ...._ 16 396 1,267 3,951 2,683
 Civil Defense ------------- --.----------------- 3,928 1,518 2,618 2,434 5,617
 Total......------ ..._._ .._._.._ _._.____--_ -- 340,694 457,926 553,318 700,157 789,741

 Department of Public Works
 General
 In fiscal year 1962, certain changes in the functional structure of the
 department were necessary to properly allocate the services and cope
 more effectively with the ever increasing work load. The Division of
 Construction and Maintenance was abolished and replaced by three
 new divisions-Engineering, Real Property Maintenance, and Equip-
 ment Maintenance. Accomplishment of the increased work load of
 the department is greatly handicapped by inability to attract compe-
 tent field project supervisors due to the generally lower wage scale than
 is offered by private contractors.
 The sum of $2,391,652 was obligated for routine functions in St.
 Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, including administration, mainte-
 nance of streets and highways, collection and disposal of garbage and
 rubbish, operation of the salt and potable water systems, night soil
 removal service, and maintenance of public buildings and structures.
 The sum of $2,219,500 was obligated for essential public projects
 under the Internal Revenue Matching Fund.

 Roads and Highways
 General improvement in the local economy and tourist trade in-
creased tremendously the number of vehicles operating on the public
roads and highways. As a result, maintenance of existing roads has