However, until such time as funds can be. found by the Colony to
 implement a progressive programme of suburban improvements in the
 greater Kingstown area, users of roads like this will have to be satisfied
 with modest maintenance.
 The installation of lights along this road will have to await the
 development of a new supply of electricity.

Q. 7. There being two holes at the Court House gate where water collects,
 presenting a very undesirable condition during the rainy season, will
 Government consider asphalting the path from the gate to the steps so as
 to make a better approach to this Council Chamber?
A. The holes at the Court House gate have been filled, but the larger issue of
 asphalting the walk will have to await consideration with the 1951
 Estimates.
Q. 8. Can I be informed as to how soon Government intends to pay attention to
 the remaining portion of the Richmond Hill Land Settlement Village so as
 to be enabled to inform the villagers who are very dissatisfied over the
 continued long neglect of their interests there?
A. As regards roads, the Honourable Member will remember that provision
 for all the Kingstown suburban area roads was made in the draft estimates,
 1950, but subsequently had to be deleted.
 As regards electricity, the existing load cannot be increased until a
 new form of supply has been installed.
 As regards water, the attention of the Kingstown Board will be drawn
 to their requirements. -
Q. 9. Due to the fact that there is a great deal of discouragement to the
 development of Trades Unionism by certain Heads of Departments and
 other persons employed in Government Departments, the Government
 Cotton Ginnery and the Arrowroot Association, will Government openly
 declare its policy concerning Trades Unionism in St. Vincent?
A. It is the policy of this Government to encourage the establishment and
 development of Trade Unions, but in the absence of a well organised
 Union, it falls within the functions'bf the Department of Labour to carry
 out negotiations in respect of wage-rates, hours of work, and other
 conditions of employment for workers engaged in industrial and
 commercial undertakings in the Colony.
Q. 10. In view of the fact that this Council has voted 100 per annum for music
 and on occasions when music is needed for public functions there is none
 to be had, will Government please take early steps to remedy this very
 unsatisfactory situation?
A. Provision for the grant of 100 to the Music Council in this year's estimates
 was made only after the Council had assured Government that active
 measures had been taken for obtaining instruments with a view to getting
 a Police Band started. The arrival of the instruments is awaited, and
 Government will use its best endeavours to have the band started as soon
 as practicable.
 President: I now call upon the Honourable E. A. Joahhimn, Member lori
Leeward to ask the questions standing in his name.