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Reply: In view of the. fact that the District Postmasters and Postmistresses are
 paid only-sm'all allowances for part-time duties, Government's policyy as.
 regards District Post Offices has been to pay the District Postmasters or
 Postmistresses a token rent for the use.ofa portion of their own houses as
 District-Post Offices.
 No change to'this system is recommended as it would be impossible to
 obtain the services of suitable persons-at the salaries available, if they had
 to perform these duties away from their residences.
 As stated in the reply.to a question by the Honourable Member at the
 meeting of this Council oni the 20th October, 1949, it is felt that the people
 of Coulls.Hill are not greatly inconvenienced by the placing of the Post
 Office at its present site.

 President: I now call upon the -Hbnourable Member for South Windward to
ask the questions standing in his name.
 Honourable Member for South Windwvard:. Your Honour, IHonourable
Members, I beg leave-to ask the following questions standing in my name:-
 1. Will Goveinment please state what is the present position as regards the
 new Biabou Primary School to be built?
Reply: The Biabou School is among the first five on the priority list of the Colony's
 School Building Programme. The carrying out of the ]programme is
 dependent on the release of funds from Colonial Development and Welfare,
 and on the amounts that can be voted from year-to year from Colony
 funds.
 2. Will Government please state whether or not His Honour the Administrator
 pays for the use of Young's Island like any other Civil Servant?
Reply: The Administrator does not pay rental for,the use of Young's Island when
 Government House is not available for his use, as among the conditions of
 service attaching to the post is included free quarters ".
 3.-Will Government please state if the beach at Young's Island may be used
 by citizens for the purpose of bathing whether the houses at the said
 Island are rented or not?
Reply: The beach may be used if the prior permission of the occupants of the
 houses is obtained. If the buildings are unoccupied no person is alloived on
 the Island without the permission of the Superintendent of Public Works.
 Honourable O. D. Brisbane : Your Honour, I suggest that the replies to
questions be handed to Members before they are read out by Your Honour.

 BILLS.
 President: I call upon the Honourable Crown Attorney to move the first
reading of the Arrowroot (Amendment) Bill.
 Honourable Crown Attorney : I beg leave to move'the first reading of a Bill
for an Ordinance further to amend the AMrowroot Ordinance 1930. 'The objects
of this bill are as follows- .
 To amend the principal Ordinance so as to permit :-
 (1) Corporations and Partnerships to be Members' of the Arrowroot
 Association.