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 Honourable- Crown Attorney : I beg to second the motion. -
 Question put and agreed to.
 President : I now call upon the Acting Colonial Treasurer to move the third
 motion standing in his name.
 Honourable Colonial. Treasurer: I beg leave to move that this Council
 approves the Statements of Supplementary Expenditure For the year 1949 which
 were not included in previous Schedules of Additional Provision.
 There are three Statements in respect of the following sums
 "Up to and including $1,440
 Over $1,440. to $3,600
 Over $3,600. ,
 Honourable Crown Attorney : I beg to second the motion-.
 Question put and agreed to.
 President: I now call upon the Honourable Crown Attorney to move the first-
 motion standing in his name.
 Honourable Crown Attorney : I beg to move that this Council approves the
 Regulations cited as the St. Vincent Grammar School ('Amendment) Regulations,
 S1951, made. by the Governor in Council under section 29 of the Education Ordinance,
 1'37 on the 9th day of Febrpary, 1951.
 These Regulations are really a consolidation of all previous amendments to
 the principal -regulations. The important point is in clause 3, new Regulation 23,
 which-statesthat no pupil shall attend school after a 30 day period has expired
 without paying his school fees.
 I would'also like-to move that the word "has" appearing in line 4 of this
 Regulation be deleted and the word have be inserted.
 Honourable Member' for.South Windward : I would like to ask one question.
 In connection with what the Crown Attorney said, does this mean that any of the
 present practices in vogue will be dispensed with or that pupils will not be given
 -the facilities which they now enjoy with regard to payment of fees. In other
 words, are there any facilities which.are given at present which will be curtailed?
 Honourable Crown Attorney: The facilities are that you will have 30 days
-within which to pay the school fees. Regulation 21 is really a re-statement of the
present position; andthe instalment.system has been dropped.
 Honourable Mendber for South Windward: I notice you have dropped ,the
 privilege of paying by instalments. Any time .the question of Education is affected
 I try to place on record my views. I don't like to see anything done which would
 have the effect of restricting certain people of modest means from getting a
 secondary education: I can quote many instances of persons-not excluding
 myself-who could not have had a secondary education except for the face that
 they were allowed-to pay fees on the instalment plan. ..This is about the third
 time that I have had occasion to raise my voice against the curtailment of any
 facilities for secondary education, and I am going to ask this Council to assist me
 .in making the necessary amendment to these Regulations, so that the system of
 paying school fees by instalments as hitherto existed be continued.
 Honourable 0. D. Brisbane : Your Honour, I wish to be consistent with my
 policy in this matter and think it wise-to say a few words. I am very glad the
 Honourable Member for South Windward has said what he has in connection with
 these Regulations. I don't know if I should say it here; but most of you know


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