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The general principle of compensation was
the same with regard to railway companies that
it was in the case of thelegraph companies. In
every case the amount of compensation was to be
determined hy an arbitrator. It was thus impos
sihle to form any very accurate opinion of the
sum that would be required for the purpose of
compensating the railway companies and the tele
graph companies, and consequently it would not
be possible at the present period of the Session
to propose to the House any money Bill with a
view to carry out these arrangements. Such a
Bill could not be proposed until the arbitrator had
concluded his labours, and as the number of interests
concerned were very complicated and the work
was very heavy, they could not expect any award
to be made for a considerable time. It would be
in the recollecfion of the House that when he
formerly addressed the House on this subject he
stated that he believed the expenditure required
would be covered by 4,000,000/. In the same way
he was no more prepared to go into the estimate
at the present moment. Some of the members
who inquired into the Bill were anxious to go
into particidars, but the difficulty was this. If
the interests concerned were estimated at certain
sums, these sums would of course be referred to
when the matter came under the notice of the
arbitrator, and it would be impossible for the
Government in any case to insist upon a lower
sum than the one they had estimated, because as
that sum would be known the ,companies concerned
would refuse to take less. (Hear, hear.) Mr.
Scudamore, whose ability with regard not ouly to
this but also to other matters, had been of great
service to the Government (hear, hear), had, how
ever, given considerable attention to this matter,
and Mr. Scudamore believed that 6,000,000/. would
be the outside figure, and his calculations had
been submitted to and approved by Mr. Foster,
the principal finance officer of the Treasury. (Hear,
hear.) The House might possibly think that this
was a considerable advance upon the original esti
mate, but that advance was easily accounted for.
The Government was now proposing to buy a
much larger and a much more valuable property
Det almindelige Princip om Kompensation var
det samme med Hensyn til Jernbane-Kompagnierne
som det var ligeoverfor Telegraf-Kompagnierne.
I ethvert Tilfælde vikle Erstatningsbeløbet blive
at bestemme af en Yoldgiftsmand. Det var saa
ledes umuligt at danne sig nogen ganske bestemt
Mening om den Sum, som vikle udkræves til Er
statning for Jernbane- og Telegraf-Kompagnierne,
og følgeligt vikle det heller ikke være muligt paa
det nærværende Tidspunkt i Sessioneu at forelægge
Huset nogen Pengebill med en Gjennemførelse af
disse Arrangements for Øie. En saadan Bill kunde
ikke fremlægges, førend Yoldgiftsmanden havde
afsluttet sine Arbeider; og da den Mængde Inte
resser, hvormed man havde at gjøre, vare meget
indviklede og Arbeidet meget besværligt, kunde
man ikke paa længere Tid vente nogen Voldgifts
kjendelse afgiven. Det vikle være i Husets Erin
dring, at da han tidligere henvendte sig til Huset
angaaende denne Sag, anførte han, at han troede
at de udfordrede Omkostninger vikle dækkes med
4,000,000 £. Paa samme Maade var han ikke
mere forberedt nu til at indlade sig paa Overslaget.
Nogle af de- Medlemmer, som granskede Billen,
havde megen Lyst til at gaa i Detail; men Yan
skelighedeu var denne: dersom de angjældende
Interesser værdsattes til visse Summer, vikle der
naturligvis henvises til disse Summer, naar Sagen
kom for Yoldgiftsmændene, og det vikle blive umu
ligt for Regjeringen i noget Tilfælde at holde paa
et lavere Beløb, end det, man havde opstillet, fordi
de angjældende Kompagnier, da dette Beløb vilde
være bekjeudt, vikle vægre sig for at modtage
mindre. (Hør, hør.) Pir. Scudamore, hvis
Dygtighød med Hensyn ikke alene til denne
men ogsaa til andre Sager havde været af stor
Nytte for Regjeringen, havde imidlertid offret
Sagen megen Opmærksvmhed, og Hr. Scudamore
troede, at 6,000,000 £ vikle blive det yderste
Beløb; og hans Beregninger havde været fore
lagte for og godkjendte af Pir. Foster, Chefen
for Finantsafdeliugeu under Skatkammeret (Hør,
hør.) Huset kunde muligvis mene, at dette var
en betydelig Overskridelse af det oprindelige Over
slag; men for denne Overskridelse var d,et let at
gjøre Regnskab. Regjeringen foreslog uuatkjøbe
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