New Hebrides Burden
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Joint Court Costs £10,000 Per Annum
DURING the year 1937, the Joint Court of the New Hebrides cost somewhere about £lO,OOO sterling— almost half the revenue of the Con dominium. It is generally felt that the cost of this expensive establish ment should be borne by the two Home Governments of the co- Sovereign Powers.
The Joint Court’s primary function is to examine land applications and grant titles If this great drain on the Con dominium Budget were removed there would be sufficient money to pay for improvements in the Condominium that are really worth-while.
Roads are an urgent necessity all over the Group; and the number of shipping accidents during the past few years points to the need of auto matic guiding lights at many of the tricky harbour entrances and chan nels in the northern islands.
A car owner in Vila, when asked what he paid per year for his car licence, replied: “One pound a mile”.
There are three miles of road, and the license costs £3.