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Waipori—County Councils should be co allowed. Bruce —Act left as at present. Crichton —No. Glenledi — Counties should not be allowed (o split up or amalgamate without consent of Parliament, as at present. Matau —No answer. Mount Stuart —Counties Bhould not

Question 2— continued.

be allowed to split up or amalgamate without consent of Parliament. Tokomairiro- —Counties should not be allowed to split up or amalgamate without consent of Parliament as at present. Clwiha— Yes. Pomahaka—Yes. Molyneux South —Only with the con-

sent of the ratepayers, irrespective of their voting powers. TuapeJca — No. Clydevale—Should be able to alter boundaries. Southland —No. Knapdale—No. Toitois—No. Tuturau —No.

3. Should the road districts in each county form the ridings of the county ?

Mangonui — No. Kaeo—Yes. Oruru —No. Totara—No. Sohianga —No answer. Whangarei —Yes. Maunu —Yes. Parua —Not unless road districts were enlarged. Waikiekie —No answer. Waipu Middle—No. Waipu South —Not necessarily. Hohson —No answer. Okahu —Yes. Paparoa—Not necessarily. Wairau —Yes. Wairau (by ex-Chairman) —Yes, if so desired. , They already do so throughout the County of Hobson, and prove satisfactory. Whakahara School Committee —Eoad Board districts whero possible. ftodney —No. Albertland South —No. The road districts in the north are too many and too small in size and in number of ratepayers. Arai —Such an arrangement would be beneficial if an additional proviso was made that each riding returned one member to the Council. Upper Mahurangi—By all means, and each Chairman of the District Boards Bhould form the Council, if we must have a Council. Mangawai—Yes. Omaha—No answer. Matakana West —Yes. Puhoi—No. Tauhoa' —Yes. Wharehine —Not necessarily so. Wainui —No. Many of the Eoad Boards are not represented under the present system, and are antagonistic to the Councils. The Wainui Eoad Board has neither voice nor vote in Eodney Council. Waitemata —No answer. Kaukapakapa —Yes. Lake —Not necessarily ; in many cases this would be quite impracticable. North Shore—Yes. Waitakerei West —No ; where the road districts are large it would do, but where small knock three or four into one. Waitakerei West (J. Cottle) —No suggestion. Waitakerei West (H. Hunter)— The enlarged Eoad Boards to be ridings. Whangaparoa —If these must be County Councils, Yes. Eden —No answer. Epsom—See answer to No. 16. Mount Boskill—This would be desirable. Mount Wellington—Yes. Newton —Each highway district to be a riding, and return one member. Panmure —Yes. Ponsonby—No. To constitute every road district a riding with representation would unfairly apportion the. representation of the people in the County Councils.

Waikomiti —Eoad districts should not form the ridings of the county. Manulcau —No answer. Mercer. —Yes, inasmuch as it should be advisable to have as Councillors representatives from all portions. Hunua—Yes. Karaka—Yes. Maraetai —Yes. Opaheke—Yes, where large ; where small two or three agree to amalgamate, where interests are identical. Otahuhu —As the Road Boards are at present constituted (geographically) in this county, Manukan. it would not be advantageous; tv iLe same time the present boundaries give undue advantage to poor ridings. T?apakura—See answer to No. 1. Pollock—Yes. Pukekohe East —Yes. Pukekohe West—See answer to No. 1. Waipipi—Yes ; it simplifies matters considerably. Wairoa—No. Thames —Yes. Parawai—Yes. Waitoa —As a general rule; but it would not be advisable to make it compulsory in all cases. PiaTco —Yes, as a general rule. Waihato —Not in all eases ; some road districts are too small for special i-epre-eentation. Kirikiriroa —Not in all cases; some road districts are too small to form a riding. Waipa —No answer. Hamilton — Yes ; and one member from each Soad Board should form the Council. Kihikihi—Yes. Eangiaohia—Yes. Tuhikaramea—Yes. 'Raglan —Yes. Pirongia—Yes. Eaglan Town —No answer. WhaTcatane— No. Cook —Not necessarily. Ormond—Yes. Patutahi—Yes. Te Arai —No ; but would suggest that the Chairmen of Eoad Boards should be members of the County Councils ex officio. Poverty Bay —Not necessarily. Tauranga —No answer. Katikati—Yes. Te Puna—Yes. Wairoa —No road districts in county. Council have no suggestions to offer. Ha/mice's Bay —Yes. Heretaunga —Yes. Kereru and Aorangi—Yes. Maraekakaho—Yes. Okawa —Yes. Papakura —No. Petane —-Yes. Te Mata—Yes. Waipawa —Yes. Norsewood —Yes. Ocro —Yes. Ormondville —Yes. Buataniwha North—Yes.

Tamumu — Yes. Wherever practicable. Woodville —Yes; and the road districts enlarged. Taranahi— No. Manganui—Yes. Each county to be made into seven or nine ridings. Mangarei —No, unless the road districts are made more uniform in size than at present in this county. Carrington —Yes, in most cases. Waitara West —It would be desirable to have the road districts formed into ridings of the county. Egmont—Yes, if connected with county. Moa—No answer. Okato —No; the road districts are too small in this county. Clifton—Yes. Waitara Bast—Eoad districts should form the ridings. Inglewood—-Not in the County of Taranaki. Patea —Yes, where road districts have natural boundaries. Hawera —No answer. Hawera—Yes. Waimate —Yes. Ngaire —Yes. Wanganui —No. Waitotara —No. Hangitikei —No. Katigitikei—No. Lethbridge—No. Manawaln —Yes, one or more, or vice versa. Manawatu —No such arbitrary rule should be laid down — c. g., the Eangitikei District, whose county and highway district, and ridings and wards, are the same, or nearly so. Otaki—Yes. Halcombe —Not in all cases. Sutt —To remain as at present. Kilbirnie —Yes. Each Eoad Board should be a riding, with one or more representatives, according to number of ratepayers and amount of rate. ' Kaiwara—Yes. Walrarapa West —No. Feathers ton —-Yes. Carterton—No answer. Waimea —It is convenient as a general rule that one or more highway districts should form a riding, or that one or more ridings should form a highway district. Motueka —Each road district should form a riding of the county. Upper Motueka —One or more ridings might form a highway district, or one or more highway districts form a riding. Waimea —Yes. Eiehinond —No; as it would create too many ridings. Pangatotara —Yes; as far as possible. Eiwaka —Yes. Lower Moutere —Yes. Collingwood —Yes. Collingwood—Yes. Butter—No Eoad Board within the county.