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Opaheko—Only on petition of ratepayers. Otahuhu—Only on petition of a majority of ratepayers. Papakura —See answer to No. 1. Pollock—On the petition of ratepayers. Pukekohe East—On petition of majority. Eukekohe West—See answer to No. 1. Waipipi —Counties should not create new road districts, nor alter existing one?, except by petition of ratepayers interested. Wairoa —On a petition of ratepayers. Thames —Only on a petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Parawai —Should hare power to create new road districts on their own motion. Waitoa—On petition of ratepayers, if road districts are not made coterminous with ridings by any new enactment. Pialeo —Only on petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Wailcalo —Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Kirikiriroa —Only on the petition of at least three-fourths of the ratepayers. Waipa —No answer. Hamilton —No answer. Kibikihi—No. - Eangiaohia—Such powers, if granted to them, would act injuriously on the community ; and would, in my opinion, cause annoyance and irritation amongst ratepayers generally. Tuhikaramea—Only on a petition of a majority of ratepayers. Saffian —Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Pirongia—Only on the petition of ratepayers. Kaglan Town—No answer. Whalcatane —On the petition of a majority of ratepayers. Cook —Yes; counties should be able to do so of their own motion. Ormond —Majority of ratepayers. Patutahi —Only on a petition of the majority of ratepayei-3. Te Aral —Only on the petition of the majority of the votes of the ratepayers. Poverty Bay — Only on petition of ratepayers. Tauranga —No answer. Katikati —Only on the petition of the majority of the ratepayers. Te Puna —On petition of ratepayers. Wairoa —No road districts in county. Council have no suggestions to offer. Hawlce's Bay —The counties should have full power on their own motion. Heretaunga —No. Kereru and Aorangi—Only on petition of a majority of two-thirds of the ratepayers. Maraekakaho —Only on petition of ratepayers. Okawa —The counties to have the power, on petition of ratepayers. Papakura—No answer. Petane —No. Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Te Mata—Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Waipawa —Only on petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Norsewood —Only on petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Ocro —Yes, of their own motion. Ormondville —Only on petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Buataniwlia North —Only on petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Tamumu — Only on a petition of a majority of the ratepayers.

Question 6 — continued.

Woodville — Petition of ratepayers only. Taranahi —That the county should have the power to alter road district boundaries, unless objected to by two-thirds of the ratepayers within the district proposed to be altered. Manganui —Yes, from seven to nine, or from nine to Beven, upon petition of a majority of ratepayers affected by change. Mangarci—On petition of a majority of ratepayers only. Carriugton —Only by majority. Waitara West —All alterations made in road districts should emanate from the ratepayers, after being converted into wards of a uniform area as to extent or rating power. Egmont—Only on petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Moa—ln the event of any alterations in road districts we would strongly recommend appealing to ratepayers. Okato —Yes. Newly-settled districts should be allowed to amalgamate, but not divide existing ones, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Clifton— By petition from ratepayers. Wailara Eaet —Only on a petition of a majority of ratepayers. Number of votes to be in proportion to the value of property, as per Counties Act, in electing the members for counties. Inglewood —They should have power to alter, after giving three months' notice of their intention to make a specific alteration, provided a majority of the ratepayers in such road district do not object. Palea —Only on petition of a majority of ratepayers. Kawera —No answer. Hawera —On petition of the majority of the ratepayers. Waimate —Only on petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Ngaire—On petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Vt ran(jamd —Only on petition of majority of ratepayers. Waitoiara —Only on the petition of the majority of the ratepayers. Sangitihei —Should be left to ratepayers. Kangitikei — Should be left to the ratepayers. Lothbridge—No. Manawatu —No ; the better plan is that contained in " The Highways Act, 1874" (Wellington), substituting the Colonial Secretary for the Superintendent. Manawatu—Counties not to have tho power to create now road districts. Otaki—Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Halcombe —Only on petition of majority of ratepayers. Utitt —On petition of majority of ratepayers. .Kiibirnie —The counties should have no powers over Koad Uoavds. At present they have some, which are generally abused ; and under the new system, as per circular, certainly the Road Boards should in no way be under the control of the County Councils. The Koad Boards would have to find all the money necessary for their own wants, and should therefore be under no other body, especially one like the County Council, who would gain by any loss of Eoad Board. Kaiwara—On a petition of majority of ratepayers. IVairarapa West —Only on petition of majority of ratepayers. Featherston —On the petition of majority of ratepayers.

Carterton—Only on petition of majority of ratepayers. Waimea —Only on petition of the majority. Motuelia —No. Only a petition of tho majority of the ratepayers. Upper Motueka—Only by decision of majority. Waimea —Only on petition of majority of ratepayers. Richmond —Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Pangatotara —Only on petition of a majority of ratepayers. Riwaka —No. Lower Moutere —Only on petition of majority of ratepayers. Collingwood —Yes ; but only on a majority of the whole of the ratepayers of the district. Collingwood—Only on majority of ratepayers of road district. Butter —Only on petition of ratepayers. Inangaliua —Counties should be enabled to create new road districts, or alter existing ones, only on the votes of not less than three-fourths of the ratepayers. Gfrey —That it be only on the petition of the ratepayers. Marlborough —No answer. Awatere—Only by a majority of ratepayers. Omaka —Only on the petition of the majority of the ratepayers in the respective districts. Pelorus—Only on petition of ratepayers. Pioton—Only on petition. Spring Creek—Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers in the portion of a district desirous of detaching itself from one district and attaching itself to another, provided that a majority of the ratepayers in the district to which it would attach itself shall agree thereto. Wairau —Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers in the portion of the district desirous of detaching itself from one district and attaching itself to another, provided that a majority of the ratepayers in the district to which it would attach itself shall agree thereto. Lower Wairau —On a petition of a majority representing the major part of the rateable property. Pukaka River Board —Only on the petition of ratepayers. K.aihoura —No answer. lioikoura River Board —Only on the petition of a majority (numerically) of the ratepayers. Ashley —No answer. Eyreton —By a majority of the ratepayers only, liandeville —Only on the petition of the ratepayers. Oxford —Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Waipara —Counties should not interfere with the construction of Koad Boards in any way. West Eyreton—Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers. Selwyn —Think that any interference with Eoad Boards in the direction of altering boundaries, &c, on the motion of the County Council, should be avoided; but that the Council should have the power to make alterations on petition of the majority of ratepayers concerned. Courtenay —By a majority of the ratepayers. Heathcote —Only on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers interested in the alteration. Lincoln—Only on petition of.majority of ratepayers.