Mr Scobie McKenzie considered the

i- one man one roll "principle a step in the jWrQng direction and a Liberal proposal, however, had'always been in favour of f.?ne man one vote. Dual voting could be prevented ab by-elections without destroy ing the choice of registration on rolls, and |«(Q simple way of bringing this about would ne by causing the voter aba by-election to Wake a declaration thab he had not Voters in another electorate at the general election. He declared himself absolutely opposed bo female franchise. Mr Dubhie thought the electors' rights jShould be extended to all and sundry, and Qob confined to seamen, shearers and com mercial travellers. Last session he voted jtor the female suffrage, but he now op- Posed ib, considering ib undesirable. 5 Messrs Taylor and T. Mackenzie bobh ■strongly supported single electorates in jcities. The latter said thab if works on co operative principle were permitted on the ;* ar Ke scale the Financial Statemenb pro posed, Ministers would send hordes of men ;mto adverse electorates in order to give jthem.majority on polling day. i Mr Mackintosh strongly supported the jfemale franchise, but feared that ib mighb (be jeopardised by being tacked on to this measure. The alterations in the boundaries [of some electorates had been mosb absurd, .and should have been fixed by the House. I Mr McLean thoughb the system of telegraph electoral rights should be .introduced for the convenience of electors absent from their homes on polling day. fe the lasb Wellington election the majority was 143, bub if it had nob been for the power of money it would have been from POO to 1,000. The elecbion cost Mr Bell and his friends £5,000 to £6,000. He warmly supported the female franchise, which women were entitled to as a matter of justice, apart from sentiment. He was opposed to single electorates. I.Mr Hogg supported the amalgamated city electorates, bub opposed the retention Qi the freehold qualification. The elector now had the choice of saying whether he would register on his residential qualifica tion or on his property qualification. This was wrong, and the residential qualification solus should be affirmed. He congratu lated the Government on embodying the female franchise in their Bill. Sir J. Hall congratulated the Govern ment in taking up the question of female franchise, and hoped to see ib carried through. 