Mr Bridge said Mr Jull was one of the committoe who framed the by-laws and he had not heard him object to the clause relating to the imposition of license fees. He had little doubt that many of the signatures attached to the petitions had been obtained by misrepre sentation, and he did not attaoh much weight to them. He had asked several of those who had complained to him whether they had seen the by-laws and they had admitted that they had not. He had shown that a bona fide owner could draw as much firewood as he wanted for his own use, with out paying a fee, which many did not know, and which impression had caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Of course the by-law would press heavily upon some, but that could not be avoided. All legislation that was passed acted similarly, as did every loan that was raised, but as they were for the good of the many no exception could be taken. These by-laws were for the benefit of the majority of the ratepayers, who had to pay for keeping roads in repair for saw millers, who contributed little, and who should be compelled to keep the roads in order. There wae very little in the

argument that the fees would rise in the price of timber, for qw it was exported. It was high tim,, those who broke up the road* a contribute towards the cost of them. It was tbe right thing to c 0(1 the by-laws, and the Council woulj an unwise thing if they did not com them. He moved that the by-U*, confirmed. Mr Jull said he would like to few remarks concerning what Mr B t had stated regarding his aotion & ( of the by-law committee. He had|| in committee that he would 0 p the imposition of the fees when by-laws came before the Council, duty as one of the committee Wg| get the by-laws into shape and W done his best in that direction. H» strenuously opposed the imposition the fees from the first, for he vinced they would injuriously eff*ct small carrier. Waggons could noti cessfully compete against those who tram lines laid to a railway siding these were the people who exp 0 , largely. The imposition of then | would raise the price of timber immediate locality. 