Meet i : j ; Af the frost had kept off for three or four _ per milo; but if the stone are broken _ £1,000. Besides, the stone cannot be}, The wove be the roads a tot so a. . stone breakers ai ‘ on, in} + parts of tlre old teunird. where “thoy atewor a good THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1868. . eT i ee === a a (Continued from first page ) he othors to tho great need of having them consolidated. There is no subject upon which I dread so much to be asked fa opimion, for it takes me half a day to read the Acts through, before I can five an opinion; but what I stated was, that if the system is to be changed, we should now have some intiraation of what those changes are to be, so that they may go abroad, and the people will have some information upon them. They may approve or disapprove of those changes, and thave may be time for us to get very valuable information upon the subject, before the Act is passed. I think if there is any subject upow which the Goveramont should give some inti- mation of their intentions, it is the one pow before us, Sixth Paragraph. Mon. Mr, MacDonatp: I observe that two of your honors, who were mem bers of the Committee appointed last Ses- sion, to take into consideration the best method of improving the Highways, are resent, and no doubt they will give some information upon the subject, though the report of the Committee is vot before ns. Their honors have, in conjunction with the members from the other branch of the Legislature, drawn np a very able and lengthy report which contains a great deal of information, and which, I think, will load toa radical change in the method of improving our highways. However, as I only just looked at the re- port, I shall not say anything at present in reference to it, Hoo. Mr. Hayrnorne: I fully ex- pected thathis honor from the City, (Mr. Palmer), would be as urgent for iofor- mation wpon this subject as upon that of Education, but as he has not risen, I will relate the course the Committee pursued npon this question. TJ, for one, must say, thatthe Committee were well supported from both sides of the House, aad ifauything like a good. maasure ia the result of the report, we will vot lay more claim to it thau;we deserve, for we received a great deal of valuable in- formation from many parties, both pub- licand private. We havo, perhaps, been longer in bringing that report forward than was desirable, One reason of this was, that the Attorney Geveral was in England, and we required information which we expected to get throngh him, respecting machinery in operation in the old country, for breiking stone; but, eventually, having received much infor- mation on the subject, we have drawn up such a report as I trust will meet the approval of your honors. We have re- commended the Maeadamizing system near Charlottetwn, and other places, where traffic concentrates; and, also, that other highways shonkl be made upon a different plan. We had for our guid- ance, also, a measure introduced by his honor from the city, (Mt. Palmer), when he was Leader of the Government, That measure was inoperative bocause the country was not prepared for it, It is much the. same as what is eall- ed the * Highland Road Act,” in, Scot- land; but this country had not arrived at such a state as would warrant its intro- duction here, Our roads were mere tracks, and, indeed, are so in many places yet.