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plain use of the language — is traffic which is not of the common 

 order of traffic ; and it has been defined by Lord Justice Bowen 

 as follows : — ' Extraordinary traffic is really the carriage of articles 

 over the road at either one or more times which is so exceptional 

 in the quantity or quality of articles carried, or in the mode or 

 time of user of the road, as substantially to alter and increase 

 the burden imposed by ordinary traffic on the road, and to cause 

 damage and expense thereby beyond what is common.'" Mr 

 Charles explained this definition under the four headings, 

 Quantity; Quality; Mode of User; and Time of User ^ after which 

 the following resolution was adopted : — " That it is desirable, as 

 far as is practicable, that the Royal English Arboricultural 

 Society and the Timber Trade Federation should watch all 

 claims in respect of alleged extraordinary traffic with a view to 

 resisting them in approved cases, having regard to the common 

 interests of vendors and buyers of native timber." 



" Rating and Taxation of Woodlands " was very ably treated 

 in a long paper by Mr Leslie S. Wood, F.S.L, which led to 

 a lengthened discussion amongst the members. After defining 

 the various methods by which these rates and taxes are at 

 present levied, Mr Wood pointed out that if afforestation is to 

 be encouraged, the rating and taxation of woodlands must be so 

 adjusted as to relieve landowners of the present heavy burdens 

 with which they are charged before the crop is fit to be realised 

 at a profit ; and he suggested that to encourage good and 

 systematic management, the Government should make remissions 

 to private owners to lighten their rates, taxes, and death duties. 

 If such remissions were made, it would be entirely with the 

 object of encouraging work in the woods and of providing 

 additional employment in the country. Consequently, it would 

 be advisable to divide the owners into classes, and to provide a 

 scale accordingly : — Class i would comprise those who entirely 

 neglect their woods, and who would not be entitled to any 

 remission. Class 2 would be those who employ labour, but 

 whose management is inferior, and who are entitled to benefit 

 at the rate of say 6d. per acre per annum. Class 3 would be 

 those whose management is good but is not conducted upon 

 systematic lines, and who would receive say is. per acre. Class 4 

 would comprise those who are working their woods under a 

 scheme or definite plan of cutting and replanting, and who 

 would receive say is. 6d. per acre. There would thus be a 



