CHAPTER XXV. 



CONCLUSION. 



I HAVE noticed how our old parochial highways used 

 to be managed, and the alterations which have been 

 made in the system ; but how far these alterations 

 taken throughout the kingdom have been advantageous 

 in point of economy — keeping the highways in as 

 efficient a state of repair at a smaller expense — 

 has certainly in some localities been doubtful ; there 

 are instances where highway boards have been dis- 

 solved, and some other mpde of managing the roads 

 has subsequently been resorted to. ■ 



With regard to the question of repair, I doubt very 

 much if the country roads are in better order now 

 than they used to be before highway boards were 

 instituted. As to their present condition, one could 

 probably gain a good deal of information from the 

 numerous body of bicycle and tricycle riders by whom 

 they are so much used ; but then, again, very few of 

 the riders, I take it, are old enough to be able to give 

 much information from practical knowledge and 



