THE MANAGEMENT OF EPPING FOREST. 



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THE MANAGEMENT OF EPPING FOREST. 

 OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE EXPERTS. 



TN the report of the meeting of the Club on April 28th last, called 

 • ^ to consider the condition of parts of Epping Forest referred to 

 by the newspaper critics, it was stated (an/e pp. 52-71), that a 

 1 Committee of Experts in F'orestry had been appointed by the 

 Epping Forest Committee to report fully on the subject. At a 

 meeting of the Common Council held on June 14th, the following 

 report was submitted. We print the document in its entirety, as the 

 full text has not been published in the newspapers, and it will form 

 a valuable record for future reference. We have numbered the 

 paragraphs for convenience of quotation : 



To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen^ and Commons of the City of 

 Lonion, in Common Council assembled. 



\W T^E whose names are hereunto subscribed, of the Epping Forest Committee^ 

 V V have the honour to report that in pursuance of the undertaking given by 

 ilie Chairman of this Committee to your Honourable Court on the twelfth day of 

 April last, we resolved that Viscount Powerscourt, who has had a large experience 

 in the culture of woods ; Dr. Schlich, the Professor of Forestry at the Royal 

 Indian Civil Engineers' College at Cooper's Hill, and Inspector General of 

 Forests to the Government of India ; Mr. William Robinson, Editor of the 

 " Garden " Newspaper ; and Mr. James Anderson, of Manchester, who is a pro- 

 fessional Expert in Forestry ; and also two gentlemen to be nominated by Sir 

 Joseph Hooker, formerly Director of Kew Gardens, should be requested to view 

 the Forest, and advise us forthwith as to the effect of the thinning, and pur future 

 policy with regard to the management of the Forest. 



In answer to our application, Sir Joseph Hooker nominated Earl Ducie, F.R.S., 

 Mr. A. B. Freeman-Mitford, M.P., formerly Secretary to H. M. Commissioners of 



