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with a keeper’s house in Lodge Inclosure let on lease, a keeper’s 
lodge in Abbott’s Wood, the foreman’s house in Little Goose 
Green, and a keeper’s lodge in Glenbervie. 
The woods are under the control of the Commissioners of His 
Majesty's Woods and Forests. The officer in charge is the 
Deputy-Surveyor of the New Forest, who has a foreman living 
on the spot as his executive official. The foreman is assisted 
by a woodman. 
The lessee of Alice Holt Lodge enjoys the shooting over the 
Lodge Inclosure, Holt Pound, Willow’s Green, and Glenbervie. 
The shooting over the other woods is leased to the War Depart- 
ment, with the right to use the woods for military exercises. 
2. CONFIGURATION OF GROUND, GEOLOGICAL FORMATION 
SoIL, AND CLIMATE. 
The northern part of the area forms a plateau with a maximum 
elevation above sea-level of about 400 feet. This elevation is 
fairly maintained on going south until Abbott’s Wood is reached. 
For the rest, the land slopes away on the east, west, and south 
to an elevation of about 230 feet. Local depressions have been 
formed by watercourses, the latter generally carrying very 
limited quantities of water. The woods are situated on the 
Gault, hence the soil is generally of a clayey nature. There 
are, however, exceptions, such as the north-east portion of 
Glenbervie, which has a more sandy soil. Another strip of 
sandy soil runs east and west, commencing in Willow’s Green 
and passing into Goose Green. With these and other exceptions 
of small extent, the soil is clay, with little or no accumulation 
of humus. The soil covering consists chiefly of brambles, 
bracken, other ferns, and weeds. A more detailed account of 
the soil will be found in the Appendix. 
The climate is that of the south of England, that is to say, 
comparatively mild and damp, with a rainfall of about 26 
inches, fairly distributed over the several parts of the year. 
Spring is the driest season. 
3. DESCRIPTION OF FoREST GROWTH. 
There is evidence to show that the Alice Holt Woods were 
stocked with oak for centuries past. It is not necessary, on 
this occasion, to go back beyond the last twenty-five years of 
the eighteenth century. During that period, and probably during 
