102 WANDSWORTH COMMON. 



vesting the Common in them, subject to the annuity to 

 Lord Spencer. 



Both these schemes of Wimbledon and Wandsworth 

 may be regarded as Regulation schemes under special 

 Acts, with the provision for the purchase of the lord's 

 rights upon the basis of the average income from # the 

 sale of gravel or otherwise ; they contrast favourably 

 with the Act authorising the acquisition of Hampstead 

 Heath, passed in the same Session. While Lord 

 Spencer's interest was purchased at about 25 per 

 acre, that of the Lord of the Manor of Hampstead was 

 bought at the rate of about 200 per acre. 



The Wimbledon and Wandsworth Acts were con- 

 ducted through Parliament by Mr. Robert Hunter, the 

 Solicitor to the Commons Society, and had the cordial 

 approval and support of the Society, which looked upon 

 them not only as important measures in themselves, but 

 as valuable precedents for the permanent preservation 

 and regulation of other Commons. 



