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the Corporation, mainly because it secured to them the 

 management of the Forest. 



The scheme, sanctioned by the Government measure, 

 vested in the Corporation of London the future 

 control and management of Epping Forest ; it directed 

 that the Forest should remain open and uninclosed, for 

 all time to come, for the enjoyment and recreation of the 

 people. It put an end to the Crown rights, to the 

 Forest Courts and officers, and to any burthensome 

 customs or Forest Laws. It directed that all the 

 illegally inclosed land that is, land inclosed within 

 twenty years before the commencement of the Corpora- 

 tion suit whether in the hands of the Lords of Manors 

 or their grantees, should be restored to the Forest, 

 except so much of it as, on the 14th of August, 1871, 

 was already built upon, or was used as gardens and cur- 

 tilages for such houses. The Corporation were required 

 to purchase such of the wastes of the Forest as lay 

 open, or would be thrown open, and which had not 

 already been acquired by them. They were directed to 

 keep the Forest unbuilt upon, and to protect and 

 manage it. Queen Elizabeth's Lodge was made over to 

 them, and any deer existing in the Forest were also 

 transferred to them. 



The Queen was empowered to appoint a Banger, in 

 whom certain formal duties were to be vested, such as 

 the issue of bye-laws for the police of the Forest. An 

 Arbitrator, Lord Hobhouse, was appointed, with power 

 to decide many questions left unsettled by the Act. 

 He was to determine what land should be thrown back 



