iG SECOND REPORT OF THE 



By the 1 3th fee!, of the 46th of the King, ch. 143, the Commiffioners are re- 

 quired to inquire concerning, and aicertain (with a view to their being alienated 

 from the Crown) any fmall parcel of Land within the Foreft, belonging to or 

 claimed by the Crown, and intermixed with or lying about or adjoining to the 

 lands of individuals which are not valuable to the Crown, for the purpofe of railing 

 Timber, or any other purpofe of the Foreil, and to make a report thereof to your 

 Lord/hins. 



In the profecution of this part of the inquiry, the Commifiioners have in very 

 vnany inftancv.; taken an achial view of the Encroachments, and in others have 

 been enabled,, from a description of them in the Map, to forin a fufficient judg- 

 ment of their fituation, to afoertain how far they are or are not valuable to the 

 Crown, for the purpofe of raifing Timber, or any other purpofe of the Foreft. And 

 they are of opinion generally, that none of the Encroachments would be valuable 

 to the Crown, for the purpofes of the Act, and that all fuch as have been made on 

 the foil of Manors within the Foreft belonging to the Crown might be very pro- 

 perly alienated, with fome exceptions in particular cafes, where detached Cottages 

 have been built, in fituations from whence it will be very deiirable wholly to remove 

 them, as well for the protection of the Timber and Deer in the Foreft, as upon other 

 grounds oi civil policy. In the fuggeftions that will hereafter be made for the 

 future improvement of the Foreft, the mode of carrying this into effecl will be more 

 particularly pointed out. 



It may be proper here to obferve, that many of the Encroachments are made on 

 the Wuftes which are not vefted in the Crown; and though the Crown has not the 

 . r.i<yht to the foil, yet as no inclofure can be made in the Foreft without the confent 

 of the Officers thereof, a feparate confideration muft be had refpefting Encroach- 

 ments of this defcription. 



There are alfo inany detached pieces of Wafte Land, the property of the 

 Crown, the alienation of which, without interfering -with, would affift the 

 general improvement of the Foreft ; they cannot, however, be particularly 

 pointed oat here : and the Commiffioners think a difcretion in this caie ihonld be 

 given to thofe who are to fuperintend and carry into execution any Plan for im- 

 provement of the Foreft, fiibject in all cafes of alienation to the approval of the 

 'Lords of the Treafury. 



The only remaining head of inquiry directed by the Ac!, is the ftateofthe 

 ' Timber. By the 1 2th feftion of the Aft of the 46th of the King, the Commiffioners 

 aredirec!ed to inquire into and afcertainthc ftate of the Timber inthe Foreft; and 

 alfo. to inquire into and afcertain proper places therein which may be fet apart for 

 the growth and cultivation of Timber ; and make a Report thereof to your Lord- 

 fhips, together with fuch obfervations as Jhall occur to them, and to fuggeft fiu-h 

 plans, rules and regulations, means and methods, for the future management 

 aud improvement of the Foreft, aud for the protection, increafe, and fuymly of 

 Timber therein, as the Commiffioners mall think beft calculated for rendering 

 the fame moft productive and advantageous to His Majefty and the Public. 



The Commiffioners, in their former Report, gave fome general idea of the ftate 

 of the Timber ;'. and at that 'time they had reafon to fuppoie that fome immediate 

 meafures would be taken, in confequence of their fuggeftions, for the advance- 

 ment of the chief object of the inquiry, namely, the prefervation and cultivation 

 of Timber. It was with a view to an immediate inclofure of the Open Woods be- 

 longing to the down in the Foreft, that the Commiffioners, in their Firft Report, 

 Hated that a great quantity of Timber, which was decreafmg in value, mould be 

 immediately taken down, intending thereby that it mould be done towards faci- 

 litating the meafure before mentioned to be then in agitation. The prefent 

 Surveyor General of His Majefty 's Woods having found that Report in his Office, 

 with a j uft and prompt attention to the dtities of his appointment, made imme- 

 diate application to the Commiffioners for a more explicit ftatement of what 

 Timber, under the circumftances Hated 'in that Report, might properly be now 

 taken down. . This produced an explanation from the Commiffioners. And they 

 have much fatis^vftion in Hating, that fuch explanation, and the opinion given by 

 them on that point, has been confirmed by the approbation of the Surveyor 

 General ; the fubftance of which will appear in the Letters which pafled on that 

 Appendix, N occafion, and are fet forth in the Appendix, 'No, 



Further inquiry has, fmcc the former Report, been made into the ftate of the 

 TiiTibcr ; and the Commiffioners find, by the examination of James Burn, who 



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