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. 
