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Tnanner the terms and conditions on which an Order for the 

 regulation of the Sodbury Commons should be drawn. 



Schemes under Part I. of the Commons Act, 1899, for the 

 regulation and management of Commons with a view to their 

 improvement and preservation as open spaces, were made 

 by the District Councils concerned, and approved by the 

 Board in eight cases. A scheme with respect to Petersham 

 Common, 17 acres in extent, in the parish of Petersham and 

 borough of Richmond, Surrey, certified by the Board in 

 1899, was confirmed by the Metropolitan Commons (Peter- 

 sham) Supplemental Act, 1900. and the Common is new 

 under the management and control of a body of conserva- 

 tors, appointed in part by the Corporation of Richmond, in 

 part by the vestry of Petersham, and in part by the lord of 

 the manor. Two schemes, relating respectively to Orpington 

 Commons, Kent, and to Ham Common, Surrey, were 

 approved and certified by the Board in 1900. Both schemes 

 require confirmation by Parliament in order to have opera- 

 tion. The Board also had under consideration the question 

 as to certifying a scheme with respect to Ham Fields, which 

 lie between Ham Common on the east and the River 

 Thames on the west, and contain over 200 acres. Objections 

 to the proposed scheme were made on several grounds, and, 

 regard being had to the objects for which a scheme may be 

 made, the Board came to the conclusion that the case was 

 not one to which the provisions of the Metropolitan Com- 

 mons Acts could reasonably or conveniently be applied. 



Under the Universities and College Estates Acts, 130 

 applications were received and the Board's consent was given 

 in 118 cases, having an aggregate value of £258,587. Under 

 the Glebe Lands Act, 1888, 80 applications were made for the 

 Board's approval of the sale of 2,563 acres of glebe land; 

 the sales actually completed in the year were 74 in number, 

 comprising 1,470 acres, for which £98,060 was paid. The 

 applications under the Drainage and Improvement of Land 

 Acts numbered 219, and the total sum for which sanction was 

 asked was £206,387. 



The promoters respectively of the Witney, Burford, and 

 Andoverford Light Railway, in Oxfordshire and Gloucester- 



