Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
A. MILNE.
WALTHAM, EPPING, or HAINAULT FORESTS.
HEADS of the BILL proposed to be submitted to Parliament, in the present Session, for vesting in His Majesty certain Portions of the said Forests in lieu of his Forestal and other Rights, and for disafforesting the said Forests.
It is proposed,
1st. That the Commissioners to be named as hereinafter mentioned shall be empowered and directed to set out and allot two-third parts of that portion of Hainault Forest, called “King’s Woods,” to be for ever held by His Majesty in severalty, as a Nursery for Timber for the Navy, freed and discharged from all Rights of Common, and other Rights whatever, as a Compensation for the Right of Soil, and all Forestal and other Rights of His Majesty, or of those holding any Office or Offices under the Crown, in and over the other, or remaining third part of such Woods, except the Timber and Underwood growing thereon, which are to be reserved to His Majesty, and to be cut down and cleared away within three years after the passing the Act.
2d. That such remaining third part shall be possessed and enjoyed IN COMMON by the several persons who are now, or would have been, entitled to Rights of Common over the whole of the said Woods, if such proposed severance had not been made, freed and discharged from all Rights of Soil, and all Forestal and other Rights of His Majesty and his Successors therein, or of those holding any Office or Offices under the Crown, save as aforesaid.
3d. That the Commissioners shall be authorized and directed to set out and allot unto and for His Majesty in each and every of the other Parishes or Manors situate within the Forests, over which the Forestal Rights of His Majesty shall be found and ascertained to extend, so much of the open and waste Lands within each and every of such Parishes or Manors, (except the King’s Woods aforesaid) as shall, quantity, quality, and situation considered, be equal to nine thirty-second parts of so much of the Waste Lands in each and every of such Parishes or Manors respectively as are within the Boundaries and Limits of the said Forest, and subject to the Forestal Rights of His Majesty as aforesaid, in satisfaction of such Forestal and other Rights in and over such Parishes respectively.
4th. That the Timber and Underwood now growing on such of the Allotments to be made to His Majesty, as are herein last described, shall be cut down and removed by the Parties now entitled to the same within three years after the passing of the Act, or shall be taken with the Allotment, and paid for by the Crown, according to the Valuation of the Commissioners under the Act, at the option of the party so entitled.
5th. That all the remainder of the Waste Lands within the said Forest not so alloted to His Majesty, shall remain for the benefit of the several Lords of Manors, Owners of Soil, and other Persons entitled to Rights of Common on the Forest, to be enjoyed IN COMMON as heretofore, according to their respective Rights and Interests therein, freed and discharged from the Jurisdiction of the Forest Court, all Rights of His Majesty, and his Successors, or of those holding any Office or Offices under the Crown.