THE MANAGEMENT OF EPPING FOREST. 117
THE MANAGEMENT OF EPPING FOREST.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE EXPERTS.
IN the report of the meeting of the Club on April 28th last, called
to consider the condition of parts of Epping Forest referred to
by the newspaper critics, it was stated (ante pp. 52-71), that a
Committee of Experts in Forestry had been appointed by the
Epping Forest Committee to report fully on the subject. At a
meeting of the Common Council held on June 14th, the following
report was submitted. We print the document in its entirety, as the
full text has not been published in the newspapers, and it will form
a valuable record for future reference. We have numbered the
paragraphs for convenience of quotation :
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of
London, in Common Council assembled.
WE whose names are hereunto subscribed, of the Epping Forest Committee,
have the honour to report that in pursuance of the undertaking given by
the Chairman of this Committee to your Honourable Court on the twelfth day of
April last, we resolved that Viscount Powerscourt, who has had a large experience
in the culture of woods ; Dr. Schlich, the Professor of Forestry at the Royal
Indian Civil Engineers' College at Cooper's Hill, and Inspector General of
Forests to the Government of India ; Mr. William Robinson, Editor of the
"Garden" Newspaper ; and Mr. James Anderson, of Manchester, who is a pro-
fessional Expert in Forestry ; and also two gentlemen to be nominated by Sir
Joseph Hooker, formerly Director of Kew Gardens, should be requested to view
the Forest, and advise us forthwith as to the effect of the thinning, and our future
policy with regard to the management of the Forest.
In answer to our application, Sir Joseph Hooker nominated Earl Ducie, F.R.S.,
Mr. A. B. Freeman-Mitford, M.P., formerly Secretary to H. M. Commissioners of