118 THE MANAGEMENT OF EPPING FOREST.
Works, and Mr. Angus D. Webster, formerly Forester to the Duke of Bedford,
and who formerly acted in the same capacity for Earl Derby and Lord Penrhyn.
Earl Ducie and Viscount Powerscourt were unable, owing to pressing engage-
ments, to undertake the work. 
In asking these gentlemen to report upon the matter, they were requested to
consider the question solely with regard to the preservation of the natural aspect
of the Forest, and not to the commercial value of the timber.
The Experts visited the Forest on the 25th April, and the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th
days of May last, and examined portions of the Forest thinned at various period".
during the last 14 years, including those places where the action of the Con-
servators has been severely criticised, and also other parts of the Forest which are
still overcrowded.
On the 7th and 8th instant they met at Guildhall to consider and sign their
Report, a copy of which we beg to submit to your Honourable Court..
The Report is unanimous, with the sole exception that Dr. Schlich dissents
from the last paragraph in the Addition to the Report as to there being no need
for a nursery.
In presenting this Report, we are glad to find that the Experts support the
policy which the Conservators have pursued.
All of which we submit to the judgment of this Honourable Court. Dated
the fourteenth day of June, 1894.
James Salmon, P. Gellatly, Richard Adam Ellis, W. T. Brown, John Green-
wood, William Battye, Graham King, Oliver Henry Davis, T. Fowell Buxton,
R.C.Halse.
June 7th, 1894.
Sir,—In accordance With the wishes of the Corporation of the City of London,
we have visited Epping Forest, and have very carefully examined it, having
regard to its management in the past, and with a view of offering suggestions as
to its future treatment.
(1) We have been greatly struck by the immense value to London of so
beautiful a tract of sylvan scenery in its immediate neighbourhood, and it is with
a view of preserving for the present, and perpetuating for the future, the beauties
of the Forest that our recommendations are made.
(2) We leave on one side all questions of forestry for profit, and we do not
propose to treat this natural woodland from the point of view of a park ; we
consider that the only way of doing justice to Epping Forest is by maintaining
intact those characters which have been its chief distinction.
Our proposals are as follows :—
(3) As there is much beautiful landscape in and around the Forest, the opening
up of which would add much to its charms, we think that the best views should
be carefully opened up by making judicious clearings. Such views would be in
every way a gain. Honey Lane Quarters is an example where by careful clearings
pretty views of the Lea Valley may be obtained.
(4) The Rides and Drives are beautiful features of the Forest, and those
made in recent years are well designed. They should receive constant attention
lest the encroachments of vegetation should mar their picturesque effect. In this
connection we would call attention to the beauty of the glades which already
exist. These should be increased in number where it can be done without
sacrificing the finer trees or interfering with the massive groups of the Forest.