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THE BARCLAY-JOHNSTON MSS.
My first care was to roughly classify the documents according to
their subjects. This done, they were listed on slips, and, where
binding seemed possible, those that lent themselves to that treatment
were arranged in groups to form handy folio volumes. The result
has been that the whole collection (exclusive of the Rolls of the
Court of Attachments already bound up in four volumes) is now
contained in nine boxes and six volumes, lettered consecutively
A to O. The separate documents contained in the volumes and
boxes are also numbered consecutively, and attain to a total of
257. A slip-calendar (bound) affords ready means of reference to
these ; and the brief account I now propose to give of them will
enable our members to see at a glance under which group, or groups,
the matter falls in which they happen to be more particularly inter-
ested. The boxes and volumes are included in that part of the
Club Library which is domiciled in the Epping Forest Museum at
Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, and anyone desiring to examine their
contents should communicate with the Hon. Librarian.
Box A (1-10).—This contains manuscript copies of some reports
made for the Epping Forest Commission, and of claims sent in to
them, together with the Memorandum as to the City's right to hunt
in Epping Forest, a full account of which appeared in vol. viii. of The
Essex Naturalist ; and a copy of the speech made by the City
Solicitor in 1876.
Box B (11-23).—Schemes for the future management of the
Forest, ranging from 1874 to 1877, and including that of the Com-
missioners themselves, form the staple of the contents of this box.
Box C (24-34).—Two schemes for the management of the Forest,
and several official reports (ranging from Mr. Arthur Butler's, which
is dated December 24th, 1874, down to one on Way-leaves in
Chingford, in July, 1885), will be found in this box.
Box D (35-47).—Notices relating to the acquisition of Wanstead
Park, Fairmead Lodge, and The Sale, form a part of this group,
together with a large bundle of official summonses to attend meet-
ings of the Epping Forest Committee of the Corporation, ranging
between the years 1878 and 1887, and copiously annotated. These
are remarkably interesting, as furnishing many details of Forest
management over the period during which the foundations of a policy
were being laid.
Box E (48-73).—This may be styled the Verderers' box, contain-
ing as it does notices, letters, analyses, addresses, and accounts, all
relating to the elections in 1880, 1882, and 1887.
Box F (74-105).—The contents of this box are so miscellaneous
that it is not easy to characterise them briefly. Communications
respecting enclosed lands, newspaper-cuttings, pamphlets on