§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEasked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether the old forest woods comprised in Denny Wood inclosure in the New Forest, were or were not originally so inclosed with the intention of felling the same and planting the site of such ancient woods as provided by "The Deer Removal Act, 1851;" and, whether, in consequence of the Commissioner of Woods having stated that it is not his intention to fell Denny Wood, and of the pledge recently given to Parliament that the destruction of ancient timber in the New Forest is to be discontinued for the present, it is the intention of the Commissioners of Woods to order the removal of the banks, fences, and gates which enclose the ancient timber in Denny Wood, so that Denny Wood may be restored to the open forest land?
§ MR. BAXTERIn reply, Sir, to the first Question put by my hon. Friend, I have to say that it was intended originally only to fell such trees in Denny Wood as were dying or defective, and to replant their sites; and, as to the second inquiry, I am advised that the Commissioners of Woods have no power under the Acts of Parliament to order the removal of the banks, fences, and gates until the young trees are past danger from cattle.