§ MR. DARLING (Deptford)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what is the number of the persons having rights of common in the New Forest?
§ MR. JACKSONI have not been able to obtain any precise information as to the present number of commoners, but under the Acts of 1851 and 1854 1449 about 1,300 claims were put in, of which between 400 and 500 were disallowed, leaving the number allowed between 800 and 900, but the same claimant in many cases put in more than one claim.
§ MR. COLLINGSHave the claims of all those who cannot prove their rights as commoners been disallowed?
§ MR. JACKSONI have already said that between 400 and 500 of the claims which were made were disallowed. They were disallowed, I presume, because they were not substantial.