MR. LABOUGHEREI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the authority of the Ranger of Windsor Great Park extends over the forests of Windsor and Swinley, and, if so, under what Statute; if not, whether it is by instructions from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests that the Royal keepers exercise their power to exclude the public from the green rides and open spaces in the forest; also whether he is aware that steel traps arc set in open spaces of Windsor Forest within a few score yards of public roads, and that these traps have been recently found baited with rabbit, evidently set for foxes; whether he is aware that the chickens and domestic animals of neighbouring farmers have been caught and maimed within a few yards of their homesteads; and whether the Royal keepers in setting these traps are acting under instructions from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests; and, if not, upon whose instructions they are acting?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. W. L. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.The Ranger of Windsor Great Park has charge of the game in the Windsor Woods, including Swinley Woods. He is not appointed under any Statute. The game-keepers act under instructions from him, and not from the Commissioners of 57 Woods, who have no knowledge of the circumstances referred to by the hon. Member in his second question.