§ CAPTAIN SINCLAIR (Dumbartonshire)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury by what authority, if any, the following notice is affixed to a tree upon Crown lands adjoining the railway station at Oxshott: "Beware! Man-traps and spikes set in those grounds. Stray dogs shot"; whether, in fact, man-traps or other dangerous engines have been set in this wood, contrary to the provisions of 24 & 25 Vict., c. 100; whether the Department of Woods and Forests is aware that, if so, it would be a serious offence; and whether persons in occupation of Crown lands will be prohibited from exhibiting like notices in future?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Sir J. T. HIBBERT,) OldhamThe notice board referred to appears to have been affixed to a tree some years ago by a then lessee of the shooting over the woods without any consent from the Woods and Forests. The Commissioners of Woods have had the board removed, though I need hardly say that, in fact, there were no man-traps or dangerous engines set in the woods. The notice was, no doubt, only sot up with a view of preventing trespass, to which the woods are much subject.