§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether a successor has been appointed to Sir James Campbell, the present Deputy Surveyor of the Forest of Dean; whether the duties of the office are to manage the surface estate (including timber, quarries, railways, roads, tramways, &c.) of the Crown in the Forest of Dean; and whether a barrister-at-law has been nominated to the post in preference to the practical Surveyors who were applicants for it?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTYes, sir; a successor to Sir John Campbell in the Deputy Surveyorship of the Forest of Dean has been nominated, and will, 32 subject to the control of the Commissioners of Woods, &c, have the management of all the surface rights of the Crown, including quarries, within the Forest and Hundred of St. Briavels. The gentleman in question is a barrister, and, having had considerable experience in estate management, is unusually well qualified for the position which he will occupy.