§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether the £2 charged to each person to whom the privilege of keys to Windsor Forest are granted is paid into the Exchequer; to what sum the total amounts; and by whom this charge has been sanctioned?
SIR J. T. HIEBERT (who replied)said: The granting of keys to the gates in the Windsor Great Park, and adjoining woods, rests with His Royal Highness the Ranger. If the privilege of a key is granted, a charge is made of £1 1s. per annum therefor. This charge was first made in 1888, and has the approval of the Commissioners of Woods and the Treasury. The total sum received in 1892–93 amounted to £383 3s., which is included as part of the income of the Land Revenues accounted for by the Commissioners of Woods in the Accounts rendered with their Report to Parliament for that year.