§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, whether the re-enclosure of a large tract of land in the Forest of Dean, upon which the local inhabitants have enjoyed pasturage for their sheep for at least fifty years, was now in progress and approaching completion; and whether, if it is proposed to appoint local commissioners to approve formally such re-enclosure, their appointment will be made before the fencing is completed?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEIt is presumed that the hon. Member refers to land at Barn-hill and Nagshead. About 1,000 acres of that land is being re-enclosed by the Commissioners of Woods under the Dean Forest Acts, and the fencing is approaching completion. The local commissioners, of whom the hon. Member is one, approved this re-enclosure at a meeting at which he was present, held at the Speech House five years ago.