§ 79. Mr. FREEMANasked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether there are any regulations or conditions attached to the grazing rights of the commoners in the New Forest that provide for the protection and care of the ponies of these commoners, or which in any way concern the welfare of the animals allowed to graze there?
§ Colonel Sir GEORGE COURTHOPE (Forestry Commissioner)I have been asked to reply. Under a by-law, made by the Verderers in pursuance of the New Forest Act, 1877, to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease it is an offence not to exclude or remove from the forest any animal infected or coming from a place infected with a contagious or infectious disease. Under a bylaw made by the Forestry Commissioners in pursuance of the Forestry Act, 1927, it is an offence to chase or allow dogs to worry or chase any animal in the forest.