The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-19 00:00:00

EPPING

FOREST.

(Appointment of Conservators; Purchase of Lords' Rights ; Pro-
hibition of Inclosures ; Rates on Parishes ; Payments by
Metropolitan Board of Works ; Contribution by Board ;
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Power to Borrow ; By-laws).
APPLICATION is intended to be made to Parliament in the
next Session thereof for leave to bring in a Bill for the follow-
ing, or some of the following among other purposes
I.—The appointment in a manner to be defined by the Bill and
the incorporation of a Body of Conservators for the preservation
of all that part of the Royal Forest of Waltham called Epping
Forest and lying in the parishes of Epping, Theydon Bois
(otherwise called Thoydon Bois), Theydon Garnon (otherwise
called Thoydon Garnon), Loughton, Waltham Holy Cross, Ching-
ford, Woodford, Chigwell, Little Ilford, Wanstead, West Ham,
W althamstow, and Leyton, all in the County of Essex, or for the
preservation of a portion of the same Forest.
2.—To enable the Conservators to purchase, compulsorily or by
agreement, of the owners of Manors, the Commons and Waste Lands
lying within Epping Forest, and all their interests therein, and
all their Manorial and other rights, in consideration of a rent
charge or other annual sum to be ascertained by arbitration or
by such other means as the Bill shall direct.
3.—To enable the Conservators to keep Epping Forest, or the
part thereof defined in the Bill, perpetually open, unenclosed, and
unbuilt on, and to prevent and abate all encroachments thereon,
and to preserve, drain, and improve the same, and from time
to time to make, vary, and rescind, and to enforce by-laws,
rules, and regulations for the purposes aforesaid, and to impose
penalties for the breach of such by-laws, and the said by-laws
may extend to the prevention of nuisances, and the preservation
of order in the said Forest, and all other matters necessary
for the maintenance of the said Forest as a place of recreation
and exercise.
4.—To enable the Conservators for the purposes of the said
Bill and of any annual or other payments to be made under the
provisions thereof to impose rates in respect of all property
rated to the poor-rate within the parishes hereinbefore men-
tioned, or such of the said property as the Bill shall define, such
rates being assessed either on the tenant or occupier of the
rateable property, or on the overseers of the poor of the said
parishes ; and the Bill will in the latter case provide for the
payment by the said overseers out of the poor-rate for the said
parishes of the amounts due from them, and the levying by the
said Overseers of increased rates within the said parishes ; and
the Bill will require the said Overseers to furnish from time to
time to the Conservators at their request returns of the annual
rateable value of the property subject to the said rates.
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s.—To enable the Metropolitan Board of Works to contribute
towards the funds of the Conservators either for the general
purposes of the Conservancy or for any specific, purpose, to be
defined by the said Board, and the powers contained in the 25th
and 26th sections of the Metropolitan Commons Act, 1866 (29
and 30 Viet., cap. 122), shall apply to any such contributions.
6.—To require the Metropolitan Board of Works upon demand
of the Conservators, and subject to such restrictions as the Bill
may define, to contribute out of any rates, funds, or revenue
under their control, any moneys necessary for carrying into
effect all or any of the objects of the said Bill.
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7.—To enable the Conservators to borrow from time to time
for all or any of the purposes of the Bill, money upon the
security of the rates so to be levied by them, and of any other
property or revenue belonging to them or under their control ;
and the Bill will for this and for other purposes incorporate
with itself the necessary provisions of the Commissioners'
Clauses Act, 1847.
B.—The Bill will incorporate with itself " The Lands Clauses
Consolidation Acts, 1845 and 1860," and it will ♦ary and extin-
guish all rights and privileges which may interfere with its
objects, and it will contain such provisions as are necessary or
expedient for the protection of Epping Forest from further in-
closure and the attainment of the objects of the Bill.
D.—Printed copies of the proposed Bill will be deposited in
the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons on or before
the 21st day of December next.
Dated this 18th day of November, 1870.
DYSON AND CO.,
24, Parliament-street, Westminster.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith,
W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee
earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on
their useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup.