January 1791
Resolved that the said Report be Received and
Confirmed and that the Clerk of the Peace
do issue the usual Orders
upon the Treasurer of the County
for payment of the Several Sums
therein mentioned amounting together to the Sum of £456..17s..7d.
By Adjournment same day.
William Mainwaring< no role >
Esquire
the Chairman having
received a Letter from the Commissioners of the Land Revenue Office
addressed to him as Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of the County
of Middlesex
in the following Words, and also the following Questions
addressed to him in like manner Vizt.
Land Revenue Office
Scotland Yard
Decr. 20th. 1790
Sir,
The Acts of the 26th. & 30th. of his present Majesty,
by which We are appointed Commissioners for enquiring into the state
and condition of the Woods Forests and Land Revenues of the Crown,
having, among other Objects, enjoined Us to suggest such Measures" for
"the protection, increase and supply of Timber, on the Forests, Chases and
"other Lands of the Crown, for the use of the Royal Navy." as We shall
think best calculated for that purpose, together with such Observations
as may occur to Us, it becomes our Duty to endeavour to obtain the
best Information We can relative to the General state of the Woods
and Timber in this Kingdom and the Increase or decrease of the
Stock of Timber fit for the use of the Navy with which We conceive
the Object abovementioned to be necessarily connected and apprehending
that these Subjects would naturally attract the notice of Gentlemen of
Landed Property in those parts of the Country in which they reside
or which have fallen under their Observation; We have thought it
proper to address this Letter to you, to request that you will be
pleased to communicate the Questions contained in the inclosed Paper
to the Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace in Quarter Session
assembled, and to favor Us with such Information in answer to those
Questions, as the result of their collective Opinions, or those of the
Majority of them, may enable you to communicate.