COLLEY HILL, REIGATE.
[To THZ EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The readers of the Spectator will, I feel sure, be pleased to hear that Colley Hill has been saved from the builders and that this part of our lovely North Downs is now to remain for ever a free and open apace. The rescuing of this beautiful Surrey hill has not been by any means an easy task, and even now we require £1,300 more to free it from debt; but as the purchase option had expired and the remainder of the estate was being cut up and sold by auction we thought it wise not to run any further risk of losing it. We are now making a great effort to secure the balance by the time the transfer is to take place ; it would be very pleasing indeed could we hand it over to the National Trust free from debt. Will not some rich, generous lover or lovers of the Surrey bills kindly come forward and make up the balance ? It would be a noble act, and one that would bring pleasure to the almost countless thousands of a congested and yet ever- spreading Metropolis. May I take this opportunity of thank- ing the Spectator and its generous readers for the kind sympathy and support received from them by the promoters of the "Shilling Fund," which, I am pleased to say, has been a great success P I wish every subscriber would now take an early opportunity of paying a visit to the beautiful hill they have assisted us to secure to the nation ; they would be
more than pleased.—I am, Sir, &c., ARTHUR TROWER. Wiggie, Bahia.
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