BOOKHAM COMMON.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It may be of interest to your readers to know that the manorial rights in Bookham Conunon, near Leatherhead, have been conveyed to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty. It will be remembered that last year the manorial rights in the Common changed bands, and in consequence a good deal of the timber, which forms such a pleasing feature of the property, was sold and cut down. Negotiations were opened with the purchasers of the manorial rights, and these negotiations resulted in the transference of the manorial rights to the National Trust. It was possible also to buy back a certain number of the more prominent trees which had already been marked for felling. A Local Committee of Management will be appointed by the National Trust to look after the Common and to safe- guard the rights of the public.
Contributions are earnestly invited towards the Bookham Common Preservation Fund. Cheques and postal orders should be addressed to the Secretary of the National Trust, S. H. Hamer, at 25 Victoria Street, S.W. 1.—I am, Sir, &c.,
S. H. HAMER, Secretary.
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