Transcript Historical Minute Book 1913 to 1923 - Ashdown Forest

Mr. Martin states that he has been requested by Colonel Needham to explain that absence abroad prevents hisbeing present and Mr. Sandford reads a letter from Mr. Robert Kenward thanking the Boardfor the kind wishes for his recovery expressed at the last Meeting and regretting that continued ill-health preventshis attendance today.The Clerk produces the Bank Books, which show balances standing to the credit of the several accounts are asfollows:-General Account £ 163:19:102nd Ranger Account £55:19:9Protection and Improvement Fund £84:1:2FiresThe Rangers report that the following fires have occurred on the Forest since the last MeetingNorthern AreaJune 14 11 p.m. Rushey Bottom Abt ¼ acreSouthern AreaJune 5 8 p.m at Mill Brook abt 30 rodsJuly 27 1.15 p.m. near Old Lodge abt 6 rodsForest Row House refuseThe Clerk lays before the Meeting a copy of the letter he addressed to the Local Government Board on the 3rdJune last with reference to the removal of house refuse at Forest Row pursuant to instructions given at the lastMeeting and reports that the receipt of his letter was acknowledged by the L.G. Board but that as yet he had heardnothing further.It is Resolved that a letter be written to the Local Government Board enquiring whether the Board is now in aposition to reply to the Clerk’s letter of 3rd June last.Bond W.C. applicationThe Clerk reports that he received a letter dated 7th ulto from Mr. W.C. Bond the new owner of Aegen Gill askingpermission (in addition to his application laid before the last Meeting) (1) to put dams in the stream passing throughhis property in order to raise the level of the stream and divert it through a water garden he proposes to constructand (2) to carry the overflow from a spring on the Forest on the North West Side of his property by a pipe into hisgarden; and that he (the Clerk) forwarded the application to the Forest Row Committee.The Forest Row Committee present the following report which is read and it is Resolved that it be entered on theMinutes viz:-The Committee met on the 27th of July 1914 at Forest Row.Present. Mr. Freshfield and Mr. Martin. Colonel Needham and Mr. Midgley were unable to be present by reason ofabsence from home.Bond W.C. damming StreamA letter dated the 7th inst from Mr. Bond was read and the plan therein referred to considered. The Committeeproceeded to look at the stream mentioned in the letter and at that part where it flows from the Golf Club cottagesto Aegen Gill.It appeared from Mr. Bond’s letter that, if he carried out the scheme proposed the result would be to increase thedepth of the water in the stream from when it enters Aegen Gill to, as far as the first footbridge above the propertyand probably to as far as the second footbridge.It therefore seemed to the Committee that to allow this might be a cause of some inconvenience and complaint.23Ashdown Forest Historical Minute Book