THE PRESERVATION OF COLLEY HILL: 11. GENEROUS OFFER.
Lan THE EDITOR OD THE " SPEOTATOH.1 Sirs—The Committee of the Colley Hill Preservation Scheme would feel most grateful if you would kindly insert the inclosed in your influential paper.—I am, Sir, &O., THOS. H. L. GROSVENOR,
Joint Hon. See.
Wiggle, Bedhal, Surrey.
If the sum of £2,000 can be secured during the next few weeks Colley Hill, Surrey, one of the most lovely and interesting points within easy reach of the Metropolis, will be preserved as a free and open space to the nation for all time. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest and Natural Beauty have recently received a generous promise of 41,000, provided the sum mentioned is raised within the time specified ; and a local fund has been instituted, to which Mr. Arthur Trower, of Wiggle, Redhill, is Hon. Treasurer.
A great and praiseworthy effort is being made to take advantago of the present favourable opportunity, and thus preserve from inelosure and disfigurement this beautiful portion of the North. Downs, which also includes a stretch of the Historic Pilgrims' Way about half-a-mile in length.
Should the present scheme fail through lack of support, it would unfortunately be only one more instance of short-sighted in- difference on the part of the inhabitants of London, and another health-giving "lung" of the ever-spreading Metropolis would be lost to us, for we are given to understand that the estate is already plotted out and building operations are to commence immediately upon the termination of the short option acquired by the National Mist.
It is to be hoped that sufficient support will be forthcoming before it is too late, and that we may in the near future have the pleasure of announcing that another free and healthy breathing area has been rescued from the builder and added to those within the fringe of " outer " London.
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