118 H. G. FORDHAM HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 



containing a " Reference " to tlie boundaries on the map, and 

 the other the facsimile signature : " E. Owen Jones L'^ Colonel 

 R.E." At the foot of the map, below the margin : " Ziuco- 

 graphed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1885." 



From the ' Report of tlie Boundary Commissioners for England 

 and Wales, 1885 ', dated 10"\ February, 1885. London, 1885, 

 folio. It is in two parts, the map of Herts being in Part 1 

 (Counties). 



This Commission was appointed in consequence of the passing 

 of the Representation of the People Act, 1884, which extended 

 the household and lodger franchise to counties, and in preparation 

 for the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, which divided Hertford- 

 shire into the four parliamentary divisions (Hitchin, Hertford, 

 St. Albans, and Watford) recommended by the Commission. 



(Reprinted in the same year in a Return made to Parliament.) 



* 1885. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1886, 

 Return under the. 13^ x 9J. Scale, 4 miles = 1 inch. 

 Zincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office. 



A reprint of the map published in the Boundary Commissioners' 

 Report earlier in the year, with the following alterations :— The 

 details outside the county boundaries are omitted, the colouring 

 of the boundaries of the parliamentary divisions is slightly 

 varied, and the names of the divisions are printed in black. 

 The title and scale of miles are unaltered, but the " Reference" 

 is transferred to the left-hand bottom corner, and the word 

 " proposed ", in the first line, is omitted. The signature, which 

 remains in the original angle of the map, is slightly higher up 

 than in the previous impression. 



From a Retui'n made to the House of Commons, showing for 

 each county of England, Scotland, and Ireland, separately, the 

 contents of each parliamentary division as constituted under 

 the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885. Ordered to be printed 

 8th July, 1885. London, 1885, folio. 



* 1885. Philip, George, & Son. 8x6. Scale, 

 6 miles = 1 inch. 



Another reprint of the county map of 1873, as amended in 

 1876, with some slight additions to the railways, and the 

 insertion, below the title of : " The Colouring represents the 

 Parliamentary Divisions, each returning 1 Member ", these 

 divisions being shown on the map. 



From ' Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England.' 

 Bartholomew's name is omitted from the title-page of this 

 edition. London, 1885, small 8vo. 



* 1885. Philip, George, & Son. 16 j x 13f. Scale, 

 2\ miles = 1 inch. 



A further impression of the map of 1875, with the title, 

 number, and imprint restored as in 1875, the line : " By Edw"". 

 Weller, F.R.G.S.", being omitted, and the indication as to the 

 colouring altered to read : " The Colouring represents the 



