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the main principle on which the districts are planned, by cutting 

 off from the Eden district a portion of its natural drainage 

 basin ; and for this and other reasons it has been found neces- 

 sary to draw the line as described. The districts are named 

 after the rivers draining their respective areas ; the basins of the 

 River Wey and River Mole, which include some two-thirds of the 

 whole county, have each been divided into upper and lower 

 districts ; the Upper and Lower Wey, the North-east streams, 

 and Arun districts, have further been divided into subdistricts. 

 This subdivision was imperative in the latter case, the two Arun 

 subdistricts being naturally separated by the overlapping of the 

 River Wey. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. Boulger for his most valuable 

 assistance in devising and working out the different districts, 

 which, in this county, present unusual difficulties. 



In the following brief description the main object has been to 

 give such information as will enable anyone to trace on a good map 

 the various districts and subdistricts, which are as follows : — 



Thames. — 1. Blackwater. 2. Upper Wey; «. west, b. east. 

 3. Lower Wey; a. north-west, h. south-east. 4. Upper Mole. 

 5. Lower Mole. 6. North-east Streams ; a. Hogg's Mill Stream 

 and Beverley Brook, b. Wandle and Metropolitan Streams. 7. 

 Eden. 



Channel. — 8. Arun ; a. Ockley, b. Chiddingfold. 



1. Blackwater is bounded S. by a line starting from the 

 Hants border at Lower Old Park, passing N.E. through Upper 

 Old Park and Upper Hale, thence S.E. through Hale and 

 Badshot, crossing the railway and following the Guildford road 

 to a point on the Hog's Back a little N.E. of Scale ; thence the 

 E. boundary runs N. to Ash Green station, then by the work- 

 house, Fox Hills, Chobham Ridges and through Paschal Wood 

 to the borders of Berks. The further boundaries are formed by 

 the adjoining counties of Hants and Berks. 



2. Upper Wey is bounded N. by District 1 to the point N.E. 

 of Scale, thence by the road along the Hog's Back to Guildford, 

 where the line passes through the town and is continued along 

 the crest of the chalk escar2)ment past Albury Downs, Netley 

 Heath and Hawkhurst Downs to White Downs; thence the E. 

 boundary runs S. through Wootton, by Broadmoor, to its junction 

 with the boundary of District 8 a, at Coldharbour. The rest of 

 the E. as well as the S. boundaries are formed by District 8 (a 

 and b), and by the county of Sussex. The county of Hants 

 forms the W. boundary. The two subdistricts, a (west) and b 

 (east), are separated by the water-parting of the two main 

 branches of the River Wey ; the dividing line leaves District 8 b 

 near Hambledon, and passes by Munstead Heath to the junction 

 of the two streams, and thence by the River _Wey itself to 



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