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In 1840 the Boai*d of Ordnance and the Treasury directed that the 

 survey of Scotland should be laid down on a scale of 6 inches to a 

 mile to correspond with that of Ireland. 



The secondary operations of the survey in Scotland have been 

 carried on since 1841. In the beginning of 1844 the detailed 

 survey of the county of Wigton was begun ; it was completed in 

 1850 and is now engraved on the 6 inch scale, with contour lines, or 

 lines of equal elevation, and pubUshed in 38 sheets. The survey of 

 the county of Kirkcudbright was commenced in 1845, and it is ex- 

 pected that it will be finished and portions of it published during 

 the present year. 



In July 1846 the survey of the island of Lewis was commenced, 

 out of due course, in consequence of an arrangement with the pro- 

 prietor, by which he agreed to pay to the Government the sum of 

 £1200, and to purchase 100 copies of the published maps. In 

 January 1851 about three-fifths of this survey were completed, some 

 of the sheets will be published during the present year, and it is 

 expected that the whole will be finished dui'ing 1852. 



In March 1850 the surveying party was removed from Wigton 

 and Kirkcudbright shires to Mid-Lothian and the city of Edinburgh, 

 The survey of the city is now considerably advanced, and it is ex- 

 pected that some of the sheets will be published in 1852. It is 

 proposed to be engraved in outline, i, e., without shading or distinc- 

 tion of houses from streets, on a scale of 5 feet to a mile. 



The survey of the county of Edinburgh is going on, and has also 

 made considerable progress. Plans of the towns of Wigton and 

 Stranraer have been surveyed, on the scale of 5 feet to a mile. 

 The town of Dumfries is surveyed, and the drawing plans ai-e nearly 

 finished. 



This comprises all that has yet been done by the Ordnance Sur- 

 veyors in North Britain. 



From these statements we learn that the survey of Scotland was 

 begun in 1809, but its progress appears to have been considered of 

 so little importance in comparison with the surveys of other portions 

 of the kingdom, that, whenever it was found convenient, the whole of 

 the men and instruments employed were unceremoniously removed 

 to England or Ireland ; and that, in order to expedite the work in 

 the latter country, the operations in Scotland were on one occasion 

 altogether suspended during a period of sixteen years. 



