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(F) ' That a general Index to the Reports of the Committees of tlie Association, 

 and of all papers ordered to be printed in extenso, be published, and that the Council 

 be authorised to spend such sums as may be necessary for the purpose.' 



The Council resolved that the Index to the Annual Reports of the 

 Association be continued from the year 1863 to 1890 inclusive, and that 

 it consist of one part only. References to Abstracts of Papers will be 

 printed in italics. 



(Gr) ' That the Council urge upon the Government to take steps to hasten the 

 completion of the Ordnanfce Survey, and to afEord greater facilities for the purchase 

 of the Survey Maps.' 



The Council having ascertained that the maps of the Ordnance Survey 

 are neither known to nor used by the public nearly to the extent they 

 should be, considering their value and the vast sums of money which 

 have been expended on their production, and that this neglect arises from 

 various causes, chief among which are the very defective arrangements 

 made for the sale of the maps to the public, the obsolete topography of a 

 large poi-tion of the Survey, and the want of legal authority for the 

 boundaries shown by the maps, resolved to make to the Government the 

 following suggestions, with a view to the removal of the present obstacles 

 to the usefulness of the maps : — 



(1) That some modification be made in the present character of 

 arrangements for the sale of the maps of the Ordnance Survey, wherehy 

 the maps may become more accessible to the public. 



(2) That such additions be made to the Parliamentary grant for the 

 Ordnance Survey as will enable the revision to be made more complete, 

 and the arrears to be brought up to date within a reasonable time. 



(3) That the boundaries and areas of the Ordnance Survey maps be 

 made legal boundaries and areas in England and Scotland, as they 

 already are in Ireland, so that they may form a basis for all valuation for 

 local or imperial assessments. 



This memorandum was communicated to the President of the Board 

 of Agriculture, together with the following letter from the President of 

 the Association : — 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



22 Albemarle Street, London, W., 

 March 11, 1891. 



Sir, — I have the honour to invite your consideration of the accompanying memo- 

 randum, conveying the conclusions of the Council of the Britisli Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, on the subject of representations made to them in the form 

 of a resolution passed at the last Annual Meeting of the British Association, held at 

 Leeds in 1890, relating to some points of importance connected with the Ordnance 

 Survey and its value to Her Majesty's dominions generally. 



I have to express the hope that you will feel disposed to invite the favourable 

 consideration of Her Majesty's Government to the recommendations included iu the 

 memorandum in question, and to state that, should you desire any further informa- 

 tion upon the subjects to which these recommendations relate, the Council of the 

 British Association will be happy to arrange for a deputation to wait upon you for 

 the purpose of affording you such additional information. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient Servant, 



(Signed) F. A. Abel, President. 

 The Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, M.P., 



President of the Board of Agriculture. 



