1920.] 



Notices of Books. 



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The acreage of each field or enclosure is also shown. For trilling sums, 

 owners or occupiers of land can obtain thoroughly reliable maps of their 

 properties. 



The price per sheet of these large scale maps is 55. The Ordnance 

 Survey also publish maps on the scale of 6 in. to the miie, quarter sheets 

 of which are priced at 15 6d. 



Several editions of excellent maps on the scale of 1 in. to the mile, 

 and on smaller scales, are also published at prices ranging from is. to 3s. 

 each. All roads are show n ; in the coloured editions, these are classified 

 by means of distinctive colouring according to the nature of their 

 surfaces, including suitability for fast traffic . Footpaths, towns, 

 villages, railways and stations, rivers, streams, parks, woods, county 

 boundaries, high and 1ow t watermark, are all accurately delineated. The 

 whole country has been completely surveyed, and the maps are kept up 

 to date by a system of periodic revision. They are specially useful for 

 accuracy of detail and are of the greatest value to those who desire to 

 possess an accurate knowledge of any district or locality in which they 

 are specially interested. The maps can be purchased through any 

 bookseller or stationer, or direct from the Director-General, Ordnance 

 Survey Office, Southampton. 



Report of the Departmental Committee on Agricultural Machinery. — 



(Cmd. 506. London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1920, is. net). This 

 Committee was appointed by the President of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, in May, 191 9, to arrange for the testing, adaptation and 

 improvement of machines likely to prove of value to agriculture, to 

 examine inventions and new devices, and to advise as to the further 

 steps which should be taken to promote the development of agricultural 

 machinery. 



The Report now published deals with the last part of these terms of 

 reference. The Committee heard evidence from all parties interested 

 in the question of agricultural machinery, and have dealt at some 

 length with various aspects of the problem, including research, testing, 

 co-operation, education and propaganda. An Appendix to the Report 

 contains an outline of the principal steps taken in certain countries 

 abroad to promote the development and use of agricultural machinery. 



In another part of this issue (pp. 1 and 2) the recommendations of 

 the Committee are summarised. 



