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Riding). Maps on the scale of 6 inches to a mile, reduced, as a rule, 

 from the 5^ scale, are published as the revision proceeds ; but in 

 uncultivated districts the revision is made direct on the original 

 6-inch maps. The preparation of the New Series outline map 

 on the 1 -inch scale, with hills, was completed in December, 1902. 

 The publication of the i-inch maps in colour has been continued 

 over the whole of the South of England and Wales, and over 

 part of the Midlands, and has been commenced in the North of 

 England. During the year the issue of a map on the scale of 

 two miles to an inch was commenced. A general outline map 

 and a county or district outline map, with main roads coloured, 

 on the scale of four miles to an inch, have now been published 

 for the whole of England and Wales ; while the publication of a 

 coloured map on the same scale, with hills, has been commenced. 

 The outline drawing and engraving of a map of Great Britain 

 on the scale of ten miles to an inch have been completed. This 

 map comprises twelve sheets, of which eight had been published 

 at the end of March last. 



The revision of the Cadastral Survey of Scotland on the ^ 

 scale was begun in 1894, and has been completed for Aberdeen, 

 Argyll, Ayr, Berwick, Bute, Clackmannan, Dumbarton, Dumfries,. 

 Forfar, Kincardine, Lanark, Linlithgow, Orkney, Peebles, Perth, 

 Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Shetland, and Stirling, and is in 

 progress for Banff, Inverness, Ross and Cromarty. 



The field revision of the second revision of the i-inch map 

 was continued during the year, and 3,374 square miles were 

 revised and 655 square miles drawn. The publication of the 

 outline map of Scotland on the 5-inch scale, comprised in 

 seventeen sheets, has been completed, and maps of counties, or 

 groups of counties, as well as a coloured edition of this map, 

 with hills in brown, are being published. 



With regard to the re-survey of Ireland, the Director- General 

 states that 14,962 square miles on the ~ scale have been sur- 

 veyed, of which 10,073 square miles have been published. The 

 publication of the revised 6-inch, i-inch, and 3 -inch maps is 

 being proceeded with, and the drawing of the revised map on 

 the scale of ten miles to an inch was nearly complete at the date 

 of the Report. 



