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as a rule, from the 25V0 scale, are published as the revision 

 proceeds ; but in uncultivated districts, the revision is made 

 direct on the original 6-inch maps. With regard to the maps 

 on the i -inch scale, the whole of England and Wales has been 

 revised on the ground since 1893, and the maps have been 

 engraved and published. The issue of this map in colour is 

 being proceeded with ; it is nearly completed for the South of 

 England and Wales, and has been commenced in the North 

 of England, and the second revision of this map has been 

 commenced. A general outline map and a county or district 

 outline map with main roads coloured, on the scale of 4 miles 

 to an inch, have now been published for the whole of England 

 and Wales. A general hill-shaded coloured map on the same 

 scale is in course of preparation and publication has commenced. 



The revision of the Cadastral Survey of Scotland on the 

 ytoo scale was begun in 1894, and has been completed for Aber- 

 deen, Argyll, Ayr, Berwick, Bute, Clackmannan, Dumbarton, 

 Dumfries, Forfar, Lanark, Linlithgow, Orkney, Peebles, Perth, 

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

 progress in Banff, Kincardine, Inverness, Ross and Cromarty. 

 The publication of the revised i-inch maps of Scotland, with the 

 hills printed in brown, has been completed, while the second 

 revision of the map has been commenced. An advance 

 edition of the map, on the scale of 4 miles to an inch, has 

 been published in outline by photozincography. The publica- 

 tion of the engraved edition is in progress, and a coloured 

 edition, with hills in brown, is also being published. 



W T ith regard to the re-survey of Ireland, the Director-General 

 states in the Report that 12,516 square miles on the ytos scale 

 have been surveyed, of which 8,6/6 square miles have been 

 published. The work has been delayed by the extreme close- 

 ness of the detail, but the staff has been increased, and two 

 divisions have been transferred from Great Britain to Ireland. 

 Since April 1st last year the publication and sale of 



: geological maps has been undertaken by the Ordnance Survey. 

 The net value of the Ordnance Survey and Geological Survey 

 maps sold in 1 901-1902 was ^23, 171, while the value of maps 



» presented to public departments. &c, amounted to £1 3,937. 



