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price in black and white, showing outline and contours ; or 

 in outline, with hills printed either in black or brown : the 

 outline map has recently been revised. These maps are not 

 only useful for general topographical purposes, but should also 

 prove serviceable to cyclists and pedestrians, since they show 

 all roads, indicating their character and whether metalled or 

 not, footpaths, hills, rivers, towns, villages, railway stations, 

 and local boundaries. 



The Ordnance Survey also publish maps on the following 

 scales : — 



g-i-o, or about 10 feet to one mile.\ Price per sheet 

 x^-g-, or 5 feet to one mile. uncoloured 

 Both for towns only. J 2s. 6d. 



o-Vo, or about 25^ inches to a") 3s. od. with areas., 

 mile. (This is complete for Great j 



Britain, and in progress in Ire- j 2s. 6d. without areas 

 land.) J 



1 0 5 6 0 t 



or 6 inches to a mile.) 2s. 6d. per full sheet 

 (Complete for Great Britain and| is. per quarter- sheet 

 Ireland.) 



All the above maps are of various dates, and are periodically 

 revised, except the town maps. 



There are agents for the sale of Ordnance Survey Maps in 

 most of the chief towns, and maps can be ordered, and 

 indexes, etc., seen at many Head Post Offices, in places 

 where there are no agents. They can also be ordered, 

 through any bookseller or railway bookstall, from the 

 "Director-General, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton ; or 

 in the case of Ireland, from the Officer in Charge, Ordnance 

 Survey, Dublin. 



Acreage of Hops. 



On the 30th August last the Board of Agriculture issued 

 the following Preliminary Statement, compiled from the 

 Returns collected on the 5th June, 1899, showing the 

 Acreage under Hops in each County of England in 



