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whole of England and Wales has been revised on the ground. 

 The revised maps of 54,594 square miles have been engraved 

 and published, of which 26,289 square miles have been 

 published during the year. This revision will be completed 

 this year. Various changes have been introduced during the 

 revision with a view of adding to the value of the maps for 

 military purposes, and for the use of travellers, 

 without diminishing their value for civil purposes. The 

 general result to be obtained by the revision is that in 1899 

 there will for the first time be available to the public a 1 inch 

 outline map of the whole of the country, prepared on one 

 uniform system, and with its principal details nearly up-to- 

 date. 



The revision of the 2T00 maps of Scotland began in 

 1894, and the following counties have been completed : 

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

 Linlithgow, Peebles, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Stir- 

 ling. The survey ot the counties of Aberdeen, Clackmannan, 

 and Perth is in progress of revision. Revised maps of Glas- 

 gow on the stVo scale have also been prepared. The 

 revision of the 1 inch outline map has been completed. 



The resurvey of Ireland on the 2T00 scale has been de- 

 layed owing to the extreme closeness of the detail in parts of 

 some counties. There are many plans on which the en- 

 closures are of less average area than one acre. The counties 

 of Clare, Kerry, Mayo, and the southern half of Roscommon 

 have been completed. The work is proceeding in Cork, 

 Galway, Kilkenny, and Limerick. Revision of the Irish 

 1 inch scale map on the same system as in Great Britain has 

 been begun. 



The process of photozincography, which was invented at 

 the office of the Ordnance Survey in 1859, besides being used 

 extensively in the preparation of the Ordnance Survey maps, 

 has been applied to the reproduction of a series of fac-similes 

 of the most valuable of the national MSS., by authority of 

 the Treasury. 



