§ LORD ELCHOsaid, that before putting the question of which he had given notice to his hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury, he would state, that when the survey of the rural districts was made on the six-inch scale, that of the towns was conducted on the scale of five feet to the mile; but when the six-inch scale was abandoned in the rural districts, a corresponding increase was made in the towns, which were thenceforward surveyed on the scale of ten feet. As the six-inch scale was now abandoned in the rural districts, he, therefore, wished to ask, upon what scale it is now intended to proceed with the survey of towns in Great Britain and Ireland?
MR. WILSONsaid, that when it was the practice to survey the counties on the six-inch scale, the survey of the towns was made on the scale of five feet to the mile. When the survey of the rural districts was extended to the scale of twenty-five inches, the survey of the towns was raised to the scale of ten feet to the mile. It had gone on to the present time, and was now proceeding on that scale. It was quite obvious that the surveys in progress must be completed on that scale. As to those not yet begun, the scale to be adopted would depend on what might be resolved on by that House. No alteration had been made in consequence of the Resolution come to the other night with regard to the Scotch survey.