MR. HOSKYNSsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, When it is the intention of the Ordnance Officers to proceed with the Cadastral Survey of the Midland and Southern Counties of England on the same (6-inch) scale already adopted in Ireland and some of the Northern Counties; and, whether it is contemplated to enlarge the scale to twenty-five inches, i.e., about a square inch to the acre?
§ MR. CARDWELL, in reply, said, the whole of the southern counties were likely to be completed in about ten years from this time. The northern counties had been already completed, and the midland counties would be proceeded with as soon as the southern counties were finished. It was calculated that the whole survey would be finished in about fifteen years from the present time. With respect to the scale, the present survey was being made on the 25-inch scale, and the counties were published on a 6-inch scale.