MR. GREGORYasked the Surveyor General of the Ordnance, Whether he is aware of the defective state of the Maps of the Southern Counties of England, and when new Maps might be expected?
§ MR. AYRTONsaid, he hoped he might be permitted to answer the Question, there being a difference between the Survey of the Ordnance, and the Ordnance Survey. The survey of the south-eastern counties, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Hampshire, was complete, and parts of Essex, Herts, Bucks, and Berks were in progress. If the hon. Gentleman alluded to the one-inch map, it was, no doubt, extremely defective, for it was commenced 70 years ago, and was only completed last year; so that the earlier portions did not give a very correct view of the face of England. The propriety of issuing a new series was under consideration, but this involved considerable expense, and must be dealt with as a whole, not in reference to any particular county.