§ MR. RAIKESasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether among the objects contemplated in the issue of the Military Map of England recently distributed was the exhibition of the means 400 of communication in the various military districts; whether some information on this subject is not necessary in order to form a just view of the reasons which have led to the selection of the various depôt centres; whether he is aware that in one district (North Wales) the following lines of Railway are omitted: viz. the Railway from Mold to Denbigh (18 miles), connecting the Vale of Mold with the Vale of Clwyd; that from Llanrwst to Betts-y-Coed (5 miles); that from Llandrillo to Penmon Pool (25 miles), connecting the Great Western Railway with the Welsh Coast; that from Barmouth to Pwllheli (32 miles), constituting nearly the whole of the Welsh Coast Railway, connecting North and South Wales; that from Cemmes Road to Dinas Mowddy (8 miles); and that from Glan Dovey Junction to Aberdovey (6 miles), connecting the Cambrian Railway from England with the Welsh Coast; and, whether, having regard to these omissions, he will not issue a new and correct Map of the district in question?
§ MR. CARDWELLSir, the Railway Map of the Topographical department is on too large a scale for presentation to Parliament, and a smaller map was used for the purpose, on which the railways most recently opened have not been entered. The question of railway communication is an important consideration, and I have directed a reduced copy of the corrected map to be prepared for circulation.