§ MR. HOBHOUSEI beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture when the Ordnance Survey maps on the one-inch scale are likely to be published for the County of Somerset; and whether, seeing that the existing maps on that scale are 80 years old, he will take steps to accelerate the publication of the new maps?
§ MR. CHAPLINI am afraid it is impossible to fix a date for the completion of the Ordnance Survey maps of Somerset on the one-inch scale; but the engraving of the one-inch map of England is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Engraving is a slow process, and the supply of engravers is limited. The Director General, however, is aware of the defective nature of the old one-inch map of the south-western counties of England, and is taking steps to expedite the publication of the new map. I may add that Somerset has recently been published, both on the 25-inch and the six-inch scales.