§ MR. W. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he can state the progress made with the 25-inch Irish survey, and how many counties are at present mapped, and at what cost?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Liverpool, West DerbyThe whole of the County Dublin and portions of the Counties of Kerry, Galway and Roscommon have been published on the 25-inch scale, and resurvey on that scale is now proceeding in Clare, Galway, Kerry and Mayo, and in various towns of which plans are required by the Commissioner of Valuation. The total area surveyed up to the 31st December last was 4,751 square miles, the area published being 1,646 square miles. I am doubtful whether it will be possible for me to give anything but a very rough estimate of the cost of a single item only 382 of the work of the Survey in Ireland, but I shall be glad to make inquiry on the subject and communicate with my hon. Friend.