§ MR. DONAL SULLIVANOn behalf of the honourable Member for Cork, I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether in the revision of the ordnance maps of Ireland any arrangement is made for a revision of the place-names under competent supervision, as in the case of Wales and Scotland; and, if not, will he explain why?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTUREThe names on the original 6-inch maps of Ireland were submitted to, and very carefully investigated by, three Irish scholars, all members of the Royal Irish Academy, who paid special attention to the correct rendering of names of Irish origin. A similar course will be taken, on re-survey, in all cases in which any doubt as to the correctness of the names of Irish origin exists. The same system will be adopted as in the case of Scotland. The circumstances are different in the case of Wales, where other arrangements have been requisite.