§ MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he is aware that the Americans have recently decided on preparing a series of soil maps for the whole of the United States, and whether this example will be followed in Ireland, which is an agricultural country.
§ SIR J. GORSTThe hon. Member has called my attention to the proceedings in America; the drift survey in Ireland is being carried out with due despatch.
§ SIR J. GORSTThe Geological Survey is only a drift survey; a soil survey is something quite different.