MR. LLOYD MORGANTo ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether he will state the reason for the increased charge from 1s. to 1s. 6d. per sheet for Ordnance maps: whether he will state what the result has been of increasing the charge by fifty per cent, on the sale of the maps during the last five years as compared with the sale for the five years previous to the increase of price.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) In order to cover the cost of production if was found necessary to increase the price of the small scale maps which are mounted on linen, but the price of the same maps unmounted and folded in a cover, has not been altered. The change was only made in January, 1905, and no comparison for five years can therefore be given.