§ THE EARL OF POWISasked the Under Secretary for War what provision was made for marking on the completed sheets of the Ordnance Survey new lines of railway as they were opened for traffic. The proposal might be carried out at a very little cost, and would be highly useful for reference.
EARL DE GREY AND RIPONsaid, the course which the noble Earl recommended had been already adopted. Officers went about the country from time to time to survey different lines of railway as they were made, which were not yet laid down on the sheets of Ordnance Survey. The reports were sent to the office at Southampton, and when they arrived the plates were altered by laying down the lines. Of course it was impossible for the officers to mark the lines of railway on the sheets on hand, but the stock of printed sheets kept on hand was small, and there were few lines of railway not already marked.
§ House adjourned at Seven o'clock, till To-morrow, Half past Ten o'Clock.