SURVEY OF IRELAND.
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RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 6 February 1840;—Jbr, A STATEMENT of the Progress which has been made in the Ordnance Survey and Townland Valuation of Ireland respectively, since their Commencement; with an Estimate of the Time that will be required to complete such Survey and such Valuation.
1.
STATEMENT of the Progress which has been made in the Ordnance Survey
of Ireland.
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" The survey of 24 Counties is finished ; viz.
Londonderry, Antrim, Tyrone, Down, Fer¬ managh, Monaghan, Louth, Donegal, Cavan, Armagh, Meath, Leitrim, Longford; Dublin^* Sligo, Roscommon, Westmeath, Kildare, King's County, Mayo, Wicklow, Galway, Carlo^, V and Queen's County; of which 19 are published, and the remaining five in progress of engraving.
The survey of six Counties is in progress; viz.
Clare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford.
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AN ESTIMATE of the Time that will be required to complete the Survey.
The Townland Survey of Ireland would be completed in two years at the present rate of progress, but the demand for surveyors for the Tithe Surveys in England renders it imprac¬ ticable to estimate the period for the completion of the Survey with accuracy.
By order of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance, Office of Ordnance,"!
Rt Buham.
Secretary.
19 Feb.
1840.
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