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Ordnance survey. The 'survey of Great Britain and the Isle of Man' was first authorized in 1841 by 4 & 5 Vict. c. 30, an Act which expired in 1846, but was continued by successive Expiring Laws Continuance Acts until made permanent by 12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 50. The work is carried out under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Acts, 1889 to 1919.

For statutory determination of distance by ordnance map, see Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 231, and for definition of 'ordnance map, see Interpre-tation Act, 1889, s. 25. For the use of the Ordnance Survey Maps in the Land Registry, see Land Registration Act, 1925, s. 76, and Tratman, 'The Land Registry General Map.'