These maps by Lt. R. Owen Jones were produced by zincographic transfer to accompany the 1885 Boundary Commissioners Report showing the proposed new divisions of the counties for parliamentary and local government purposes. Once the Act had passed they were re-issued as part of the Parliamentary Accounts and Papers for the session of 23 October 1884-14 August 1885. This example is from this re-issue, so distinguished by a small piece of paper stuck over the word "proposed" (the changes having now passed into law.) Original colour.
R.O. Jones Local Government Boundaries Commission. Report of the Boundary Commissioner of England and Wales 1888 1888
The 1888 report of the Local Government Boundary Commission proposed a number of changes to local jurisdictions, transferring many parishes out of their existing counties to adjoining counties. The Report, with supporting maps by Robert Owen Jones, was submitted to Parliament, which ordered its publication. Although the proposals often reflected a sensible "tidying up", local opposition ensured that many were not implemented.