SURVEY OF THE COLONY.
In his report of the woiking of the Land Transfer Act, the RegistrarGeneral of Land makes the following suggestions, and rather disheartening calculations as to the undertaking of correcting and completing the surveys of the colony : —The result of anxious inquiries in all directions is a conviction that it is my duty to recommend the Government to promote legislation without delay, enabling them to create a system of survey which shall operate over the colony. I am a wave that many difficulties surround such a proposition, but I am nervously sensible that while on the one hand T might succeed in making an approximation of the damage that must result from an expensive operation of the Land Transfer system, with its accompanying assurance of title, in the absence of that principal element of safety, a reliable survey of the lands a title to which is to be guaranteed. I hold very strong opinions as to the means by which a satisfactory survey of the country could be best arrived at, having regard to expedition, economy, and accuracy; but as this branch of the public service is not included in my department, I may only venture to suggest that it might be profitable if the question of | the surveys of the colony were handed over to a competent commission for examination and report. "With regard to the expense of placing the surveys of the colony on a proper footing, I would, if permitted, state my belief, notwitstanding any alarm which might follow, that a sum of at least Jg !0,0,000 will be required. 1 trust that no apology will be necessary for my having ventured upon what I am aware must be a disconcerting and unwelcome disclosure of opinion.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1139, 6 October 1871, Page 3
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292SURVEY OF THE COLONY. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1139, 6 October 1871, Page 3
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