DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY SURVEYS (ANNUAL REPORT ON)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1943 Session I, C-01a

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1943 NEW ZEALAND

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY SURVEYS (ANNUAL REPORT ON)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

The Surveyor-General to the Hon. the Minister of Lands, Sir, — Wellington, Ist June, 1943. I have the honour to present herewith the report on survey operations for the year ending 31st March, 1943. I have, &c., H. E. Walshe, The Hon. the Minister of Lands. Surveyor-General.

REPORT The continuation of the war has resulted in a further decrease of the Civil work carried out by the Department. The tables appended show that the amount of routine field-work carried out is now about one-third that of pre-war years and of office-work about one-half; even in this latter, however, the circumstances due to war account for a large proportion of the work returned. On the other hand, the total work carried out has increased greatly, the field-work this year being double that of last year and two and a quarter times that of pre-war. Field-work.—Eighty-two per cent, of this was directly war work of an urgent nature and of which details cannot be released for publication at the present time. The balance is sot out in Table 1, the costs shown comparing very favourably with past years. Included in the item " Other work " are boundary location and road-line surveys, £1,974 ; investigation surveys, £133 ; maintenance of standard surveys, £57 ; Police Court surveys, £180 ; reports, leave, &c., £792. During the year aerial photography of approximately 7,250 square miles was carried out for the Department's mapping programme. Office-work. —Civil work dropped approximately 40 per cent, on that of last year, but this was more than offset by the increase in work for the Services. This is shown in Table 3. Table 4 shows that the number of saleable lots in town schemes submitted have dropped nearly 50 per cent. The percentage of reserves to saleable area is 6-2 per cent., but as the return includes slight amendments to approved schemes which have already provided reserves, the percentage would be increased somewhat if these were excluded. Tables 5 and 6 are analyses of the salary expenditure on various classes of work in each district. A comparison of these tables with similar ones in pre-war years will show the large increase in " mapping " due to war and the consequent decreases in routine work such as " records," " diagrams," and " investigations." Tidal Analysis.—No tidal analyses were made, but predictions for the seven standard ports were carried out by the Tidal Institute, Liverpool, using harmonic constants supplied by the Department. Warrants. —During the year 124 warrants for certificates of title and 10 proclamations of roadlines under the Native Land Act, 1931, were dealt with. Work in Hand. —A full programme of work for the ensuing year is in hand. Staff. —Those on duty here have been working at high pressure and long hours to deal with the urgency of the work entrusted them, and their zealous work is much appreciated.

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Table 1. —Summary of Field-work

Table 2.— Summary of Map Sales and Credits for the Year ending 31st March, 1943

Table 3.— Principal Classes of Office-work done from 1st April, 1942, to 31st March, 1943

Table 4. —Summary of Town Scheme Subdivisions dealt with under Section 16 of the Land Act, 1924, for the Year ending 31st March, 1943

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Class. Area or Mileage. Average Cost. Total Cost. £ S. d. Standard traverses .. .. ■ • .. 3 miles . . £18-33 per mile 55 0 0 Topographical survey for settlement .. .3,100 acres .. 16-56d. per acre 213 18 10 Rural survey .. .. •• ■■ 10,122 acres .. 3-42s. per acre .. 1,728 13 10 Village and suburban .. •• •• 297 acres .. 33-58s. per acre 498 13 8 Town survey . ■ . • • ■ • • 35-2 acres .. £6-36 per section 470 15 1 Native land survey .. .. . ■ • • 430 acres .. 6-86s. per acre . . 147 10 1 Native land survey . . • ■ • * • 3,713 acres .. Cost not available .. Housing survey (section) .. . . • • 216-5 acres .. £2-53 per section 2,197 9 9 Housing survey (topographical) .. ■ • 331 acres . . 25-87d. per acre 428 4 1 Road and railway survey .. •• 30-3 miles .. £42-57 per mile 1,289 16 8 Other work .. .. ■■ •• •• 4,783 19 Total cost of completed work .. •• •• 11,814 1. 4

Item. Credits. £ S. d. £ S. d. Sales of lithographs to the public .. .. 1,415 18 5 Sales of lithographs to other Departments .. .. 923 13 11 Lithographs issued free to other Departments .. 281 18 6 Lithographs for office use .. .. ■ • • • 706 19 0 8 3,328 9 10 Sale of publications and plan forms .. . • 303 6 2 Search fees .. •• •• 546 Royalty fees .. • • • ■ • • ■ ■ 47 0 0 Total .. .. •• •• £3,684 0 6

™ ' i i j Maps for Plans placed on Instruments of Title. Plans examined and passed. Lithography. Deeds and . other "5 District. Crown. Instruments p, m - Native Land passed. . Land . r} - Leases I Land. Transfer. e £ Transfer. ® £ g and I Free- | | 5 B , I | Licenses, hold. £ | 0 fl &c. 1 1 Auckland and North Auckland 395 706 168 7,005 4,101 124 23 446 181 19 .. Gisborne 23 .. 40 270 258 1 3 19 20 .. Hawke's Bay .. /. 40 22 70 529 477 10 3 67 23 .. 1 Taranaki 42 60 18 478 36 4 2 .. Wellington .. .. 168 244 51. 2,800 1,537 11 fa 194 89 4 Marlborough'' .. .. 36 12 6 147 92 1 I 14 5 9 .. Nelson .. .. .. H3 10 .. 503 2 10 43 10 4 Westland .. .. . • 193 24 224 179 15 16 8 ... . Canterbury 955 48 .. 1,812 943 10 .. 121 32 9 Otago .. .. •• 239 30 4 1,237 648 24 . . 60 17 5 2 Southland .. .. •• 64 28 .. 533 363 1 1 26 5 1 .. Head Office.. .. •• 4:1 Totals .. .. 2,268 1,184 357 15,538 8,967 213 41 1,045 408 76 44

Number Nun J ber Reserve District of ot . New lloads. Reserves. (Percentage of Saleable Lots. Total Areas. Plans. l otg Saleable Lots). A. E. P. A. B. P. A. E. P. A. E. P. Auckland and North Auck- 70 508 12 3 20-27 12 0 28-6 6 202 0 12-89 227 0 21-76 Gisbome 4 8 .. .. .. 4 1 38-42 4 1 38-42 Hawke's Bay " .. 4 55 3 1 20-7 .. .. 17 1 25-2 20 3 05-9 Taranaki .. .. 2 24 0 3 18-0 .. .. 10 1 29-95 11 1 7-95 Wellington .. .. 19 190 4 1 33-83 9 3 36-0 13 74 2 25-8 89 0 15-63 Marlborough .. .. 3 10 0 0 0-6 ... .. 5 1 15-43 5 1 16-03 Nelson .. 7 53 1 3 27-6 0 2 6-3 2-5 20 0 20-2 22 2 14-1 Westland .. 5 31 0 3 8-9 0 0 32-0 3 8 1 2-9 9 1 3-8 Canterbury .. .. 20 114 1 1 35-75 1 2 39-7 3-5 50 1 18-6 53 2 14-05 Otaeo .. .. 3 10 0 0 0-5 .. .. 2 2 13-4 2 2 13-9 Southland .. .. 1 2 --12 16-8 1 2 16-8 Totals .. .. 138 1,005 25 3 06-15 24 2 22-6 6-2 397 1 19-59 447 3 08-34

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Table 6.-General Summary of Salary Expenditure in various Offices from 1st April, 1942, to 31st March, 1943

Table 5.—General Summary of Salary Expenditure from 1st April, 1942, to 31st March, 1943

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Item. „ (1> | P^ n i Aa n {i) . i (5) . <6> (?) i <8) (9) (10) un • Preparation. Examination. Mapping. Records. Diagrams. Tracings. j Investigation. General. Supervision. Totals. 1 ! I I I r 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. \ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d £ s d £ s d Translation " " " 5 'lm I ' '? o ??q J 1,0 I2 9 2 ' 150 4 2 676 5 0 5,199 7 0 1,398 2 4 6,799 15 2 3,261 13 2 27,601 5 3 Inangulation .. .. .. 210 9 6 37 1 3 419 4 9 33 19 3 31 6 8 .. 32 0 0 8 6 0 61 5 9 2 8 0 836 1 2 Topographical 7,601 5 0 3,387 10 1 157 19 11 I 3,542 16 7 270 9 7 394 19 3 Snq lo n 198 19 3 15 863 11 8 Standard traverse .. .. 4 11 4 32 14 8 .. ■ " 309 12 0 198 19 3 lo,863 11 8 Survey maintenance .. 14 0 2 .. .. " " /in c " " Jo n Levelling .. .. .. 23 8 0 .. .. ! " " " " 1 10 5 .. .. 15 iO 7 Inspection and investigation .. 106 16 4 1 11 0 0 16 5 " " o'l'n 6 n'is l " " iTn 10 5 Scheme plans .. .. .. .. 3 10 2 13 1 3 .. ' 2 15 3 84 19 fi " ,o'i, ft S „ t 99 A i l a i " " * * • " 152 19 2 ±,ana aevelopment .. .. 22 4 4 .. 0 14 1 .. .. _ 22 8 0 70 11 9 0 0 llfi 2 Tidal survey 12 0 0 18 16 0 ** Native Department .. 8 0 0 4?"2 2 194 15 8 2"e 9 29'l6 2 69'l4 11 86"lll 849"s 8 14 15 4 239'l6 1 154114 8 SSSS"' :: ,.«*•» , S 2 ili f :: 1M 2 5 S 5 J5 1 ? J -8 { i '« i'i J : 8B ? Housing Department .. 166 15 7 67 17 5 623 17 11 .. 0 14 8 12 14 8 65 3 10 47 13 9 74 10 5 249 18 9 i'mo 7 0 Other Departments .. .. 25,211 9 11 1,578 3 10 1,042 15 10 4,618 19 9 78 6 10 25 2 0 5,569 1 1 322 12 9 51 2 8 622 8 10 sfclsS) 3 6 T ° tak " " •' 39 ' 597 4 11 6,289 19 3 6,768 6 5 9,268 17 1 2,719 0 6 2,319 8 0 11,560 8 10 3,829 18 3 8,215 7 10 6,275 4 2 96,843 15 ~3

District. (1) pian Plan j (5> ™ W 0) "o^ un ' ey * , Preparation. Examination. Mapping. | Records. Diagrams. Tracings. Investigation. General. Supervision. Totals. Auckland and North Auckland .. 15,497 4 "s 10 0 2,464 14 9 I',l2 5 4 9 1,046 15 0 1,016k 7 3,779 " 9 1 617"3 6 2'974 11 6 2 786 13 3 3e'278 1 9 ES Bay :: :: :: o rj.it if 1 1 I 1 ?® I® o it I* as 1 ! is I Ft I Wit SfK* :: :: :: Si? 2 I 2 4 '-I 1 ! \ i 1 ? ! §1 ? 4 HH 'IH j ljo 1!i I '•§? 8 ! P* • :: IJi «i liHJHi liM Is! «i ili ST 2 U ?° •; 2 > 941 16 4 79 2 2 254 5 7 327 16 1 131 4 11 256 5 10 962 10 8 325 4 7 n s ™ ? 2 S ° Uthland 3 ' 79812 2 25 2 1 167 11 6 472 11 2 24 16 2 80 16 3 299 10 2 16 16 0 271 1 2 29 15 6 felS 15 2 T ° taIs "■ ■' 39 ' 597 4 11 6 " 289 19 3 | 6 ' 768 6 5 9,268 17 1 2,719 0 6 2,319 8 0 11,560 8 10 3,829 18 3 8,215 7 10 6,275 4 2 96,843 15 3