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No. 13. RETURN OF FIELD WORK EXECUTED BY STAFF AND CONTRACT SURVEYORS IN THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1ST JULY, 1878, TO 30TH JUNE, 1879.

STATEMENT OF DISTRICT OFFICE WORK EXECUTED IN ADDITION TO COMPLETION OF SURVEYS AND MAPS—FOE YEAR 1878-9.

CROWN GRANTS, PREPARED.

LAND TRANSFER WORK.

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Meridional C or Major Triangula! circuit. Minor Triangulation without Topography. Trigonometrical Surveys with Topography. Rural and Subu Section Survc irban ey. Town Section Survey, Native e Land Surveys. nut Native Land Purchase Surveys. Gold Mining Surveys. Road, Railway. and Water-race Surveys. Detention by Native opposition or other cause. Miscellaneous Work. Total Charge against for IS t the Appropriation S7S-9. Chief Surveyor. tion. Provincial District. Acres. Cost per Acre. I Cost Acres. per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Average Size. Cost per Acre. No. of Cost pel Acres. Allot- Allotments, ment. Acres. Average size Blocks. Cost per Acre. Average Cost Acres. size per Bloeks. Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Cost Miles. per Mile. Cost. Cost. Field Work. Supervision, Inspection, aud Office Work. Remarks. General Office d. .1. ti. Acres. s. d. Acres. s. d. d. 4 s. d. £ s. dJ £ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. a. £ 7,865 s. 13 d. 3 Includes £2.792 9s. Od. the cost of the photographic and photo-lithographic printing office, instrumenls, &c. Auckland .. 275 21/ 59,410 7/ 2(3 12 2 324 9 5 1342 17 7 16,275 11 7 5,266 2 5 £3,836 15s. is for work done for other Departments,and for which transfers will be obtained. S. P. Smith 140,292 1 540,292 '80 259,413 1-16 115,618 244 1/0 214J 2300 312 130,879 2,470 •65 142 Taranaki T. Humphries 136,000 54,300 75 2/21 oAii 381 3 2 1538 6 3 7,163 0 6 1,758 10 2 ii SI 33,185 42S 1127 1.1 125 0 0 Hawke's Bay U. Baker .. 12,480 383,400 ■98 48,001 534 « 86 1213 0 30 0 0 741 18 6 5,509 19 6 1,531 13 8 £3.937 18s. of this expenditure was on surveys in arrear when Abolition Act came into force, 1st Jan., 1878. Wellington J, W.A.Marchant.. 224,846 1 2To 87,120 17S 1/7 X 10 778 509 28/5 47,389 9478 m 1111 1314 21 15 0 355 6 0 16,891 8 7 4,862 4 4 Nelson J. S. Browning 152,748 1} 46,043 31 37,823 123 1/101 S3 S3 15/1. 1208 17/8 91 815 3}' 1766 7 9 9,399 19 5 2,540 . 17 10 £1,406 Is. 9d. of this expenditure has been refunded in the way of fees. Marlborough — H.Clarke.. 1,027 36 2/11 60 18/ 420 14 4 1,147 9 2 693 0 9 Westland .. _, G. Mueller _ 202,560 1.1 89,450 Ii 97.S00 3 4,249 39 2/7-1 5 132 17/6 Si la 12 8 3,947 19 11 2,201 18 4 £1,164 0s. 6d. is for offices for receiving land applications. £19,848 Is. Id. was expended on surveys in arrear on 1st Jan., 1878. Canterbury J.H.Baker 480,000 2 10 647,336 ■68 534,720 1-61 504,256 120 /io_ 711 2716 5/71 1620 1 6 28,082 0 5 12,671 9 1 Otago _ W. Arthur 20,150 i{ 93,450 lH 204,238 331 /Si 4117 392 18/5 526 12/2J 57} 4 9 7 8,528 7 7 5,042 3 11 Southland .. John Spence 102,400 4 54,822 13/5 . 317 108 8 8 5,483 11 7 2,120 18 1 Mining surveys exceptionally costly. 133 1/54 376 5-15 50/3 Totals and Averages 958,852 ■61 1,516,756 1 I 1,742.072 1-0 -.1,090,399 152 12/11 3,043 5,677 11/3 59,410 2,300 3-12 178,268 3,241 2,385 24-5 618 757 7 7 7,894 0 102,429 8 3 46,554 11 10

District. No. of Grants. Area—Acres, Auckland .\abanaki 1awk.es Bay ... wellington ... f ELSON dABLBOEOUGH Vestland /anteeboet ... )TAGO Southland 407 156 56 231 108 19 314 1318 603 450 116,554 7,821 8,673 79,267 1,846 631 10,055 267,381 53,756 80,200 Totals 626,184 3662 NATIVE TITLES, PREPARED. District. Memorials. Area. Certificates of Title. Area. Government Land Purchase Conveyances. Acres. Auckland 267 ACEE8. 729,261 AOBES. 27,615 17 14,342

District. No. of Plans Passed. No. of Plans Placed on Certificates of Title. Auckland Paeanaki Iawkes Bat Wellington Kelson... dAELBOBOUGH Vestland /antebbuet 25 40 30 65 107 8 56 154 44 27 354 1,502 1,105 126 128 184 2,895 2,458 1,292 )tago ... iOUTHLAND 556 10,014