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No. 29. RETURN OF FIELD WORK EXECUTED BY STAFF AND CONTRACT SURVEYORS IN THE PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF HAWKE'S BAY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HORACE BAKER CHIEF SURVEYOR, FROM 1ST JULY, 1878, TO 30TH JUNE, 1879.

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Minor Triangulation. Topographical and Trigonometrical Surveys. Rural and Suburban. Ilouds, Railways, and Water-races. Detention by Native oppnsilion oi other cause. Other Work.l iTotal cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1878, to 30th June, 1879. District. Remarks. Surveyor. Acres. Cost y Acre. Total Cost. Acres. Cost V Acre. Total Cost. Acres. No. of Sections Cost f Acre. Total Cost. Miles. e Total Cost. Cost. Cost. £ i. a. STAFF SURVEYORS. d. £ s. 10 9 £ 8. d. 96 4 3 £ s. a. £ ■. a. 84 7 10 £ s. d. V,. HaUett Fuketapu £ s. d. 32192 cl 1 £ s. d. 134 15 4 s. ll. £ s. cl. 0*2 - 990 4 10 Other work includes vertical angles of major trig. W. HaUett Mnlmka and Moeangiangl 8136 13 7 243 10 11 11 10 9 118 3 0 36 4 9 Connecting old surveys with trig. W. HaUett Manngaharuru .. 732 15 3 H 114 2 6 9-8 10 9 102 7 3 86 4 10 732A sections bush. J. A. Thorpe Tautane 949 6 4 4 204 14 0 1S-5 20 0 265 9 3 66 7 3 626 10 < Isolated selections in mountainous bush country. Other work reconnaissance survey 59,000 acr. C. D. Kennedy Manngaharuru [ Waitara ) 5440 10 0 0 1 328 12 7 Open mountainous country. Under heading other work is P. works, expenditure, £91 6s. 34502 12 34 511 11 3 2 14 0 27 19 6 91 5 0 J. C. Macfarlane .. Tahoraiti 8-8 122 4 0 30 0 0 113 0 4 48T 13 6 Public works, £113 0s 4d. Roads unfinished thro* native opposition, £53 14s 10d. 14 0 W. Laing Tarawera 35 14 0 CONTRACT SURVEYORS. 229 12 0 377 4 0 All Bush. Under other work P. works, £5516s., connecting old work, £173 16s. D. Ross Woodville 3427 41 4 0 694 8 0 J. Baber, jun. Tahoraiti I 233 3 2 I ! I 333 3 2 Open country. n 11 13 A. H. Ross Ruataniwha 7040 14 43 6 0 315 3 4 6 71 7 6 8-2 12 18 105 12 0 94 16 6 315 9 0 AU bush. Other work connections from triangulations to old surveys. A. H. Ross Ruataniwha 353 19 8 Old contract from Provincial Govt., returned last year as completed but not paid. L. Lessong Wakarara and Ngaruroro •68 488 6 7 21 11 10 704 1 10 Contract No. 8. Not finished. 170472 8-5 9 0 H. Ellison Pohui Patoka, "J Kuripapanga, > and Kawska J 180736 H 941 7 7 1307 8 7 Contracts No, 5 and 6. Not finished. T\v- > vouchers, £229 12s 4<i. forwarded but not paii!. P. C. Frasi Woodville 142 16 0 Contract No. 4. No. finished. Averages and Totals ij.i-ii l 53 6 0 I ■98 1664 9 6 48061 90 »4 1839 14 2 86 741 18 6 57112 10 8 383400 12 13 1089 14 3 30 0 0