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Return of Field Work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors, and of the Cost of the Survey Department, in the Colony of New Zealand, from 1st July, 1879, to 30th June, 1880.

* Includes £1,080 195., cost of Standard Survey in and around Christchurch,

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Meridional Circuit, or Major Triangulation. Minor Triangulation without" Topography. Trigonometrical Surveys with Topography. Rural and Suburban Section Survey. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Native Land Purchase Survey. Gold-mining Survey. Road, Railway, and Water-race Surveys. B Miscellaneous Work. Total Charges against the Survey Votes for Twelve Months. Provincial i (arranged geo-: graphically). Chiei Acres, j o"^ a Acres. o *q & —. jj|i| |jj «& Acres, as o-«I <*> ft Acres. g <l °ft -S a o 5 i i -si Acres, i o <i Acres. ft ,r-i CoSt Mlles- per Mile. Cost. Field Work. Supervision, Inspection, and Office Work. Cost. I d. d. d. s. s. d. ! d. d. I s. d. _ £ i. d.j | £ s. d. £ s. d.j £ s. d. £ s. d 5,807 15 i Head Office and General Photo - Litho Auckland ... Department ... S. P. Smith ... 50,000 0-84 508,221 l-04 ] 194992 ... | 0-93 ... 57,666 ... i 429 1/3-36 249-2 I 298 15/9 85,825 ... 298 1;85 494,615 47 1-8 | 15 12/7 ... | ... 172-5 11 18 9 360 19 8 ! 1,460 11 3 15,339 17 3 2,706 4 1 6,386 17 £ 20 Taranaki ... T. Humphries 69,000 1-43 58,000: 1-8 26,555 300 a/io-4 216 298 21/5-66 804J 298 13 9i 85,800 • 2 1-85 54 12 8 8 55f 10 18 4 I - 591 4 0 6,234 2 6 1,862 3 5 ... | ... Hawke's Bay H. Baker ... 1 43,522 0-8 63,358 197! 0/101 301 238)21/1 238; 9,286 2 75 25 0 0 844 19 0 4,953 3 3 2,024 5 I Wellington J. W. A. Marchant I 191,040| 0-87 43,000 H 491,740 1/61 ... i ... 19,674 349,748 3i ... 98-62|l3 0 0 42 15 0 1,615 8 8 15,022 10 0 6,170 4 1] 1-331 93,638 394J 13 5 42 ... Nelson J. S. Browning I 19,707 2 308,460 2'2 83,7761 669J 1/54 120 224 17/6| 622 17/ 147i | 8 10 0 694 14 5 11,902 10 7 2,706 4 5 Marlborough H. Clarke ... j 156,000 2-07 1,561 I 17 1/7 ... ... j 25 20/3 54 12 i\ 1,555 18 2 678 0 ) Westland ... O-. Mueller ... 325,683 1-07 80,134 2-22; 93,418 3-05 I 19,990 263 1/3* I I 155 263 16/1 189J 11/8 414 19 9 11 162 8 o! 5,051 3 3 2,568 4 A Canterbury J. H. Baker... 330,843 I 780,468 1-30 I 404,726 J3387 1/1-37 ... | ... 1,350 4 3 *29,155 19 1 9,377 17 £ Otago W. Arthur ... ... I ... 293,218 u j 115,276 480 i/of I 6184 881 15/10 376 11/1183 2,578 16/4-8 1106,303 i i 1,604 9/7 130i 2 18 0 931 18 5! 9,923 12 1 4,060 2 4 Southland ... J. Spence 115,2Oo| l-45j j 59,292 492 1/4| 381 177 14/3J 9 4 10 0 155 0 0 5,104 18 7 1,858 17 1 Totals and Averages ! 1 i ! I ! j 566,723; -98 1,204,905 1-12 2,379,018! H 925,838 ,6628: 1/3-2 2,040^% 46| 2-6 939,449 93 2 2 2,632 11/lli 709J 7,861 0 7 104,143 15 3 46,206 17 11 9 19 9 428 14 8 I