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No.2. —Abstract of the Surveyors employed and of the Work on Hand in each Provincial District on Ist July, 1888.

No.3. —Crown Grants and other Instruments of Title from the Crown prepared.

No.4. —Land Transfer Work.

No.5.—Photographs.

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Surveyors employed. Work on Hand. Chief Surveyors. Staff. Temporary. 1 Trig. asr Lsri,|«s,| *«*„. District. S. P. Smith, A.S.G. .. Thomas Humphries .. G. W. Williams J. W. A. Marchant .. J. S. Browning H. G. Clark G. Mueller .. J. H. Baker C. W. Adams J. Spence 15 6 6 9 8 1 3 5 6 1 2 2 Auckland.. Taranaki .. Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland.. Canterbury Otago Southland Acres. 44,800 5," 120 192,000 Acres. 53,892 1,536 37,900 318,665 19,664 4,082 17,085 8,977 11,127 9,536 Acres. 400 2,500 165,476 535,325 Miles. 2171 102 231 Acres. '(37} 2 1 1 2 1,003,800 436,838 17,000 244 Totals 60 10 1,099,558 482,464 703,701 794| 67J

District. Number, Cost. District. Number. Cost. Aucklana Taranaki Hawke's Bay.. Wellington Nelson Marlborough .. 3,232 331 622 384 185 8 £ s. d. 383 19 0 70 6 6 146 1 6 69 13 10 167 8 0 1 15 0 Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. 241 491 713 146 £ s. a. 12 13 3 20 9 2 425 0 0 69 10 0 Totals 6,353 1,366 16 3

District. No. of Plans passed. No. of Plans placed on Certificates of Title. Cost. District. No. of Plans passed. No. of Plans placed on Certificates of Title. Cost. Auckland .. Taranaki .. Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Marlborough 132 21 122 113 141 16 741 106 307 672 169 98 £ s. d. 668 18 4 57 6 8 270 19 3 201 2 6 154 0 0 20 0 0 Westlana Canterbury Otago Southland 358 147 69 26 346 936 1,462 588 £ s. a. 28 2 1 544 7 8 440 0 0 182 0 0 Totals 1,145 5,425 2,572 16 6

Department. Number of Plates taken during the Year. Silver Prints. Department. Number of Plates taken during the Year. Silver Prints. Survey Public Works Mines Marine Postal Telegraph .. Museum 321 36 12 34 9 38 20 558 Defence Crown Lanas Eaucation Census Melbourne Exhibition 32 23 1 9 14 "2 Totals 549 560