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No. 2.—Abstract of the Surveyors Employed and of the Work on Hand in each Provincial District on 1st July, 1889.

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. ChieLSurveyors. Staff. Temporary. District. Trig. Settle- Native Roads, merit. Block, &c. &c. I Town. Square Miles. 135 Acres. 79,904 6,600 32,839 413,265 21,068 5,064 16,558 8,617 12,707 5,198 Acres. 1,161,712 Miles. . 69 Acres. V. Humphries 3. Weotman 3. W. Williams I. W. A. M arch ant J. S. Browning H. G. Clark .. 3. Mueller .. T. H. Baker .. 3. W. Adams J. Spence Ki 2 0 8 8 1 2 5 5 2 7 6 6 1 Auckland.. Taranaki.. Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Marlborongti Westland.. Can torbury Otago Southland 800 2,787 21,400 475,209 53£ 262J 24 252 * 164 3 Totals 52 23 3,222 601,820 1,058,330 661 164

District. Number. Cost. District. Number. Cost. Vuckland 1'aranaki Jawke'a Bay.. Wellington .. kelson tfarlborough .. 2,742 286 592 1,140 97 25 & s. d. 350 15 6 64 15 0 53 3 6 117 18 9 87 12 0 4 18 0 Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. 102 639 648 96 £ s. d. 13 -2 0 208 1 8 395 0 0 72 0 0 Totals 6,367 1,367 1 5

District. No. of Plans passed. Deeds and other Instruments examined. No. of Plans placed on Certificates ol Title. Cost. District. No. of Plans passed. Deeds and other Instruments examined. No. of Plans placed on Certificates of Title. Cost. II .uckland 'aranaki lawke's Bay .. Vellington kelson Iarlborough .. 112 60 79 145 152 8 654 76 554 893 151 68 £ s. d. 525 0 0 80 11 3 195 13 4 168 17 9 158 0 0 13 18 0 West] and Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. Totals .. 333 134 56 27 1,923 109 191 897 1,560 500 £ s. a. 24 9 G 524 8 4 390 0 0 120 0 0 1,106 2,032 5,544 2,200 18 2

Department. Number of Plates taken during the Year. Department. Number of Plates taken during the "Vear. Survey Public Works .. Mines Justice lelegraph Museum *•* 603 5 38 6 17 13 Defence .. ... Crown Lauds Education Census Melbourne Exhibition .. 21 2 3 6 8 Totals 722