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No. 10.—RETURN of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st July, 1888, to 30th June, 1889. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

Surveyor and District. Minor Triangulation. Rura] and Suburban. Town Section ! 1 ■ -+^ < a 8 s Acres. "3 § «J! el la Town Section Survey. lloads, Railways, Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Survey. and Water-races. Total Cost. Acres, -» u Total Cost. Acres. -V K Total Cost. X per Total C< °." o< £% o< g Mile. Detention by Native Tota i Cost Opposition Other Work. o f or other Surveyor Causes. and p arty from 1st July, 1888, to .st. Cost. Cost. 30th June, I 1889. Remarks. Acres. -»g Total Cost. Acres. oj si i Total Cost. t 1 4 d. £ s. d. s. 1-98 0-62 £ s. d. 609 15 3 1,007 1 6 s. £ s. a. s. £ s. d. s. £ s. a. 5 £ 3 £ s. 15 0 d. 0 £ s. a. £ s. d. 89 2 2 104 5 0 £ s. d. 701 12 3 744 18 3 Transferred to Hawke's Bay, 15th May, 1889. Re-survey of 21,000 acres and large size of areas have reduced the cost per acre. E. 0. Goldsmith. Bay of Plenty L. Cussen. Waikato 0.133 32,556 69 39 F. Simpson and Cadet. Whangarei .. F. H. Edgecumbe. Newcastle J. Baber, jun. Kaihu, &c. G. A. Martin. Wairoa, Waitemata, &c. 7,265 2,788 503 4,233 80 35 11 54 2 2-02 5-57 2-58 726 10 0 382 2 7 140 3 8 548 0 0 4 4-2 15 10-57 60 0 44 8 0 6 52 0 0 136 3 9 93 10 0 68 13 0 965 0 0 586 9 8! 633 12 8 668 15 4 j Much scattered, old surveys, &o. ] Rough country. Triangulation much delayed by bad weather and roughness of country ; other work scattered. 9,'600 2-0 75 0 0 G-5 10 65 0, 0 H. I). McKellar E. H. Hardy. Tokatoka, &c. J. I. Philips. Thames, &c. .. H. D. M. Haszard. Maioro, Ac. O. Stevens. Ruakaka, &c. W. J. Wheeler. Kaeo, &c. M. C. Smith. Matakohe, &c. A. H. Vickerman. Pakiri, Omaha, &c. A. V. Harington. Pakiri, &c. Homestead surveys Unsurveyed lands, cost deposited Schedule surveys, Crown lands Centract surveys, Crown lands Privately paid for surveys Authorised gold-mining surveys C. A. Baker .. E. J. Fairburn L. Simpson .. W. Cussen A. C. Turner O. M. Creagh J. D. Keast 6,500: I 0-5 13'io 0 735 7,100 5 6,530 3,032 2,397 1,786 4,116 2,546 1,740 5,106 450 549 1,127 68 1 124 42 23 32! 36j 36 3 1-77 20 1-55 3-9 2-05 2-5 2-02 2-12 2-5 1-25 2-83 2-96 2'16 110 5 0 629 10 3 5 0 0 505' 5 l| 593 15 0! 244 6 6 223 6 10 416 0 0 270 6 0 217 0 0 319 2 6 63 15 0 59 14 0 122 3 0 70-3 32 20 32 0 0 1-75 14-5 1-9 4 6-5 1-5 17-5 10 9-08 12-7 8 13 12 10 17 10 131 14 23 10 32 0 84 10 18 0 175 0 0 6 3 32 6 2 482 19 9 29 18 10 245 7 7 764 3 4 625 8 8 566 5 8] 608 11 8! 468 8 7 590 4 8 579 3 2 593 17 7 Other work, mostly Thames Borough street-alignment. I Old surveys redefined, &c.; broken bush-country. Expensive district; scattered work. Partly bush ; rough country. Broken bush-country. j Ditto. I 0 0 0 0 '9 7 iii •" 5 0 0 7 0 0 30 0 0 38 i 000; 1-2 10G 17 7 •■ •• 1 •• t Contract and mileage rates. .. ! 11 .. 3 11 24 3 4 .. •• .! 3,591 167 10-84 1,950 0 0 Final payment on Oarnaru Block. •• i .. 700 0 0 7 0 0! 18 13 4: 250 0 0, 219 9 8 291 13 4 145 12 6 -t . •• i ! •" . , v !- Advances on Native Land Court surveys not yet completed. Means and totals 53,500; 11-28 285 7 7 90,697 661 1-58 7,193 8 2 79-3 39 18-9] 37 0 Oi 3,591 167 10-84 1,950 0 0 70-35 9-94 699 19 3 1,125 18 8 10,998 11 3 PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF HAWKE'S BAY. Staff. S. Weetman. Poverty Bay d. District Surveyor, Inspector, and Land Officer, in general charge of district. Promoted Chief Surveyor, Taranaki District, and left Gisborne on the 27th April, 1889. Appointed to succeed Mr. Weetman, and arrived at Gisborne, 17th May, 1889. Rough bush and scrub country. Cadet assisting. 19'5 miles graded roads included in cost of rural survey. Very rough country, forest and scrub. 15 miles road-lines completed in field. Sectional surveys isolated. Skeleton survey of part of this made by J. G. Wilson. Forest, rough country. -Bad weather and frequent shifting of camps over long distances. Skeleton survey, with trig, and topography of about 12,000 acres completed. Hough forest country. 14,000 acres far advanced for settlement. Skeleton survey made U3 7 Mr. Tone at cost of 7d. per acre. River traverse and section-marking. Skeleton survey of 72,000 acres forest reserve completed. Joined staff at end of May. Revision survey for purposes of title. 99 14 0 421 13 6 E. C. Goldsmith. Poverty Bay 29 0 0 90 0 0 W. Armstrong. Uawa and Waingaromia 34,262 Q /5-7 824 15 8 0 18 5 110 IS 0 63 8 0 742 11 2 J. G. Wilson. Waikohu and Ngatapa .. 96 2 7/ 33 12 0 20 0 0 196 7 0 531 16 5 N. J. Tone. Norsewood and Weber 7,722 82 786 7 0 250 3 0 614 9 1 P. Rich. Weber ( " 11 1 0 594 9 3 I H. G. Price. Wakarara 8,997 18 1/1-4 504 15 6 654 12 2 W. T. Neill. Norsewood and Takapau Authorised gold-mining surveys :: 1 310 "e 9-96 154 10 0 54 5 4 24 15 11 Authorised Surveyors. J. O. Barnard. Waiapu and Mangaporo Hallett and Laing. Maungahaururu and To Mata C. D. Kennedy. Waihua W. O'Ryan .. J. E. Pickett. 1 4,377 144 12 3 144 12 3 42 0 0 1 598 3 /6-3 42 0 0 *\' ■' 4 8 Land Purchase survey subdivisions. Includes one section of 1,260 acres, revision survey for purpose of title. ' 1 Isolated survey ; revision of old work. •• I 21 1 /6 6.60 6 6 0 84 15 10 112 14 0 Means and totals 65 /10 4,377 4 52,696 2,197 16 2 144 12 3 310 9 96 154 10 0 18 5 0 110 II 20 0 0 709 18 4 4,064 15 7 k. r i iov: :ncial distrii IT OF TA: ,ana: X EL M. Sheet. Opunake, W Taitara, and Huiroa P. A. Dalziell. Huiroa, Ngaire, Ngatimaru, and Egmont C. L. Humphries. Opunake .. 2,978 6,600 23 42 1-3 11 189 13 5 365 9 1 \ " 1,193 15 1-7 102 10 2| 1-5 15 4 0 23 2 0 73 16 8 88 2 2 647 19 8 449 1 5 Forest country. Other work includes portion of Rahotu Block. Settlement work. Forest country. Other work includes 1,363 acres back-pegging, old work. Partjy open and partly forest. Other work includes unfinished subdivision of Native block. Transferred to Wellington District, 31st October, 1888. Rough forest country. This includes completion of plans, &c, of the whole block before leaving the service, 31st August, 1888. 1,405 13 0-7 49 16 8 58 12 6 182 3 0 a. W. Climie 500 2-5 62 15 5 ■• 102 17 4 " I iV. H. Skinner 72 7 9 Means and totals 65 1-22 2,598 28 1-2 152 6 10 1-5 15 4 0 23 2 220 11 4 1,454 9 2 10,078 617 17 11