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No. 10— continued. —Return of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st July, 1889, to 30th June, 1890. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF OTAGO.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHLAND.

Topographical and Trigonometrical Surveys. Sural and Suburban. Eoads, Railways, races. and AVaterDeti r mtion by iative aosition or r Causes. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1889, to 30th June, 1890. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Survey. OtherAVork. _ Op; Surveyor and District. rj_ -gS Total Cost. I ' o< i !° 1 I OQ ® • I <D g \ -g g Total Cost. I I ° i 21 Cost g j o 2 per Allot- << \ 6& ments. \*z Total Cost. CO O < ~ *H _ . _ . ■ CO _ p,Q <g "g § -go Total Cost.! g os 3X i < o _ p,oi X *3 r._ 0< Total Cost. I I [ _ O Total Cost. othe Cost. Bemarks. Cost. Staff. John Sti-auchon. Glenomaru and South. Molyneux d. £ si d. 7,690 63 1/8 £ s. a. 642 8 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 7 14 4 £ s. d. 30 17 6 s. d. £ a. d. 43 3 0 £ s. d. 655 17 6 Two months or thereabouts have been taken up with surveys for the Southland office. Heavy bush land ; ordinarily expensive to work. Not in a goldfield. No cadet. Open country. Within a goldfield. No cadet. David Barron. Gimmerburn, Maniototo, Naseby, Kyeburn, Lauder, St. Bathans, Poolburn, &c. John Langinuir. Benger, Teviot, Tuapeka W., Tuapeka E., Waipori, and Maungatua E. H. Wilmot. Shotover, Skipper's Creek, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bart, &c. D. M. Calder. Moeraki, Awamoko, AA'oodland 5,065 28 1/ 253 19 6 27 109! 10/ 54 10 0 2,184 77 3/6 382 4 0 175 12 10 883 1 7 287 * 2 7 10 4,021 32 1/lf 229 0 5 1,590 -10! 4/4} 347 12 5 7 6 5 2 43 16 0 49 10 0 657 5 5 Partly bush country. Cadet assisting. 2,552 71| 4M8 557 12 2 182 17 0 653 11 4 Rough, open country. All spotting surveys. On the goldnelds. No cadet. Native reserve. Bush, and hilly; difficult to lay off in exact areas to suit Natives. AVoodland District, covered with dense forest. No cadet. Heavy bush land. No cadet. 2,910 24| 2/4§ 344 7 1 1,147| 58 2-94 168 2 0 0 0 49 16 0 585 15 2 W. D. R. McCurdie. Glenomaru and Catlins Temporary Surveyors. 3. Mackenzie. Glenomaru .. 5,000: 41 2/2J 552 17 0 I 1-4 11 8 7 16 0 0 32 6 0 572 4 0 50 1 9 50 1 9 Mr. Mackenzie left the Department before he had finished any surveys in the field. All heavy bush. Ditto. John Edie. Glenomaru 0. 1). Price. Glenomaru 2,510 2,363 16 13 2/4| 2/7 301 6 6 305 5 5 I 9 16 10 207 19 10 199 12 10 Contract Surveyors. 3-. M. Barr. Clutha .. :i. Mackenzie. AVaipahi •• i 130 0 0 155 0 0 130 0 0 40 0 0 96 13 6 Clutha River survey. Open land. Railway Reserve. Native Reserve, AVaikouaiti. Ditto. EL W. Reid, Maniototo ,. .. 2,410! 15 '/9 I 2 3 3 0 6 6 090 X 6| Fee System. Charles Banks. Ahuriri John Cumine. Maerewhenua 3-. M. Barr. Cromwell and Bannockburn Robert Hay. Budle, Hummock, &c. .. H. AV. Reid. Maniototo and Swinburn L. D. Macgeorge. Lauder, Cairnhill, &c. L. 0. Beal, jun. Nevis, Lorn, Cardrona John Edie. Greenvale 4,887 2 11 48 21 1 3 2/4 15/7* 5 12 0 16 8 0 40 159 1,636 500 643 1,120 17 10 0 45 14 0 531 19 0 23 8 0 170 13 6 340 5 6 5 12 0 33 18 0 92 10 0 531 19 0 28 11 0 170 13 6 78 17 6 4 0 0 An application to purchase. Open country. Open, rough, broken country. Ditto. Open country. Open country ; very rough. Ditto. An application to purchase. 5 1 20/7 5 3 0 1 4 58 1 21 28 8/9 5/9 6/6 im 5/31 6/1 8 1 26"/8 4 "o 0 Means and totals .. 287! 2 2 7 10 132,040 238 1-75 |2,801 2 3 27: 109 10/ 54 10 0 1,147 5S: 2-94 168 2 10,424 307 m 2,416 18 7 14-4 6 14 8} 96 19 6^ 0 0 673 1 8 5,833 3 11

Staff. '. Hay. Pegasus, Lord's River, Mason, and Paterson District 874; 19 6/10 299 19 6 864 4 0 £186 8s. 8d. carried forward from last year. The mining areas (tin) were densely bush-clad. In progress, some 55,000 acres of minor triangulation over country largely scrub-clad, topography and measurement of base-line included; cadet assisting. Work done on ground cost to date £720 Is. 6d. Surveyor chiefly engaged in Otago District. In progress, say 10 sections, embracing 2,500 acres, Waikawa District; partly bush. Cost to date, £140 5s. 4d. No cadet. Comprising 13 special claims, &c, 1 coal area, 17 saw-mill areas, and 5 purchases. . Strauchon 20 14 7 160 19 ll| 255 vn Fee System. \ S. Miller. Invercargi.il, New River, Kingston, Forest Hill, Campbelltown, Longwood, Eyre, Nokomai, Oteramika, Otara, and Waikawa -I. R. Dundas. Pegasus, Waikawa, Longwood, Takitimo, and Oteramika . Blaikie. Toetoes, Pegasus, Paterson's, Alton, Lindhurst, Eyre, Nokomai, and Anglem -V. Sharp. Longwood, AVaikaia, Forest Hill, Invercargill, and Eyre N. Hay. Longwood, NewRiver, Mabel, Winton, Invercargill, Wyndham, &c. . Dalgleish. Eyre 4,025 357 225 22! 2 1/11-4 3/4-4 2/3-2 393 0 0 00 3 3 25 10 0 1,896 1,136 38014 38 23 7/2-7 5/8-6 6/5-7 137 4 0 542 7 2 367 19 6 1.136 4 6 607 10 5 388 14 6 Comprising 7 special claims, 31 mining sections (tin), and 4 pur- - chases. Comprising 15 special claims and gold-mining leases, 7 tin-mining areas, 1 kaoline area, 1 saw-mill area, and 1 purchase. 1,433 10 2/2-2 156 18 8 277 6/1-6 84 19 0 028 S 5 Comprising 7 special claims, 1 coal area, and 10 purchases, the latter mostly in bush. Comprising 13 saw-mill areas and 1 purchase. 1,680 14 2/0-8 174 4 0 150 14 0 200 1 1/8 16 13 4 Pees paid privately by applicant (purchase). Total .. 7,920 53 2/1 826 9 3| 25; 1/7*1 20 14 7 4,563; 102 6/3-3 1,432 9 2 3,936 15 9