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No. 6 — continued. —Return of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Sueveyors, from Ist April, 1892, to 31st March, 1893. LAND DISTRICT OF MARLBOROUGH.

Topographical Survey. Minor Triangulation. Topographical Survey for Selection under the Land Act. Rural and Suburban. 'own Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Eoads, Eailways, and Waterraces. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st April, 1892, to 31st March, 1893. Surveyor and District. Eh =* S.<_ ag <_ S Total Cost. Acres. -•=> S Total Cost. 00 Acres. 6 | rU 0) ""a r, . 1-1 3, Cost per 0 g Allotment. £.2 CO o ■ •go . Eh O O IS Eh ft £ Total ■S3 Cost. O <m _ CD . O g Ph _ O-0 -go Total Cost. o_ O 5 Cost per 1 Mile. Eemarks. Acres. Id h- 5 Total Cost. Acres. 0<H O Eh - . Eh O Total Cost. Acres. Total Cost. Acres. Acres. 'otal Cost. Cost. Staff. R. F. Goulter. Wakamarina and Tennyd. £ s. d. a. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. s. d. 2/4 £ s. d. 199 12 0 £ s. a. £ s. a. s. d. £ s. d. A. R. P. s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a, £ s. d. £ s. d. 321 0 11 1,694 3 Steep hilly country, covered with heavy bush. No cadet. Left the service 31st August, 1892. Mostly steep broken country; heavy bush ; expensive district. No cadet. Five sections revised. Transferred to Marlborough 31st December, 1892. Steep hills ; dense scrub intermixed with timber. son F. E. Greenfield. Wakamarina 1,833 10 1/10 168 0 6 5 9 2 I 218 9 8 Authorised. A. D. Wilson. Orieri 550 2/ 55 0 0 55 0 0 •• Contract. Wilson and Dobson. Wakamarina and Tennyson J. A. Robertson. Wakamarina and Tennyson J. A. Robertson. Wakamarina ana Tennyson Means and totals 24,000 2 204 0 0 3,007 10 2/4 : .. 350 0 0 350 0 0 Special settlement, part flat and terrace ; partly hill, bush country. Extension of triangulation. Heavy bush. 5,148 39 3/5 j 879 9 0 .. .. •• 20 19 0 1,090 17 6 Terrace, hill, and flat; bush country. I 24,OOP! 2 204 0 0 .. I i 12,232! 70 1/3 i 1,652 1 26 8 2i 2,035 8 1 Less £91 13s. 2d., fees paid on surveys. LAND DISTRICT IF N. ILS< >N. J. Snodgrass. Kawatiri, Ngakawau, and Mokihinui J. Montgomerie. Reefton, Mawhera-iti, Burnet, &o. R. T. Sadd. Waitapu, Takaka, Totaranui, Aorere, &c. J. D. Thompson. Pakawa, Aorere, and Waitapu F. S. Smith and D. J. Barron. Waiau, Lyndon, Mandamus, Mythohm, &c. F. E. Greenfield. Motueka, Kaiteriteri, Wai-iti, and Wangapeka Means and totals 1,740 7 409 6 3/9* 329 15 1 99 184 0 15 0 138 0 0 103 0 0 5 8/4| 43 15 6 6/5 38 16 5 131 0 0 614 14 1 Rough bush country. No cadet. Within a goldfield, 4/11 100 12 8 9 109 0 16 7-7 90 14 2 121 0 0 0 8| 7 1 4* 61 17 1 381 15 4 600 6 9 Ditto. 8,290 83 4,582 37 1/1.11 820 9 11 21 0 0 1 4/7 4 16 5 175 11 3 531 2 6 Rough bush country. No cadet. 2/0* 468 15 0 60 0 0 2 6/6* 19 13 0 3 11 0 493 3 8 Ditto. 814 30 5/2* 212 11 6 27 33 0 10 0 16 10 0 343 1 9 1,259 11 11 Open country, mountainous. No cadet. F. S. Smith three months on sick leave; D. J. Barron one month on sick leave. About half heavy bush, remainder fern and scrub ; hilly country. Transferred to Marlborough, January, 1893. 5,457 31 1/5 388 16 5 8 0 0 6 0 0 16 5 0 416 1 10 I '' 21,2921 194 2/2-1 2,321 0 7 135 326 0 15 0-5 245 4 2 305 0 0 14 7/ ,107 1 4 9J: 7 2 10 67 17 1 1,051 4 4 3,915 0 9 Contract Surveyors. J. B. Saxon. Whakapuaka, Wh_.ngam.oa, French Pass, Kaiteriteri, &c. G. B. Sinclair. Wangapeka and Waimea A. P. Rawson. Motueka, Wangapeka .. C. Lewis. Kaiteriteri and Takaka 3,539 32 1,685 12 1,264 14 607 6 520 13 9 Rough bush country. Not in goldfield. 2/2 386 16 0 1/101 2/10| 2/7 157 15 4 183 8 0 78 16 6 167 1 10 242 17 1 13 0 9 Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Means and totals 7,095 64 2/3-2 806 15 10 943 13 5 Fees paid on surveys, £1,209 14s. 6d. Grand means and totals 28,387J 258 2/2-4 3,127 16 5 135, 326 0 15 0-5 245 4 2 I 305 0 0 14 7 107 1 4 9*| 7 2 10 67 17 1 1,051 4 4j 4,858 14 2| LAND DISTRICT OF WES' 'LAND. Staff District Surveyor. W. G. Murray. Arnold, Hohonu, Tekinga, Turiwhate, Otira, Toaroha Totara, Whitcombe Pass, and Murray Survey Districts Staff Assistant Surveyor. W. Wilson. Bruce Bay, Gillespie's, Clarke, Governor's Pass, Haast Pass, Mataketake, Okuru, Turiwhate, Wills, Mount Cook, Karangarua, and Moorehouse Survey Districts Authorised Surveyor (Contract Svrveyor). rohn. N. Smyth. Kanieri, Turiwhate, Hohonu, and Waimea Survey Districts. 42,900 /0-43 76 17 0 3,320 /3-14 43 8 2 8,238 22 126 1 2 2,700 16 ] 1/9* 2/4-5 737 17 0 320 13 10 | 26 0 0 19 10 0 54 19 8 987 15 2 Heavily wooded, broken, hilly country, and wet climate; most expensive district. Goldfields. No cadet assisting. 38,800 /0-4 65 13 10 4,000 /!_ 20 16 8 12,000 /2-52 5J 30 17 1 162 0 0 3 10 0 789 12 0 , Also heavily wooded country, wet climate, and expensive goldfields district. No cadet assisting. Isolated surveys between an extreme limit of 252 miles, principally over rough bridle or bush roads; road surveys over bad country in short lengths and widely distributed. 466 6 3/1-4 72 12 0 25 0 0 10/9j! 13 9 0 86 1 0 Scattered section surveys, Midlana Railway land selections, and isolated gold-mining surveys ; heavily wooded country. Expen- • sive goldfields district. Means and totals 81,700/0-4 142 10 lol 4,000J /lj| 20 16 8 jl5,320| 1/2-651 169 9 4 11,404 44 2/ 1,131 2 10 .. 25 0 0 Jredit for refunds su: :| 10/9J 1 13 9 0 fees, ordinary Mid! 6 j 30 5 0 land Railway lai 181 10 0 58 9 8 tids and goldfields .. 1,863 8 2 829 19 3 1,033 8 11 :vey AND DISTRICT 0! CAN' 'er: UR' Staff Surveyors. r. S. Welch. Ashley, Selwyn, Mackenzie /2-6 189 16 0 J 8,284 1 52 14 2 /11'7 13/3 *403 17 0 t34 9 2 I 140 13 7 18 148 11 122 19 10 122 19 10 613 4 7|* Includes the completion of Midland Block L., and part of LIV. Hilly pastoral country; river traverses in deep gorges. Also the completion of Block LXIL, situated on the plain, t Among sandhills on the coast, surrounded by old surveys. 1 81 5 6 702 9 11 I Includes final survey of Station Peaks, S.G. Runs. Cost of road survey includes supervision of the works. 0 27 1 4 604 1 9 § Inspection and survey of Midland Blocks LXIV., LXVII.,LXX., LXXI. Hilly pastoral land ; Block LXIV. on plains. Sectional surveys on the Tresterton Estate, and on the Peninsula Hills. 81 16 11 609 9 6: The section surveys situated on the Ashburton Plains. Topographical and selection surveys ; rough broken hills, with bush in gullies, and surrounded by old surveys. 204 9 9 210 8 11 || Subdivision of Ashwick Flat, Run No 16. Hilly pastoral country; back portion mountainous. Joined the staff as temporary surveyor, 1st November, 1892. 143 14 4 86 8 6 Unfinished section surveys, Hunter Hills; pastoral country, with bush in deep gullies. Joined the staff as temporary surveyor 17th January, 1893. 61 5 4 19 12 10; Boundary and triangulation survey (unfinished) of the Cheviot Estate. Joined the staff as temporary surveyor, 24th February 1893. 55 8 5 16 13 4 Boundary and unfinished road surveys on the Cheviot Estate. Joined the staff as temporary surveyor, 1st March, 1893. 51 3 1 13 19 7 Survey of small-grazing run ; terraced land in the Alford district. — : Joined the staff as temporary surveyor, 6th March, 1893. l| 829 4 6 2,876 8 11 116,831 r. N. Brodrick. Geraldine, Waimate, Mackenzie 3-. H. M. McClure. Selwyn, Akaroa .. 39,108 /3-1 J508 18 0 2 14 0 13 10 0 23 2 10 140 13 1, 81 5 6 33 9i 6i .. .. j 14,930 7,835 8 04 /4-4 1/1-6 §278 15 7 445 12 8 I 31 12 0 7 18 0 27 1 4 E_. 0. Mathias. Ashburton, Geraldine.. 2,330 /1-4 13 10 4 2,335 /6'6 64 12 4 10,056 /9-3 390 9 5 81 16 11 r. Stevenson. Mackenzie 30,370 ||55 17 6 204 9 9 /0-44 r. Roddick. Waimate 143 14 4 L Cunningham. Cheviot 61 5 4 _. C. Taylor. Cheviot • • • 55 8 5 vV. H. Reid. Ashburton 51 3 1 Means and totals 32,7001 I/0-51J 69 7 10| J19.165J /3-2 254 8 4 80,2651 2071 /6-17J 2,062 1 5l H. 2 14 0 13 10 Oj 6§ 23 6 0 17—C. 1.