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TABLE No. 8.—RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1893, to 31st March, 1894— continued. LAND DISTRICT OF TARANAKI.

Minor Triangulation. Topographical Survey for Selection under i " The Land Act, 1892." Rural and Sul .urban. To' Section Sui rey. Native Li md Court Survey. told-i lining Surveys. Roads, Railways, and Water-races. Detention by Native Opposit'n or other Causes. _,. ... , Total Cost Other Work. OI Surveyor and Party mV Surveyor and District. Remarks. © . © . a« , no Acres. ■& 3 Total Cost. I Acres. -£ g Total Cost. Acres. &•& 01 _ . AID _i O Total Cost. |Acres. I l-H t_ <_ k Cost per Allotment.. Total Cost. ! g • © i> Acres. «mQ o 0 E. _. Pi © ■g 5 Total Cost. O O H _l k 0 H © . *>S 1 Total Cost. o< O Dp © ! a Cost per Mile. Total Cost. Cost. Cost. — from lst April, 1893, to 31st March, 1894. Staff Surveyors. H. M. Skeet, District Surveyor. Upper Waitara and Ngaire P. A. Dalziell. Ngatimaru d. £ s. a. d. £ s. d. 11,560 28 s. d. 1 8? £ s. d. 982 8 0 s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. _ s. d. £ s. d.j 67 5 ll 1 £ s. d. 964 18 4 21 11 8 21 11 8 Very broken and heavily timbered country (Upper Waitara); difficult of access at present. No cadet assisting. Completing plans, _c, before transfer to Wellington. G. H. Bullard. Omona, Ngaire, and Taurakawa E. W. Buckeridge. Ngatimaru and Omona J. F. Frith. Taurakawa 71 24 7 5 1| 17 0 10 176 14 0 14 4 6 768 7 4 Very broken and heavily timbered country, and expensive on account of the difficulty in getting supplies. No cadet assisting. Very broken and heavily timbered country, and expensive on account of the difficulty in getting supplies. No cadet assisting. Preparing Rawhitiroa Block for settlement (35,000 acres). Minor trig., topographical section —survey and roading. Also, at present, expensive district; difficult of access and heavily bushed. No cadet assisting. Heavily timbered country ; broken but easy of access. No cadet assisting. 22,325 13 122 3 9 5,022 25 1 llj 486 18 5 29 16 6 660 2 10 .. .. 792 9 7 W. T. Morpeth. Egmont 4,449 If If 29 17 3 1,936 3 6 339 13 2 43 2 0 306 18 6 W. H. Skinner, Office Surveyor. Paritutu, Ngaere, and Waitara Temporary Surveyors. W. H. Murcott. Upper Waitara 13J 4 10 120 3 8 87 16 5 i 6 14 4 3 7 2 13 14 10 52 13 5 Odd works in vicinity of New Plymouth. Standard and re-survey, part Town of Stratford. 6 0 480' 5,074 2 4 594 18 7 688 17 11 Very broken and heavily timbered country ; difficult to get supplies into at present. No cadet assisting. Road surveys in progress ; country broken and heavily timbered, but more accessible. Work started in December, 1893. Preparation of block for settlement commenced, but, in consequence of accident, surveyor recalled and work transferred to Mr. A. J. Allom. Work taken over as above. Very broken and heavily timbered country. C. E. Cooke. Mimi .. 174 3 10 J. R. Vaile. Ngatimaru and Omona .. 176 11 7 A. G. Allom. Ngatimaru and Omona .. 101 9 9 Percy Holt. Omona 17 7 0 281 11 0 Very broken and heavily timbered country, difficult of access. Contract Surveyors. C. Finnerty. Kapara 2,812 1 0| 150 0 0 150 0 0 11 Spotting selection before " surveys. A. H. Palmer and E. P. Clare. Opaku 2,725 1 2f 168 0 0 168 0 0 " Spotting selection before " surveys. R. H. Davies and L. C. Sladden. Waitara H. W. Climie .. .. R. H. Davies 141 2 6 17 12 6 17 12 6 " Spotting selection before " surveys. 219 16 11 155 14 0 26,774 1-361 152 1 0] |29,283J; 1 10jl 12,743 11 8l 480l 3 8 87 16 22 1 loj 209 17 8 I 9. 177 5 11 5,700 19 2l la: id dist: _ct of w: [GTi IN. Ll. Smith (General) .. 502 3 9 508 1 5 i Includes inspection duties; work in connection with valuation of land in special settlements, Crown and Native lands, &c. ; and examination of plans. i Master ton Reform Special Settlement, &c. Hilly forest country, difficult of access. Area is balance of block of 19,000 acres ; the average cost of whole, including preliminary survey, being Is. 8d. per acre. i Triangulation in the Awarua Block. Chiefly South Wairarapa roads. Salisbury and Delaware Special Settlements, &c, includes £284 16s. 2d., cost of back-pegging by Messrs. Robinson and Dunnage. Hilly forest country, somewhat difficult of access. Twenty-nine sections were village-settlement lots under 20 acres each, in three different localities. Eleven months in this district. Hunterville No. 3 Special Settlement. Hilly forest country, difficult of access. Includes expenditure of £237 10s. by Mr. J. H. Robertson; and £196 18s. lid. on unfinished road surveys in Marton Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks. Total cost is for six months only. 16,870 acres of sectional work on hand ; includes Rising Sun Special Settlement and adjoining lands. Has 23,600 acres sectional survey nearly completed except plans. Country covered with forest and difficult of access. Has 7,362 acres sectional work completed except plans. Forest country, difficult of access. Cost includes £206 13s. 4d., work done by Mr. Climie. Hilly forest country. Area is balance of block of 19,079 acres; average cost of whole, including preliminary survey, being Is. 8'2d. per acre. Hall Special Settlement Block. Hilly forest country. Exceptional length of roads required in proportion to area surveyed. Palmerston North Knights of Labour Special Settlement. Hilly forest country. Expenditure represents six months only. Hilly forest country, parts of Pahiatua Nos. 2 and 3 S.S. Blocks. £212 12s. 3d. spent on incomplete surveys, Pahiatua Nos. 1 and 2 S.S. Blocks. Sectional work embraces Fruitgrowers' Block, Waikanae, &c. £237 lis. 8d. backpegging Salisbury and Delaware Special Settlement Blocks. £214 7s. 5d. work done by Mr. Haszard at Waikanae. Hilly forest country. Somerville Special Settlement Block ; mostly forest country. J. D. Climie. Mt. Cerberus, Makuri, &c. •• 12,749 55 0 10-5 1 555 14 0 10 12 0 0 120 0 0 16 0 0 728 17 3 W. D. B. Murray. Ohinewairua, &c. .. P. A. Thompson. South Wairarapa H. J. Lowe. Apiti, &c. 30.00C 4-77 595 19 8 16 ,'441 150 1 9-5 .1,46914 4 12 24-15 6-68 11 7 4 16 12 7 16 3 9 136 8 5 402 5 4 110 17 10 160 12 0 90 10 0 8 10 932 12 8 726 15 1 740 2 2 P. A. Dalziell. Mangawhero, Ngamatea, Hautapu J. McKay. Tiriraukawa W. T. Morpeth. Hautapu 1,333 86 2 4-5 ' 158 10 1 4-40 8 16 36 6 9 65 17 9 623 18 9 9,445 6,760 82 16 1 10-1 1 9-4 871 7 4 604 4 7 316 1 2 0 31 12 0 '3-37 20 14 11 72**1 11 198**1 11 669 15 6 276 7 8 J. G. Littlejohn. Mt. Cerberus, &o. .. 27 13 0 658 16 4 C. A. Mountfort. Makotuku, &c. 9.50C 4 158 6 8 8! 9 4-4 38 8 0 106 14 3 664 7 7 H. J. Lewis. Karioi 3, IOC 9-4 120 16 0 220 2 0 11-8 10 17 0 33 15 11 604 0 0 T. W. Hughes. Puketoi 10,929 49 1 6-8 856 15 11 6-40 11 9 5 74 II 4 3 3 0 572 14 4 A. A. Seaton. Mangahao, &c. 3,409 31 3 8-5 631 14 11 3-10 20 0 0 62 10 0 29 16 0 703 2 4 R. B. Bristead. Tiriraukawa, &c. A.Simpson. Nukumaru and Wairoa .. A. J. Mountfort. Mt. Cerberus, &c. 12,071 1,130 6,440 70 14 34 1 9 1 7-5 1 11-6 1,050 19 8 92 2 3 632 7 5 13-40 18 9 3 2 31 16 5 123 13 0 572 15 2 687 2 0 560 10 1 590 7 0 212 12 3 W. H. Dunnage. Kaitawa, &c. 6,967 64 1 11-6 685 4 6 239 10 8 617 19 5 P. R. Earle. Umutoi, &c. H. Maitland. Maungakaretu, Tiriraukawa, &c. A. L. Poster. Aohanga C. C. Otway. Aohanga J. M. Morice. Hautapu, &c. 7,335 9,750 __ 60 2 8-9 2 2 1,006 14 11 1,056 12 5 9 10 17 "l 0 16 0 0 46 *8 0 630 11 10 813 15 0 "9 *35 2-72 7,009 38 I 3-5 458 17 10 13-62 15 13 4 215 8 6 581 10 2 666 9 0 641 10 8 Mekalickstone Special Settlement Block ; hilly forest country. 11,500 acres, Danevirke Special Settlement; broken forest country, well advanced. In addition to work returned, has since completed selection survey south of Kawatau, 6,300 acres. Has sectional survey, Marton Nos. 1 and 2 S.S. Blocks, 20,000 acres, well advanced. Has sectional survey, Pahiatua Nos. 1 and 2 S.S. Blocks, well advanced. Engineering surveys. Engineering surveys. A special exploration was required. 16*18 10 17 4 175 13 7 1 *4 0 J.Dickie. Hautapu, &c. H. J. Biggs. Mt. Cerberus, &c. C. E. O. Smith. Mangahao P. Fairburn. Hautapu Contract Surveyors. .. King. Mangahao, &c. J. Anderson. Kaitawa H. J. Wylde. Pohangina, Makuri, Mangahao, &c. Richardson and Reardon. Waipawa, &c. 7 20 0 0 140 0 0 17 17 6 632 4 8 540 9 3 19 0 0 34 16 0 5-24 3 12 18 1 53 12 5 68**8 0 160 17 4 0-46 7-13 43 9 7 13 11 3 25 0 0 97 3 0 121 4 0 Deviation of former road-line—special work. Engineering roads, Fruitgrowers' Block, Waikanae. Most of the roads, &c, had been surveyed by staff surveyors previously. 5*388 8 0 ' 71 160 13 0 160 13 3 55,000 0-44 100 0 0 •• 2,350 1 0 10-2 100 0 0 30 0 0 1,503 7 8 Triangulation, Ngawhakakupo, and Native Land Court subdivisions Awarua Block. Totals .. 85,000 1-95 695 19 12, 5-3 279 2 8 117,382 717 1 9-6 (10,302 10 2l 34 I17 : 9 6-5 55 12 0 2,666 0 11-8 131 12 156-82 16 14 2 2,640 8 2 !l,743 13 0 17,241 1 1