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TABLE No. 48.—RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897— continued. LAND DISTRICT OF TARANAKI.

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Surveyor and District. Majoi Trial igulation. Mino} and Topi ■Trii >grai insulation >hical Survey. Topogi befoi tl ■aphii fe Sui ie La] :al Selection 'vey under id Act. Itural and Su! mrban. 'own Section Sui *vey. Nati' 'e Land Coui rt Survey. Roads, Rail and Water-ra Iways, Lees. Detention by Native Opposit'n or other Causes. Total Cost Other Work. o f Surveyor and Party from 1st April, 1896, to Cost. 31st March, 1897. Remarks. Acres. Total Cost. Acres. 8 . is O Total Cost. Acres. 8 . a© g o Total Cost. oi u og p,j Acres. „- «S m o Total Cost. Acres. «-. § Cost per ° 3 Allotment ill j Total Cost. Acres. k OO ¥ Total Cost. i a m Cost per Mile. Total Cost. Cost. Staff Surveyors. H. M. Skeol, District Surveyor. Kapara, Opaku, Taurokawa, Ngaire, Hawera, Ngatimaru, Aria, Ohura, Mahoe, Pouatu, and Omara G. H. Bullard, District Surveyor. Egmont, Cape, Ngaire, and Omona d. 0-25 £ s. d. 781 18 6 Q. £ s. d. a. £ s. d S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. & s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. 90 12 0 £ s. d. 912 0 0 J. F. Frith, Assistant Surveyor. Taurakawa 750,000 13,000 1,615 0-65 35 0 0 20 3 9 11,584 5,334 4( 2 3-2 1 8'7 1,814 0 9 460 2 9 10 6| 9 0 0 13 3 1 90 0 0 \ 88 15 8 5 0 0 ! 16 0 0 53 2 4 37 13 0 752 0 0 377 0 0 724 0 0 Very broken, heavily-bushed country, difficult of access at present. No cadet assisting. " Other work " includes two inspections of the Ratatoniokia Block and one of two portions of the Taurnatamahoe Block surveys, and of survey of Pukengahu Road in land transfer subdivision. Heavily-bushed country. Cadet assisting for four months. " Other work" consists of searching for old survey-marks outside of block (re Patua Block exchange), defining radius-line, and inspecting a proposed road-line surveyed by Mr. O'Donahoo in Native block. Section-survey of Kaitangiwhenua Block; 25,000 acres in band. Broken, heavily-bushed country. No cadet assisting. "Other work" covers subdivision of a village section (Matapouri), and six months' furlough on half-pay. Heavily-bushed country. No cadet assisting. 11,000 acres. Section-survey also well advanced. "Other work" consisted of alterations sections in Tongaporutu Village and Improved-farm Settlement caused by road-devia-tions, definition of some small deviations (road), surveys of signal-station and wharf-sites in Native blocks, &c. Section-survey, revisional resurvey. " Other work " comprises replacement of trig, stations, land transfer survey inspections, inspections of disputed boundaries (Taumaha and Hurstihouse Roads), survey of a short road-devia-tion, &c. W. T. Morpeth, Assistant Surveyor. Mimi, Awakino North, Upper Waitara, and Tainui 1( W. H. Skinner, Office Surveyor. Paritutu, Waimate, Cape, Egmor t, Ngaire, Hawora, and Ngatimaru 100 2 3-1 11 6 4 99 15 8 111 0 0 Temporary Surveyors. A. G. Allom, Assistant Surveyor. Waro and Mimi 71 5 4 144 0 0 43 0 0 294 0 0 Heavily-bushed, broken country. No cadet assisting. Expensive district. " Other work " consisted of cutting of 180 chains of back boundary-lines. Mr. Allom resigned after four months' service. Densely-bushed, broken country. No cadet assisting. 5,000 acres of sectionsurvey also in hand. "Other work" comprised measurement of co-operative bushfelled areas, improved-farm setlements, 6,550 acres on 31 sections ; the exploration of Whangamomona Valley; and cutting of 22 miles of rough walking-tracks therefor, &c. Densely-bushed, broken country. No cadet assisting. In addition to work scheduled, 3,800 acres section-survey field-work completed, but plans not yet finished. Densely-bushed, broken country. No cadet assisting. 6,0.00 acres section-survey well in hand "Other work" comprised measurement of co-operative bushfelled areas, improved-farm settlements, 1,033 acres in 44 sections. Densely-bushed, broken country. No cadet assisting. Section-survey of 17,000 acres also in hand. Cost of isolated road-survey of one mile enhanced by a ridge-traverse for connection and proving purposes. Densely-bushed, broken country. No cadet assisting. Cost of this survey was considerably enhanced by the necessity of rerunning and regrading road-lines, and the expensive nature of district. Mr. Prentice terminated his engagement with department on completion of block. Densely-bushed, broken country. No cadet assisting. 3,649 acres section-survey in 23 sections well in hand, 1,000 acres being finished and plotted, but plan not sent in, as it will cover when finished the whole area noted. " Other work " comprised redefinition of old railway survey boundaries, and measurement of co-operative bushfelled areas, improved-farm settlements, 727 acres on 44 sec lions. Survey and grading of cross-road (extension of Carrington Road) between Hangatahua and Waiweranui Streams. 601 2 4-4 6j 22 3 1 C. Finnerty, Assistant Surveyor. Pouatu, Mahoe, and Ngatimaru 5,000 41 13 4 4,843 2 11 706 18 0 57 7 2 705 0 0 If Percy Holt, Assistant Surveyor. Omona, Kapara, and Opaku 24 145 0 0 856 16 4 683 0 0 13,600 14,181 62 1 2J W. Laing, Assistant Surveyor. Pouatu, Mahoe, and Ngatimaru 36 3 0 319 0 0 W. H. Murcott, Assistant Surveyor. Waitara and Upper Waitara 5,433 17 2 0 543 6 0 1 30 0 0 30 0 0 709 0 0 N. Prentice, Assistant Surveyor. Ohura and Aria 5,622 5 7 1,573 13 8 491 0 0 26 L. C. Sladden, Assistant Surveyor. Ngatimaru, Pouatu, Upper Waitara, and Mahoe 35,000 150 0 0 10 5 3 136 0 0 85 0 0 737 0 0 1-3 13J Authorised Surveyor. A. O'N. O'Donahoo. Cape 15 0 0 1J 10 0 0l 15 0 0 750,000 0-25 781 18 6 68,215 1-8 391 17 1 47,698 181 2-32s. 5,537 9 2 89 12 18 4 503 15 8 5 0 0 518 13 2 £6,829 0 0 DISTR: :ct of 'ELLi: )N. L. Smith (Miscellaneous) 624 17 11 734 0 0 Inspecting, land valuations, revision surveys, &c. Transferred to Gisborne, March, 1897. Mr. Climie was employed chiefly on standard survey work during the year—viz., Palmerston North, Petone, and Lower Hutt. Mr. Murray was ill during the period he was engaged in this district, and returned no work. Transferred to Napier in May, 1896. Sectional area also included practically a revision survey of 5,58C acres additional. "Other work " includes an item of £134 19s. Id., revision survey. Cadet assisting. Triangulation chiefly in back forest country; difficult of access. Employed in the upper Waimarino country ; difficult of access. Sectional area comprised small grazing-runs, Retaruke ; boundaries chiefly compass traverses; further road-access required. Forest country, Awarua Block. J. D. Climie. Bolmont, Kairanga, &c... 130 2 10 I-β 65 IS 8 282 5 10 774 0 0 W. D. B. Murray 79 0 0 F. A. Thompson. Tiffin, Mt. Adams, &o. 3,064 8 o 1175! 150 0 0 36 14 0 10 505 6 4 273 8 11 708 0 0 H.J.Lowe. Ruahine, Umutoi, &c. .. P. A. Dalzioll. Retaruke, &c. 451,000 1-17 2,206 3 5 31,095 0 5-8 684'l5 6 'l33 3 "oi 2o"o 0 205 5 0 787 0 0 941 0 0 8 i J. McKay. Hautapu, Pukeokahu, &o. J. G. Littlejohn. Mikimiki, Kopuaranga, &c. C. A. Mountfort. Manganui, Makotuku, &o. H. J. Lewis. Ikitara, &c. 10,344 58 2 0-6 1,065 3 2 105 16 6 66 7 0 2,864 21 0 0 6-9 16-3 18 16 10 3 11 7 130 0 0 58 6 4 10 0 232 3 10 661 0 0 648 0 0 50 1 1 7 11,551 58 2 8-8 1,579 4 0 16 10 14 11 171 19 0 46 6 8 715 0 0 Forest country, Waimarino; difficult of access. 347 2 0 11-3 16 7 0 479 16 9 468 0 0 Under the heading of " Other work " £467 0s. Id. has been spent on Wanganu River improvement and engineering surveys for the River Trust. Forest country, Waimarino. Transferred to Auckland, September, 1896. Transferred to Auckland, July, 1896. " Other work " includes £89 12s. 8d. while acting as Crown Lands Ranger. A. A. Seaton. Manganui, Kaitieke, &c. A. J. Mountfort. Makotuku, &c. P. R. Earle. Mt. Cerberus, &c. J. Dickie H. Maitland. Maungakaretu, Ohinewairua J. M. Morice. Hautapu, Ruahine, &o. H. 3. Biggs. Pukeokahu, &a. 21,262 9-7 861 0 4 3,300 0 ' 8-7 120 8 2 'k 21 0 '5 0 0 11 2 3 "5 0 39 0 0 10-2 9 *6 3 95 - 'o 0 75"o 0 135 17 8 435 0 0 375 0 0 532 0 0 104 0 0 784 0 0 "l 13 70 788 "8 1 ' 3-6 51 4 5 82-3 8 6 11 687*'1 6 14*'l 0 19.020 14,564 22 55 0 11-1 1 2-8 882 14 1 898 8 1 562 364 139 200 2 15 4 1 19 '£ 384 8 4 i391 18 1! Forest country, Awarua Block. Chiefly forest country, Awarua Block. 733 0 0 Total staff surveyors 451,000 1-17 2,206 3 5 21,262 9-7 861 0 4 94,073 215 1 1-9 5,448 4 5 1055J 472 1 17 6 884 18 5 3,127 0 8-2 106 15 8 167-7 9 16 1,647 13 2 2,392 11 7 10,062 0 0 Native blocks, Wanganui River, in which the Crown ia interested. Richardson and Reardon. Ikitara, WaHgaehu, &c. H. J. Wylde. Moutere A. P. Rawson. Mikimiki J. A. Thorpe. Nukumaru Kennedy Brothers. Motupuha and Ohinewairua Mason and Richmond. Kaitawa 550 Q 8 ' 3-6 9015 0 3° 32 0 15 5 24 14 35,045 25 0 7'6 1,110 12 0 3-1 4 15-8 5 19 a 20 ii 11 5 19 7 20 4 7 82"7 8 94 10 0 1,853 0 0 44 0 0 11 0 0 82 0 0 95 0 0 Foxton Sanatorium. 50 0 103 0 0 Revision and traverse work, Ngarara Block, required for Native Land Court. Total contract surveyors 232 550 3 3-6 90 15 0 20 32 0 15 5 24 14 6; 35,045 25 0 7-6 1,110 12 0 8 9 11 197 2 3 50 0 0 2,188 0 0 Grand totals 451,000 1-J7 2,206 3 5 21,262 9-7 861 0 4 94,623 217 1 2 5,538 19 1075} 504 1 16 1 909 12 11 38,17! 29 0 7-7 1,217 7 8 190-9 9 13 3 1,844 15 5 2,442 11 7 12,250 0