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Table 1. —RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1907, to 31st March, 1908.

Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Rural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Survey. Gold-mining Survey. Koads, Railways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st April, 1907, to 31st March, 1908. Surveyor and District. Remarks. Acres. m S Acre. L,| Acres. S SI SB Acres, |I }j Acres. ,--. || i Cost per Mile. Cost. ,AND DIS' RIOT OF AU< IKLAN Staff Surveyors. J. Langrauir. Auckland d. s. I B. s. £ I £ 8. d. 105 10 5 £ s. d. 1,211 3 5 G. A. Martin. Mangakahia, &c. .. H. D. M. Haszard. Thames, &c. W. J. Wheeler. Motatau, &o. .. R. S. Galbraith. Piako, &c. J. B. Thompson. Patetere, <feo. .. A. Wilson. Otanake, &o. A. G. Allom. Waiawa A. Stretton. Opotiki H. F. Edgeoumbe. Whakatane, &c. A. A. Seaton. Waoku, &c. A. J. Mountfort. KawhiaN.andS. H. M. Kensington. Patetere 77,000 •2,508 ♦21,458 •1,722 033 101 205 1-53 - 1,383 1,729 2,438 10,428 2,137 1,777 10,583 2,450 2,401 2,357 •• 14 13 16 95 15 •• 4 54 21 4 1 3-53 112 1-88 018 3-17 3-99 1-31 3-45 200 1-25 Qβ 252 11-75 565 24-00 •• 11-00 2-60 12-50 2-97 7-00 10-55 6-72 28*4 13-88 13-59 29-55 15-11 22-52 34-95 285 1 0 540 19 8 219 6 8 312 16 1 250 9 9 37 6 0 137 3 7 66 15 10 153 14 11 154 4 4 494 5 0 567 16 8 1,313 2 7 787 17 0 1,219 12 3 739 8 10 538 12 10 738 12 0 1,002 2 11 785 7 8 790 0 7 83-2 2 6 Engaged on Auckland City standard. " Other work " is inspection, &c. Rough bush-cutting. " Other work " is reports, <fec. Retired 31st December, 1907. Open. "Other work" is principally inspection, valuation reports, <tc. Bush and open. Has 3E.000 acres Maori Land Board work in progress. Open and swamp. " Other work " is underground survey of Taupiri Mines, &o. Mostly open. "Other work" is various duties, reports, &c. Bush and open. Road-work principally for Roads Department. Rough bush country. Very broken bush country. Mostly open. Includes portion Waimana Settlement. Mostly heavy bush. Mostly bush. Opeu. "Rural" is work done in previous year, now mappfd Engaged on Auckland standard survey nil the year. Broken ; heavy bush. Bush and open. Transferred to New Plymouth. Heavy bush and open. Includes portion Waimana Settlement. M.,stly "Other work" principally reports, &c, for Waiariki Maori Land Board. Very broken bush. Mostly bush. Bush and open. Scattered surveys. Open. Office survey. Op.-n. Subdivision Manukau Harbour endowment. Office survey. "l - •• .. •• .. .. J. Jj. D'Aroy Irvine. Rotorua, &o. L. Jackson. Wuangaruru 4,696 1,245 12 0 3-5:1 4-76 •• ■• •• 11-50 15 50 82 2 0 72 0 0 795 17 0 233 19 7 V. I. Blake. Whakatane, <fec. .. 5,980 10 317 0 17 1410 10-00 24-59 109 5 5 775 8 4 - H. T. Mitchell. Maketu, &c. 21 ■2 23-95 3,439 28 24-63 3-00 248 173 5 1 646 13 0 P. E. Byrne. Waioeka, &o. W. G. O'Neill. Maungataniwha, &c. P. S. Sherratt. Whaingaroa, &c. T. K. Thompson. Hukerenui W. C. Spenoer. Titiraugi 7,025 845 516 48 362 11 8 11 1 33 2-67 5-40 4-75 6-72 • 13,494 "l '2-00 '5-50 1-93 60*58 3358 10 3 5 61 17 9 46 14 4 17 1 3 11 14 8 780 7 6 657 1 9 530 3 10 28 9 3 133 8 2 " - - - •• •■ •• .. • • .. • • • • •To| ihical Burve;