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EEPOET. In framing this report, I purpose making it as concise as possible, and shall therefore present general aspects of the work performed during the year, leaving details to be found in the various tables and appendices accompanying. The volume of work performed is rather less than that of last, year. This is due, in the case of the regular staff, in large measure to the fact that no fewer than seven surveyors and five survey cadets enlisted and went to the front. Another factor has been the weather, which during (he past year lias been exceptionally boisterous, thus militating against survey operations. In consequence of this, also, the cost per acre of surveys has somewhat advanced on last year's figures, but is still quite satisfactory. A summary of the work performed during the year is given in the following tables : —

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Table B.

Triangulation. Very slow progress has been made witli this work, on which there has been only one observer, and, owing to illness' and bad weather, his efforts have been somewhat spasmodic. As is pointed out in Mr. Langmuir's report (see appendix), if this work is to make satisfactory progress the staff of observers must be increased. It is hoped that this coming year this work, which is an important one, will be pushed on with vigour on the lines suggested in his report,

Class of Work. Area. Cost per Acre. Total Cost. Triangulation, by staff surveyors Topographical, by staff surveyors Rural, by staff surveyors Rural, by licensed surveyors Rural, by licensed surveyors (cost not available) Village and suburban, by staff surveyors Town, by staff surveyors Town, by licensed surveyors Native Land Court, by staff surveyors Native Land Court, by licensed surveyors Native Land Court, by licensed surveyors (costs paid by applicants) Golcl-mining, by staff surveyors Gold-mining, by licensed surveyors (costs paid by applicants) Roads, by staff surveyors Roads, by licensed surveyors Roads, by licensed surveyors (costs not available) . . Aores. 146,443 218,101 430,562 20,050 12,862 5,514 105* 104$ 102,080 383,735 31,008 l-70d. 2-32d. l-97s. 2-57s. £ s. d. 1,034 15 4 2,109 2 7 42,316 17 4 2,579 17 9 7-1 Is. 23-67s.f 22-35s.| 15-22d. 16-87d. 1,961 1.1 1 300 13 11 34 13 0 6,475 13 6 26,988 3 3 98 2,275 9-75s. 47 16 0 233 miles 24 „ 15 „ £22-16§ £29-46§ 5,162 14 2 707 3 4 * In 254 seotions. t Per sootion. t.l thirty-one sections. § Per mil

. District. t> - a Native Land Rural Surveys. Court Surveys . Auckland Hawke's Bay Wellington .. Taranaki Nelson Marlborough. . Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland Aores. Aores. 151,517 280,507 50,086 100,770 34,499 86,993 35,302 44,950 113,445 159 11,735 1,308 9,555 8,576 186 9,585 534 39,173 1,416 Aores. 280,507 100,770 86,993 44,950 159 1,308 186 534 1,416 Totals 463,473 516,823