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Table A.

Table B.

Triangulations. As was indicated in last year's report would be the case, only such triangulation work has been undertaken as has been absolutely necessary for the connection and control of settlement surveys. Topographical. The principal items included under this heading are the preliminary surveys of kauri-gum lands in Auckland and of the Clayton Run in Canterbury. Standard Surveys. Work on these highly necessary surveys has been continued by Messrs. C. A. Mountfort, W. T. Neill, H. M. Kensington, and H. E. Girdleston in Napier, Dunedin, Auckland, and Wellington respectively. A certain amount of rural standard traverse has been done in Hawke's Bay and Canterbury, by Mr. C. A. Mountfort in the former and Mr. A. J. Mountfort in the latter. Settlement Surveys. Of these, which comprise Crown lands, land for settlements, and land for discharged soldiers, the bulk appears under the heading of " Rural " in Table A, the acreage there shown being 679,093 acres, and the remainder- includes village and suburban and town lands. The bulk, of the village and suburban (3,907 acres) in the Auckland District consisted of small holdings taken out of kauri-gum In Table B the rural acreage has been allocated to the various land districts,

Class of Work. Area. A ™?_.J_ 0St Total Cost. per Aore. Acres. £ s. d. Triangulation, by stall surveyors .. .. .. 5,200 2-94d. 63 16 0 Topographical, by staff surveyors .. .. 61,300 l-45d. 370 10 11 Rural, by staff surveyors .. .. 635,924 l-01s. j 32,011 11 5 Rural, by licensed surveyors .. .. .. 17,168 2-09s. 1.797 19 9 Rural, by licensed surveyors (costs not available) .. 26,001 Village and suburban, by staff surveyors .. ...... 4,494 4-22s. 948 13 4 Village and suburban, by licensed surveyors .. 10 16-00s. 8 0 0 Village and suburban, by licensed surveyors (costs not available) Town, by staff surveyors .. .. ;. 251 24-24s.* 407 7 6 (in 336 sections) Town, by licensed surveyors .. .. .. I 22 .. Not available. (in 5 sections) Town, by licensed surveyors (paid by applicants) . . 77 Native Land Court, by staff surveyors '.. 29,365 8-72d. 1,067 19 11 Native Land Court, by licensed surveyors .. 206,696 22-00cl. 18,945 I 9 Native Land Court, by licensed surveyors (paid by 11,451 applicants) Maori Land Board, by staff surveyors .. .. j 8,813 27-00d. 991 9 3 Mining, by licensed surveyors (paid by applicants) .. 2,842 Mining, by staff surveyors .. .. Roads, by stafi surveyors ■ .. .. 32612 miles £18-I8f 5,930 0 10 Roads, by licensed surveyors .. .. .. 69'5 „ £18-51 f 1,286 16 8 Roads, by licensed surveyors (costs not available) . . 6-25 ,, Roads, by licensed surveyors (paid by applicants) .. 3-75 ,, i * Per section. t Per mile. t Per mile.

Land District. Rural Surveys. (JJJ^J. Acres. Acres. Auckland .. .. .. 151,627 114,949* Napier .. .. .... 22,559 96,054 Taranaki .. .. .. 11,302 18,872 Wellington .. .. 21,731 23,550 Marlborough .. 20,987 2,028 Nelson .. .. .. 32,647 Westland .. .. .. 17.445 590 Canterbury .. .. 40,414 282 Otago ..' 334,258 Southland .. .. .. 26,123 Totals .. .. 679,093 256.325 * Includes 8,813 acres Maori Land Board.