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Table 2. —Return of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by Lands and Survey Department, from 1st April, 1917, to 31st March, 1918,

Minor Triangulation. Topography. Rural. Village and Suburban. Town. Roads, &c. Total Cost of Completed Work from 1st April, 1917, to 31st March, 1918. Land District. Acres. Number Cost of per Sections Section. Other Work (Cost). Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Number of Sections Cost per Acre. Miles. Cost per Mile. d. 0-32 d. s. 2-70 S. 11-13 s. 34 47-64 [ 73-50 £ 20-92 [ £ s. d. 3,412 15 0 £ s. d. 11,647 15 1 Auckland 63,000 46,567 445 0 i 49 17-00 Hawke's Bay 45,785 1-35 0-5 1 250-00 0-48 1 80-00 3-67 11-11 756 16 9 3.898 4 8 Taranaki 10,000 3-36 | 4,309 4-86 3-53 I 38-42 513 1 1 1,885 5 2 Wellington .. 11,602 2-75 291-4 33 20-64 47-40 47 62-68 0-65 22-70 366 15 2 2,427 13 5 Nelson 12,500 1-6 33,020 3-33 1400 7 10-06 72-00 72 54-70 13-24 24-45 502 13 3 6,678 2 6 Marlborough 7,349 3-50 0-25 2 15-00 16-00 4-33 26 10 3 1,387 11 9 Westland 10,000 1-0 4,098 5-35 91-0 7 18 10 17-50 12-02 86 2 3 1,517 10 11 Canterbury .. 75,074 0-53 8-0 8 50-00 1-75 10-00 451 19 9 2,460 15 6 Otago 87,174 0-56 86-00 48 34-60 211 5 6 2,746 0 6 Southland .. 20,365 1-27 0-00 24-70 958 17 7 2,274 19 4 Means and totals 73,000 0-73 22,500 1-33 335,343 1-53 975-9 105 14-91 223-13 18-13 7,286 16 7 36,923 18 10 204 50-36 130-39 Licensed surveyors (paid by applicants) 73 1-25 335,416 131-64 *