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Table 4. — Return showing Surveyors employed and the Work on Hand on 1st April, 1918.

Table 5. —Principal Classes of Office-work done from 1st April, 1917, to 31st March, 1918.

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Surveyors employed. Chief Surveyors. Staff. T ™ 1 J°" Contract. Land District. Trig. Topo- Settlegraphy. ment. Work on Hand. NativeTown, land Survey. RoadB. H. M. Skeet W. F. Marsh G. H. Bullard .. G. H. M. McClure F. A. Thompson .. H. D. McKellar .. T. Brook W. H. Skinner .. R. T. Sadd H. D. M. Haszard 15 5 3 3 4 1 1 3 4 3 6 i 47 10 8 12 3 1 Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. Sq. Miles. 25 42 Acres. Acres. 193,848 42,234 59,383 8,000 22,556 2,757 18,740 122,130 237,516 27,568 Acres. 93 46 173-5 10 Acres. 234,315 36,278 18,016 40,092 4,600 2,484 Miles. 195 7 8-25 1-9 5 1 32,000 10 "i 2,928 Total staff sur42 7 85 67 32,000 734,732 322-5 338,713 227-15 veyors

District. Plans pli a § :ed on Insl of Title. -d 8 a s iruments, i o m a I o .2 a 11 O ft 3 i 11 d I en 1=1 ft If 3-5 Maps drawn. -O cS Oj d 3 ft CO O ,4 43 ■a Lithos sold. Auckland Jawko's Bay Paranaki Veiling ton kelson .. larlborough Vestland Canterbury Hago Southland 1,458 209 259 469 388 87 94 292 666 398 8,531 2,304 1,116 4,687 440 197 162 2,359 950 1,028 5,712 I ,340 1,666 843 14 90 132 133 10 36 2,929 1,305 2,391 2,219 164 1,441 546 227 459 112 69 60 247 122 98 306 233 783 300 1 16 180 16 8 22 10 2 2 8 20 22 "s £ s. <1. 136 5 1 22 7 6 25 15 10 19 8 8 20 9 8 "7 2 18 10 6 59 18 9 21 12 2 1,500 666 412 12 657 520 Totals 4,320 21,774 9,976 3,381 290 665 324 8 2 11,028 2,707 31