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Table A.

Table B.

Minor Triangulation. An area of 55,920 acres is shown under this heading. The bulk' of the work was undertaken as a check on the .settlement surveys. Toi'ocuial'hical, foe Selection. Under this heading an area ol II 1,675 acres is shown, at a. cost- of 3-85(1. per acre. This work is (lone as a preliminary to settlement surveys. Settlement Surveys. The settlement surveys comprise Crown lands, land for settlement, and land for discharged soldiers. The bulk appears in 'fable A under the head of *" Rural," the acreage there shown being 618,810 acres, while the remainder includes village and suburban and town lands, totalling 1,481 acres. Native Surveys. During the year staff surveyors completed the survey of 20,1.09 acres, while 102,139 was surveyed by private surveyors. The urea surveyed in each land district is given in Table B. Gold-mining Surveys, No survey of gold-mining areas was made. Coat.-minino Surveys. A small area of 581 acres is shown under this head. The surveys were made by private surveyors and the fees paid by the applicants,

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Area, Average Cost. Total Cost. Class of Work. Triangulation, by staff surveyors Topographical, by staff surveyors .. Rural, by staff surveyors Rural, by licensed surveyors Rural, by licensed surveyors (costs not available) Village and suburban, by staff surveyors Village and suburban, by licensed surveyors .. Village and suburban, by licensed surveyors (costs not available) 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 (paid by applicants) Coal areas, by licensed surveyors (paid by applicants) Sawmill areas, by licensed surveyors (paid by applicants) Itoads, by staff surveyors Roads, by licensed surveyors Roads, by licensed surveyors (costs not available) Aeres. 55,920 114,675 502,460 85.620 24,533 928 697 305 sec. 56 „ 20,109 102,139 4,662 1 -83d. per acre 3-85d. I-07s. „ l-98s. 13i07s. per acre 8-OOs. 36-00s. per section 26-40s. 4-03s. per acre 2-35s. £ s. d. 427 8 4 1,840 5 11 27,053 9 6 8,506 12 3 606 9 10 279 3 7 i 550 8 3 73 19 7 4,058 15 8 12,012 13 3 584 613 184-13 in. 1445 m. £19-5 per mile £124 3,588 16 8 179 III 15-11 m.

Land District. Rural Surveys. Native Land Court Surveys. North Auckland . . Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Wcstland Canterbury Otago Southland Acres. 38,619 130,176 59,032 11,777 22,817 6,023 21,270 3,276 201,377 109,047 7,396 Acres. 19,526 35,068 25,701 6,570 33,574 603 530 676 Totals .. 613,810 122,248