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1930. NEW ZE A L AND.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. SURVEYS (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

CONTENTS, General Report :— paoe ! General Report— continued. Summary .. .. .. 1 Staff— paoe ~. „, . . Retiremenls .. ~ .. ..5 Minor 2 Resignation.. .. .. .. f, Topographical Survey .. .. .. 2 Appreciation. .. .. .. ..5 Settlement Surveys .. .. .. 2 Appendix :— Native Land Court Surveys 2 Kead office ' Draughting Branch .. .. 9 T 1 A TIT . Geodetic Triangulation .. .. 2 m _.. a -n. u i . . Table A.—b .eld-work executed .. ..I Standard Surveys 3 |f B.—Rural Surveys Area .. ..2 Field Inspections .. .. .. .. 3 „ I.—Head Office Staff .. .. .. 5 Tidal Survey . . .. .. .. 3 » -■ —Areas surveyed for Lands and Survey Magnetic Survey ... 3 „ . Department 6 _-,_„. ■ „ 3. —Areas surveyed for other Departments 7 Proposed Operations 4 j (> 4. -Work on hand 8 General .. .. .. .. .. 4 „ 5. —Offloe-work .. .. .. 8

The Surveyor-General to the Hon. the Minister of Lands. Sir,— Wellington, 21st July, 1930. I have the honour to present herewith the report on survey operations for the year ended 31st March, 1930. . I have, &c, H. E. Walshe, Hon. E. A. Ransom, Minister of Lands. Surveyor-General.

BE PORT. The main parts of the report for the year ended the 31st March, 1930, comprise a summary of the operations of the field parties, grouped under appropriate headings with a brief account of the officework performed. The attached tables, A and B, and 1 to 5 inclusive, contain a concise summary of the amount of work completed during the year under review. The statement in Table A shows a general increase in the average costs of rural and Native Land Court surveys, whilst there is a considerable decrease in the average cost of minor-triangulation and topographical work. Road surveys also show a slight reduction in cost. Table B shows a considerable decrease in the total areas of Rural and Native Land Court Surveys.

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