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Table 1.—Return of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by the Lands and Survey Department from 1st April, 1936, to 31st March, 1937.

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Minor Triangulation. Topographical Survey for Settlement, &c. ; Standard Survey. Rural Survey. District. ; : ; — ■— Acres. C Acre. er j Total Cost Acres - ° Acre. 61 TotaI Cost - Miles - Total Cost ' Aores - ° Total ! _ I- ! I II II d. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. ! £ £ s. d. s. £ s. d. Auckland and North Auckland .. 3,840 1-31 20 19 0 5,793 8-40 202 17 2 I 19-88 26-05 517 19 5 14,666 2-16 1,584 3 5 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,745 2-17 61 1 6 .. .. .. 0-81 99 17 8 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 58,400 0-57 138 11 0 .. .. .. 24-50 53-08 1,300 8 3 2,005 2-76 277 3 11 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 640 2-25 6 0 0 5,440 4-31 97 12 4 .. .. .. 1,244 3-10 192 17 4 Wellington Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-15 74 16 3 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. 98 4-28 21 0 0 Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 637 10-45 27 14 10 .. .. .. 2,532 2-51 316 19 7 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48,000 3-68 735 11 0 16-13 56-85 917 0 0 1 305 1-60 104 8 5 Otago .. .. .. .. 15,250 1-14 72 10 0 136 18-82 10 13 4 .. .. .. 609 2-10 63 19 * Southland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 383 0-74 14 4 6 Totals .. .. .. 78,130 0-73 238 0 0 66,751 4-08 1,135 10 2 , 60-51 45-21 2,735 7 8 26,622 2-07 ' 2,749 10 1 Village and Suburban Survey. Town Section Survey. Road Survev. i | Total Cost District. ; j — Other Work of ™s 0f I Xr Total Cost. Acres. I Per IoW mles _ Cost per ; ! i I i ! ! ; s * £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s d Auckland and North Auckland .. 193-7 17 11-87 114 18 9 69-51 99 1*81 179 5 3 14-9 11-36 169 6 6 2 176 8 10 4 965 18 4 Gisborne ! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ' 5 6 4 'l66 5 6 HawkesBay.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-38 7 6-04 42 5 3 3*5 22'17 77 12 1 689 19 5 2,525 19 11 Taranaki .. .. .. 29-0 5 36-95 53 11 8 .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 q 404 4 Wellington .. . .. 78-4 7 15-89 62 6 4 0-72 7 4-89 34 4 8 1-4 49-89 69 17 0 272 0 5 438 8 5 Marlborough .. .. .. 6-3 1 31-21 9 16 7 5-50 20 2*14 42 14 6 2-3 22-34 51 7 6 205 3 0 383 17 10 Nelson .. .. .. 612-0 19 5-73 175 10 0 18-00 60 1-48 89 0 0 6-8 12-79 87 0 0 147 0 0 519 10 0 Westland .. .. .. 143-4 21 15-59 111 15 7 6-44 11 7-96 87 11 2 0-8 47-24 37 15 8 35 12 7 617 9 5 Canterbury .. .. .. 133-2 10 9-98 66 9 8 4-05 12 1-72 20 12 3 1-9 20-77 39 9 3 263 3 10 2 146 14 5 Otago .. .. .. 259-2 23 19-35 250 15 11 260-96 47 2-45 115 7 5 2-0 15-71 31 8 6 412 11 9 '957 6 5 Southland .. .. .. 130-6 7 7-49 48 17 11 0-09 1 2-25 250 .. .. .. 23 26 88 95 Totals .. .. 1,585-8 j 110 11-28 894 2 5 368-65 264 2'32 613 5 6 33-6 16-78 563 16 6 4,345 4 8 13,274 17 0