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Return of Field Work executed by Staff, Authorized, and Schedule Surveyors, form 1st July, 1879, to 30th June, 1880. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

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Maj jor Trial igulatiou. Mint >r Trii mgulation. Topogr at Trigonoi Sun -aphical ad metrical vey. Sural ai id Subi n-ban. Town Section Survey. Mati ive Lai id Court Survey. Native Lam Pure! iase- Survey. ild-mining Survey. Roads, Ki an< Water-: ulirays, Detention by Native Opposition or other Causes. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and party from 1st July, 1879, to 30th June, 1880. 1 races. Remark!. Surveyor. Distriot. ffl 'AS 8,3 °3 In co-S "A O K m ° o 5 -wo -••J S< TotalCost. K I ° u CO g. Acres. ft TotalCost. Acres. 0J O u <3J ft Total Cost. Acres. O "I ft Total Cost. Acres. d'-S GO hi O u ft TotalCost. TotalCost. Acres. 6 u o<1 TotalCost. ft 0 J* Acros. 6g 6 .8 o< Q u ft Total Cost. Acres. 05 Cost per Mile. Total Cost. Cost. Cost. S. Weetman (1 cadet, 11 months) E. C. Goldsmith (1 cadet, 3 months) L. Cussen (1 cadet, 7 months ; 1 assistant, 2 months) T. W. Hickson J. Baber, jun. Kaipara and AVaiteinata d. £ s. d. 57,440 d. 1-24 £ s. d. 296 5 2 d. £ s. d. 2,343 22 s. 2-57 £ s. d. 300 4 3 s. £ s. d. Divi sion d. line £ s. d\ 27 10 0 d. £ s. d. 15 1 s. £ s. d. 127 9 0 8 ineer survey 8-75 £ 20-9 £ s. d. 183 3 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 6 6 0 £ s. d.: 892 4 3 Sections adjoining old surveys generally ; bush and open. Mostly open country. Tauranga and Maketu 41,600 1-3 1 129 8 4 I 5,377 38 1-38 372 4 11 27 108 23 32 1 0 Eng 3-75 110 41 5 0 181 3 1 773 15 9' Wairere and Maungakawa 100,000 0-6 249 15 7 4,834 65 0-71 197 5 0 51,000! 1 1 0-42 89 0 0 54-0 5-95 323 13 3 138 0 0: 1,220 17 4 Reconnaissance survey completed in addition. Thames Drury and Onewhero... 74,560 198 10 0 5,305 1,808 8 40 1-03 4-2 325 0 0 441 12 2 2i0 0 3 20 0 0' 661 12 5 655 4 7 Also Field Inspector. Section survey entirely surrounded by old surveys ; mostly bush. Section survey generally adjacent to old surveys ; mostly open.' Nearly all forest country. 10 miles road complete in field now being mapped ; plans and specifications for contracts prepared in addition. L. P. surveys, generally open country. 1-5 ... I F. H. Edgecunibe (1 cadet, 3 months) R. Newmann W. J. Palmer Maramarua and Pirongia Tutamoe and Kawakawa Kaihu and Maunganui 62,992 0-77 185 15 4 3,050 86 2-38 350 19 10 7-75 32 36-7 58 16 7 47 169 78 10 6 3 0 0 674 12 5 99,520 0-45 372 0 5 716 213 10 4 375 2-0 135 7 7 22 3 9 10 6 3 5 31 26 15 9 10 6 12 11 229 1 54 ; 52 1 2 2,330 2 72-0 64 12 11 Eng I. '■• mcer ineer survey 5-5 26-0 9-0 187 49 9 9 497 7 0 30 12 8 34 0 0 43 1 11, 797 4 1 790 17 8 C. Clayton Kalngaroa and Waitemata Rangitaiki and Tauranga Maramarua and Rauku82 18 0 13 0 262,364 336 14 10: 78 0 8 620 10 10 136 3 12-2 2 23 5 03 H. A. Martin G-. A. Martin 7,436 io'o 0 "222 "i ... 4-5 5o'"o 0 4,939 6 11-25 |235 10 6 133,159 7 0-82 ! 453 3 7 ; 30 "6 0 67 18 6 79 12 10 698 13 1 670 19 0 Ditto ; triangulation in progress. Mostly bush, also 53,000 acres ; L. P. block complete in field. Open; 105 town sections complete in field. About 40,000 acres topographical survey complete in field. 33,000 acres L. P., and 90,000 acres triangulation in progress. Also Field Inspector. Roads in difficult broken country. 0-32 &. H. A. Purchas ... mera Wairere and Onewhero 3,730 50 1-8 314 10 5 i 16-7 4-45 74 10 0 12 0 0 549 15 9 A. M. Ross (temporary staff) L. Simpson (temporary staff) J. O. Barnard F. Simpson (1 cadet, 12 months) B. Lambert J. H. Balneavis Opotiki 5,542 34 1-9 530 18 10 I 4 8 8 850 19 S Tauranga and Waiawa 58 2 4-0 11 12 0 56 6 8 959 7 0 Poverty Bay ... 50,000 0-84; 178 6 8 390 3 1-63 30 "0 0 196-5 12-3 121 "3 7 37-8 15-25 576"'9 9 472 10 0 75 5 4 710 0 0 720 16 10 ,, 149 Taramarama Waimata 56,129 1-0 233 17 5 13,705 15 0-65 428 15 11 16,439 5 8'5 17-75 151 0 0 53 8 0 668 6 2 550 18 0 Sections in rough open country. About 50,000 acres L. P. block nearly finished in field. About 40,000 acres L. P. Wock in proW. C. C. Spencer ... Waiapu ... 16,439 5 3-25 235 18 2 45 16 0 20 10 0 401 10 0 Authorized and schedule surveyors 169,536 1-35 956 13 3 32,000 2-4 319 9 6 10,237 39 1-24 637 13 2 29,657 12 2-5 301 13 10 80,323 28 4-8 1,614 0 8; I 7-0 10-53 83 15 0 142 4 4 7 0 0 4,312 12 3 gress. 50,000 0-84 178 6 8 506,221 2,196 14 7 194,992 093 20 I 1-85 15 r 1 1 360 19 8 1,460 11 3 Totals and means 1-04 755 0 5 57,606 429 1-281 4,231 5 10 249-2 298 15-9 235 6 11 85,825 705 15 6 494,615 47 1-3 2,704 10 2 12-7 9 0 8 172-5 11 18 0 2,059 3 9 18,140 13 1 Less paid by other de: lartmi ints refund for surveys made, date of lit: lographs, &c. 2,451 4 5 15,689 8 8 £ PR ivinc: :al dist: LOT >F TARANAKI. Staff surveyors — Joseph Bird E. S. Brookes and cadet P. E. Cheal H. W. Climie " j s. d. 2 81 3 9| s. d. Ngaere Huiroa 6,220 4,050 80 53 848 19 0 ... 770 1 0 ... 1 12 0 0 12 0 0 150 3 6 85 12 0 848 4 10 880 3 5 Forest. Forest; 3,000 acres very rough; cadet, six months. Forest. All forest. Ngaere Ngaere, Egmont, and Haw era Ngaere and Kaupokonui Ngaere and Waitara ... 58,000 if 448"16 0 2,500 3,943 11 48 2 5f 3 0i 310 2 0 60 596 17 0 ... 36 50 0 89 16 0 21 9 19 0 208 19 0 30 9 6 21 19 0 778 0 0 868 16 5 Charles Finnerty ... H. M. Skeet Topographical — W. H. Skinner ... Temp, survevors — ILL. Skeet Thomas Anderson... Contract surveyor — A. Teesdale 4,411 3,600 64 39 2 8| 2 8i 598 2 6 90 488 2 4 66 225 37 12 1J 51 0 136 7 10 94 12 4 "804 13 'h 31 2 8 25 14 11 8 364 12 6 47 8 0 795 15 6 879 15 8 Rural work in forest. Sectional work, and 6 miles of road; forest. 1 30,000 acres forest; 2 open ; 8 forest. Paritutu, Cape, and Oeo '69,000 14 i 409 8 11 21,826 4 2 0i 184 13 2| ... 317,800| 1 I! 124 4 8 20 0 0 761 16 11 Waimale Ngaere 'l 10 ' 4 2 11 8 '.'.', 6 1 12 15 0 9 7 0 76 10 0 9 7 0 190 8 7 45 4 4 266 18 7 57 3 0 Native reserves work on West Coast. Forest. 5 68,000, 1 H 535 0 0 Totals and means i 69,000 1 3 409 8 11 58,000 1* 448 16 0 26,555; i ~ 1 300 2 104 3,805 8 8] 216 298 21 5f 319 16 2 804 13 «*' 31 2 8 1 85,800 1-85 65? 4 8! 54 12 8 8 671 8 6: 591 4 0 6,136 14 'RO "INCI. .L dist: TCT O HAWSE'S BAY. Staff surveyors — 17 35* 2i 7i 6i 8 10 0 301 15 0 19 2 6 61 12 6 177 4 8 10 0 0 336 2 10 Walter Hallett ... J. C. Macfarlane ... William Lain g B. Lambert Contract Surveyors —■ Leopold Lessong ... C Patoka and Pohui ... ]Oero (.Tahoraiti ... Patoka Tarawera, Kaweka, Aripia, and Pohui Waihua ( Tahoraiti and WoodS ville 1 Takapau ... C Norsewood Takapau Mohiika & Moeangiangi Woodville ... Wakararaand Ngaruroro Tahoraiti Ruataniwha ... 43,522 0;8 145 10 0 2,616; ... j ... j 9,080 84 3,992 1,801 42,544 2,401 - "49 2 55 26 23 21 |2 6 1 "7 5 0 1 8 3 4 0 4i 2 4 329 12 5 724'"7 4 21 0 9 337 10 0 299 18 2 797 14 0 280 15 0 120 ... j ... I 159 19 0 151 4 0 9,286 '"2 7-5 292 6 4 4i 27 5 0 10 7 0 48 19 6 15 "6 0 69 16 4 140 2 4 1,248 12 6 69 16 4 736 18 5 48 19 6 675 9 10 f Section survey; partly in buBh coun- > Surveys in the Seventy-mile Bush. Henry E llison P. O. Frasi James Roehfort ... Drummond & Jill ett A. H. Ross 123 15 0 175 2 6 856 18 11 293 1 6 341 2 8 449 2 0 40 0 6 Bush country. Forest country. Contract No. 7 not completed. Contract No. 9 not completed. 340; 1 "0 40 0 6 181 79 2o" 6 100 0 0 ... j 4 ... Totals and means l 43,522 0 8 145 10 0 63,358: 197 55|' 10 18 4| 608 14 2 25 0 0 844 19 0 4,760 2 2 0 104 2,830 18 2 301 238 21 1 251 4 0 9,280: 7-5 292 6 4