C—4.

Statement of the Extent and Cost of Triangulation executed in New Zealand up to 30th June, 1881.

Abstract of the Cost of the various Classes of Work executed during 1880-81.

Abstract of the Surveyors Employed in each Provincial District, and of the Work on Hand, on the 30th June, 1881.

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District. Standard Survey. Minor ' Trianguiation Meridional Cost per Major Cost per _ without Circuit. Acre. Trianguiation. Acre. | Topography. Standard Survey. Cost per Acre. Minor ,- . Triangulation Topography. AcreAcres. a. Acres. 8,060,287 1,838,696 a. Acres. 125,000 i,943.4i.S 20,000 211,500 37,000 151,848 1,970,000 52.536 a. " 2 5 i , 1 •5 i'S3 1 Acres. 134,400 2,477,918 a. i"4 •89 Auckland—prior to 1877 ... „ since 1876 Taranaki —prior to 1877 ... „ since 1876 Hawke's Bay—prior to 1877 „ since 1876... Wellington—prior to 1877 „ since 1876 ... Nelson —prior to 1877 „ since 1876 Marlborough—prior to 1877 „ since 1876 ... Westland —prior to 1877 ... „ since 1876 Canterbury —prior to 1877 „ since 1876 ... Otago—prior to 1877 „ since 1876 Southland —prior to 1877 ... .„ . since 1876 ■32 ■3 590,000 i'i 1,971,120 ■4 58,000 r8 '■75 i'37 600,690 ■97 21 1,000 ■19 3,958,000 251,040 '75 •76 1,580,778 1'43 4,997,120 •125 231,601 I-O 5 1,240,570 2-05 3,000,000 •083 33S»68o 554>i6o 1,104,089 ■25 •8 156,000 2'07 301,000 100,880 541.25° 1 "3 1-8 2'64 6,143,000 10,300,000 ■173 •066 133,000 3S 8 .4°o 1-29 •12 ■5 80,134 2,818,800* 1,585,664 2'22 + 74 1-62 2,940,000 •066 20,150 19 2,404,133 6,581,407 1.35.S.065 1,520,000 357> 66 ° I"2 1-42 Total areas 28,181,120 18,564,472 9,4O3, 6 46 I 9» 2 5 I »75 I * 1,843,700 acres of this either not reliable or stations lost. t Not known.

District. Settlement Survey. Road and other Surveys Not Classified. Gold-Mining <$£&# Surreys. Ownership, &c. Land Transfer Plans. Native Land Surveys and Native Land Court. £ 9. d. 8,872 11 6 4,462 15 5 1,588 17 2 7.183 10 3 8,298 10 2 i>99 2 '3 9 2,284 H 4 14,616 15 2 5,885 2 7 3,283 10 4 58,469 o 8 £ s. d. 3.977 10 " 2.695 5 4 1,072 2 1 1,899 J 4 x 1,062 18 6 67 4 o 1,810 11 8 882 6 9 836 18 7 121 19 8 £ s. a. 600 £ s. d. 820 o o 35 o o 120 15 o 295 3 11 32 8 o 23 10 o 15 o 6 755 19 ° 450 o o 40 o o £ s. a. 260 o o £ a. a. 5> 6 39 *7 7 Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Maryborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 808 12 7 77 12 6 46 o o 234 2 6 133 4 o 27 15 o 62 o o 832 18 4 320 o o 335 o o 4,346 15 6 239 9 4 60 18 o 245 o ° Totals 14,426 11 7 2,587 16 5 [,192 12 5 2,250 19 10 10,231 13 1

Chief Surveyors, iz+eft Contract or S— Sur^rs. District. Triangulatioi Settlement Survey. Native Block and Land Purchase. Railway, Road, and Water-races. 3. P. Smith r. Humphries S. Baker ... T. W. A. Merchant ... I. S. Browning a. G. Clark 3-. Muller ... T. H. Baker W. Arthur ... F. Spence 19 9 4 11 2 1 7 2 Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington ... Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Sq. Miles. 804 94 269 836 Acres. 'S4.S2I 12,600 33.274 63,940 102,027 3,060 52,788 169,058 23.374 10,853 625,495 Acres. 293,687 100 13.294 58S Miles. 172-25 119 9 2 5 12 7 3 81 1 2 300 160 204 54° 1 J 9 1 Totals 16 3,207 307,667 360-25