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Return of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors, and of the Cost of the Survey Department, in the Colony of New Zealand, from 30th June, 1881, to 30th June, 1882.

£ s. A. Total expenditure for the year ... 117,232 13 3 Less fees for surveys, sale of maps, &c. ... 5,074 8 8 Net cost ... ... ... ... £112,158 14 1

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Major Triangulation. Minor Triangulation. Topographical and Trigonometrical Survey. Rural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Native Land Purchase Survey. Gold-Mining Survey. Roads, Railways, and Water-races. o ° o 0 O <Q Miscellaneous Work. Total Charges against the Survej Votes for Twelve Months. Districts. Acres. ■si p. Acres. w Acres. a, . Acres. GO. © ED P. Acres. Q - B ■%£ *3 °3 Acres, rt ° S ° "^ Acres. . a o c © ft Acres, j 33 © P. Miles. Cost per Mile. «^-!0 Cost. Field-wort. Supervision, Inspection, and Office-work. Cost. a. d. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. d. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. 4,543 13 9 Head Office [and General ... Photo-litho. Branch 2,048 11 8 Auckland ... S. P. Smith ... 932,200 0-23 296,941 1-09 330,405 1-2 94,320 748 1/8-28 235 373 13/0 I 138,755 36 /2-77 9,606 74-1 11 4 0 304 5 71 12,024 10 2 19,602 6 0 7,461 15 10 3-8 Hawke's Bay H. Baker ... 135,800 006 17,600 1-44 144,610 1-01 19,441 85 1/6-21 2,140 1 99-25 8 3 0-6 70 15 3 3,253 10 11 1,938 3 4 Taranaki ... T. Humphries 22,000 2-5 123,000 1-9 35,572 400 1/7-5 82 94 16/7-7 100 1 3/7-8 33,420 29 5-2 30-5 21 5 4 2,804 3 5 6,100 10 0 1,707 6 10 Wellington J. W. A. Marchant ...I 4,540 2-17 178,975 1-5 47,101 240 1/9-5 7,102 19 11-25 76-75 10 0 6-5 2,650 0 9 10,399 18 4 5,024 3 1 Nelson J. S. Browning 116,123 1-9 42,056 457 2/7-75 3,195 186 12/9 43-25 7 8 9 1,377 14 11 8,730 4 11 2,334 16 8 ... Marlborough H. Clark ... 19,525 64 n 123 9 4-5 4216 0 125 9 6 1,729 1 8 647 3 6 Westland ... G. Mueller ... 39,994 0-75 66,486 1-6 182,225 1-8 10,576 126 2/2-2 I 255 23 12/5-2 63-5 2017 4 704 5 6 4,918 17 8 2,074 18 6 Canterbury J.H.Baker... 120,488 0-71 129,901 2-12 140,128 1512 1/3-5 134 450 15/6 5-27 6 9 8 466 13 2 11,797 9 10 7,202 10 2 Otago W.Arthur ... 675,454 0-72 80,464 418 /10-6 26 32 31/6 j I 362 41 10/9 924 39 5/11-5 28-5 15 6 2 55 0 0 I 756 19 5 7,308 6 5 4,108 12 7 Southland ... J. Spence 45,026 294 1/4 37 76 15/9-5 ... 1 6 0 0 168 5 0 2,550 10 7 1,750 1 0 Totals and Averages 1,107,994 0-23 528,055 1-14 ! 1,880,693 1-26 534,209| '4344 1/5-7 514 1025 15/2-6 148,459 98 /3-55 43,026 34 4-8 4,497 257 11/3-5 426-62 1212 1 359 5 7 11,14817 1 76,390 16 4 40,841 16 11