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RETURN of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors from the Ist July, 1881, to 30th June, 1882. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHLAND.

Bural and Suburbs in. Toi Section Si irvey. >ads, Kaib Water-i ivaya, and .'aces. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1881, to 30th June, 1882. Eemarka. Surveyor. District. 4 o +* S3.2 <! Acres. <3§ to Cost per Acre. Total Cost. -3 Cost per Allotment. Total Cost. i 3 Total Cost. Cost. Staff. John Hay William Hay ... Longwood ... ... " Invercargill, New Biver, Mabel, Jacob's Eiver, Forest Hill, and Waiau Districts Campbelltown, Invercargill, Taringatura, Eyre and Hokonui Districts 3,780 13,435 63 77 s. d. 4 9-7 0 llf £ s. d. 909 0 0 657 15 0 14 23 54 22 £ s. d. 0 10 0 1 10 0 £ s. d. 27 0 0 33 0 0 1 £ 6 £ s. d. 6 0 0 £ s. d. 27 10 0 140 15 0 £ s. a. 969 10 0 801 10 0 Work alia Two bu^ The towns! Work se Mve secti4 ost entirely in heavy bush. Exceptionally long traverses in proportion to acreage. ih traverses, 15 chains apart, running parallel for some 6J miles. hip sections in bush ; also twenty-three rural sections, embracing 420 acres, in bush. iattered. jns, comprising 455 acres, in bush. Surveys unusually dispersed. Some seventyfetions, covering 8,660 acres, were mostly in difficult swamp. James Blaikie ... 14,964 125 1 0-234 762 16 6 762 16 6 Fee System. J. A. Robertson R. 0. Taylor ... T. S. Miller ... Dawson and Moors George Hately ... seven set Longwood and New River ... Lindhurst and Wairio Districts Forest Hill and Mabel Districts Wairio and Invercargill Districts Invereargill and Winton Hundreds 330 9,440 1,791 312 400 4 10 7 2 2 3 2-2 0 8-8 1 36 a 2-5 2 10 52 10 6 346 15 8 116 18 9 34 9 6 56 13 6 52 10 6 346 15 8 116 18 9 34 9 6 56 13 6 Two saw-u Spotting sj Spotting st Saw-mill at Saw-mill 4 were pai Saw-mill a{ Saw-mill a} pill areas and two mineral areas, in bush. (irveys (purchases). jirveys. Two saw-mill areas, each 200 acres, included. fea of 200 acres included. teas. Pees stated are per scale, though, owing to exceptional circumstances, thev A privately. Ireas. J. R. Cuthbertson, jun. ... Harold Brodrick Invercargill and Jacob's Eiver Hundreds Winton 410 200 3 1 2 66 2 1 52 7 6 20 17 0 52 7 6 20 17 0 (rea. Means and totals 45,026 1 4 3,010 3 11 37 76 0 15 9i 60 0 0 6 0 0 168 5 0 3,214 8 11 294