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No. 7.—RETURN of Field Work executed by Staff and Surveyors Surveyors, and of the Cost of the Survey Department of New Zealand, from 30th June, 1884, to 1st July, 1885.

Major Triangulation. Minor Triangulation. Topographical and Trigonometrical Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Native Land Purchase Survey. Gold-Mining Survey. Roads, Railways, and Water-races. ] Detention j : by Native j ! Opposition! or other Causes. Miscellaneous. Total Charges against the Survey Votes for Twelve Months. Rural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Acres. Acres. O Acres. h Acres. <-;■.§ p. © o Acres. Acres. o - ftp ■go O o- y ftp Acres- do S" Acres. CO O ' Total Cost. Miles. Cost per Mile. Cost. Cost. Field-work. Supervision, Inspection, and Office-work. Auckland 2,767,398! d. 0-23 269,743 d. 0-96 644,304 d. 0-82 76,088 723 2/2-76 62-7 123 22-9 228,055 110 d. 3-9 17,3391 6-1 s s. a. £ s. d. 14 6 0 £ s. d. 109 0 8: £ s. d. 1,739 6 4 £ s. d.l 24,920 3 4j £ s. d. 7,631 0 0 267 Hawke's Bay .. 40,000 1-8 j | 39,100 2-25| 130,300 1-25 19,707 130 2/4 80 68 20/ "■20,845: 7 6-5 67 10 14 0 53 2 io| " 5,460 13 3 1,510 0 0 Taranaki i #< 250,000 6 48,051 158 1/7-9 30,200 2 4-1 .. ! 5-5 31 8 0 65 0 0 1290 7 6 7,538 12 lli 2,256 0 0 Wellington I pi, 700 2 80,435 1* 7,821 20 1/4 533 268 33/1 16,539 31 2-75 83-25 11 10 0 2,082 1 2 8,521 3 4 2,354 0 0 Nelson 1101,445 1-5 327,740: 1-5 33,336 420 3/2 211 992 22/ 17,739 1 5-4 ! 324 34 16/3-4 263 14 4 78 10 15 0 " I 815 6 0 11,450 6 6 1,580 0 0 Maryborough .. 21,570 1,976 19 1/7-5 149 52 20/ .. 24 0 Oj 1,820 9 4 525 0 0 Westland 129,400 0-7 118,980 1 19,742 72 1/7 50 138 21/6 406 34 17/ 343 16 6 40-5 8 6 5 502 16 6 4,475 10 0 1,816 8 0 Canterbury 16,651 0-67; 151,700 0-85! 35,478 675 2/1-75 100 265 4/11 '" " 165 10 300/ 150 0 0 24-11 421 0 3 6,334 11 8i 6,003 14 0 Otago 241,480 0-51 35,459 293J 1/9-5 114 88 16/3 3,000 1/3-25 335 30 8/3-87J 139 8 2 ilie 10 0 9 36 0 0 1,153 15 6 6,670 14 8 4,312 0 0 Southland 22,516 274 i 309 13 6 2,262 14 0 1,677 0 0 Head Office .. 9,094 8 3 I I i ! i I I i i I 0-25 1 i580, 209 i 2,784 2/1-2 1,994 21/14 4-2 4 1,230 14/7 38,759 10 3 2,936,798 1-39 1,950,939! 0-97 300,774 1,299-7 316,378 156! 17,339 6-1 108 896 19 Of 612-8 12 10 7J 263 3 6: ,7,338 6 9| 79,454 19 10 * 3,700 acres of this paid for by Natives. t Includes £1,870 18s. lid. for back pegging, old surveys.