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Total expenditure .. .. £103,910 5 5 Less refunds for work done .. 11,351 12 1 £92,558 13 4

No. 1.—RETURN of Field-work executed by Staff and Contact Surveyors, and of the Cost of the Survey Department of New Zealand, from 30th June, 1885, to 1st July, 1886.

Major Triangulation. Minor Triangulation. Topographical and Trigonometrical Survey. Eural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Native Land Purchase Survey. Gold-Mining Survey. Itoads, Railways, and Water-races. Detention by Native Opposition or other Causes. Miscellaneous. Total Charges against the Survey Votes for Twelve Months. District. Acres. ft ° O Acres. 4^ P. Q Acres. ! o j Acres. $■* g en O Acres. * | U| 111 °5 Acres. «" fi j s | ■ u I o<! OS O Acres. 6 g -g g Acres. ,| f | j Miles. Cost per Mile. Cost. Supervision, Inspection, and Office-work. Cost. Field-work. a. 0-21 d. 0-52 d. I 0-53 d. 6-90 d. 5-69 £ s. a. 11 3 2 £ s. d. 178 13 1 £ s. a. 2,136 6 3 17,985 11 2 £ s. d. 7,835 17 1 Auckland 253,000 139, 500' 1,526,000! 51,997 569 2/9-5 I 103 146 15/5 49,0281 52 8,877 259J Hawke's Bay . .. 56,000[ 1-08 36,200 2-36 14,641 83 3/8-4 246 68 55/1 39,748 6 3-92 19 9 13 5 86 12 1 519 19 0 4,627 4 4 1,858 18 5 Taranaki ! 320,000: 0-55 18,718 90 2/7-6 24 96 15/7 23 21 8 3 53 7 0 979 13 4 5,560 8 5 1,433 .7 S - ■ I Wellington 332,696 0-08! i 45,611 0-28 545,844 1-33 79,987' 1,224 1/6-2 1,397 895 16/6 50,290 4 1-82 42| 13 17 0 17 9 0 1,098 10 3 11,274 2 9 3,829 3 8 Kelson 135,076 0-82 12,764 1-50 54,812! 392 1/7-1 348 612 18/2 7,362 2 3-80 1,271 75 14/10-7 4,463 15 3 9,504 18 5 2,664 0 C | Marlborongli 467,000 0-25 222,200 1-02 3,891 5 /7-1 242 12 11 924 16 2 609 13 S Westland 79,875 0-93 116,910 1-421 62,400 1-40] 16,259 104 1/0-0 144 : 6/9-5 35 3 18 0 102 6 6 3,075 7 9 1,196 15 4 6 Canterbury 18,200 l-00i 101, 526 1-26 58,687 364 /11-5 110J 7 j 25/4-9 34 18 0 4,572 14 4 5,475 13 1C .. Otago 41,272! ! 255! 1/2-16 315 268 18/9 432 39! | 15/6-2 51| 6 12 10 911 8 5 4,812 5 2 4,709 17 7 Southland ! 146,000 0-81' 3,979 150 4/11-8 i 89 16 2 1,676 2 4 1,538 0 C Head Office i i 8,745 7 C I i I I " I Means and totals .. I ! | I I ! ! I I i i i I i I i > 1,132,571, 0-24 511,2971 10-86 2,972,934 0-80! :344,243: 3,236 ; i/9-o 2,433 !2,085 | 18/5-1 146,428 64 7 1,9574 127 431 4-70i 8,877i 5-69! 15/0-4 10 15 6-4! 336 1 2 10,579 6 1 64,013 10 10 39,896 14 7