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No. 8— continued. —RETURN of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors from 1st July, 1886, to 30th June, 1887. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WESTLAND.

Surveyor and District. T. Major Triaugulation. Minor Triangulation. rp r : a oi i - a cd Acres. 'Q i Total Cost. Acres. £ Total Cost. Acres. ° \ !° i opographioal and igonomofcrical Survey. Rural and Suburban. Town Section Si irvey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Survey. Roads, Railways, Total Cost and Other Work. o f Water-races. Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1886, Cost to per Total Cost. Cost; SOth June, Mile. 1887. Remarks. ■p 3 Total Cost. o<1 Acres. ~ £ 'A% CO 3 . Total Cost. Acres. *o S "AS si °3 Total Cost. Acres. 2 5 *I Total Cost, o . 6 o o _£j i °1 h Total Cost. » Cost .3 per g Mile. vV. G. Murray. Jackson's Bay circuit, Tekinga, Turiwhate, Otira, Totara, Hohonu F. N. Smyth. Waimea, Maliinapaa, Kaniori, Totara j. J. Roberts. Jackson's Bay circuit, Mahinapua, Kanieri d. & s. d. 127,7910-75 399 5 0 207,666 d. £ s. d. 0-8 745 9 0 96,640 d. £ s. d. 0-34 137 5 11 0-36 *140 17 5 213 5 s. 2/1-75 £ s. d. 22 18 0 £ s. d. £ s. a. s. £ s. d. 270 9 8/9J 86 5 11/94 £ s. d. 118 11 6 & s. a. & s. d. £ s. d. 21 0 0 £ s. a. 1,091 13 1 Bush country, within an expensive goldflelds district. One cadet of two years' service assisting. 91,560 780 115 5/3-9 f207 15 6 SI 23 2 1 11 }48 3 0 0 14 0 12 4 7 4 52 8 0 175 11 6 675 9 5 All in an expensive goldfields district. Country heavily timbered. 100 0 0 1 1 70/ 3 10 0 117 0 18 0 J104 11 6 36 9 0 394 16 0 .. 150 5 6 400 ■Contract Surveyor. S. J. Lord. Arnold §115 2G 5/7-8 32 10 0 32 10 0 Means and totals 127,791 1 |549 10 6 207,666 0-8 745 9 0 188,200 0-48 378 3 4 1,109 147 4/9-7 266 13 6 909 140 1 1 9-8 152 14 G 85G 14 9/G-l 169 5 6 12 4 7 4 52 8 0! 233 0 6 2,194 8 6 * Inolui t Sutra ; Those § Five-* [sive of Clarke arj irban sections rai e include standa] acre suburban se id Landsl nging fro rd survey actions w igh reconn If an acre fowii of M Grey Co a] naissanee sun ! to twelve acn lapourika, am J Reserve. reys by Chief S es each. d part of Towr. Less refunds, m: tiling surveys, &c. 200 12 9 borou >m ha] ys o( 1 dthin iurve; yor. : loIH LOkitika. 1,993 15 9 PB( OVI£ tfCIAL I DISTEICT C )F 0ANTEE BY. :bu: '. S. Welch. Akaroa 823 *2,383 521 •1,195 1,775! *27 20 96 II 34 44 2 3/11 3/1 2/0| 2/2 1/3* sin 162 10 6 366 6 6 53 17 5 130 8 8i 116 3 9| 5 3 3 2,196 55 12/1 230 12 1 7 14 10 741 5 7 High hills, and intricate bush to traverse. "ames Hay. Akaroa and Selwyn 31,297 3-1 494 1 4 150 17 6 144 10 0 38 0 0 694 19 G Survey of Lake Ellesmcre, including levels for diversion of Halswell River. The Native Land Court surveys at Kaiapoi were very costly, owing to time lost in finding original marks. Seventeen miles road survey and river traverse. Sectional surveys included the survey of several blocks into 12acre and 50-acre lots for village-homestead special settlements. ?. N. Brodrick. Ashley and Selwyn .. 81,552 1-04 326 14 0 315 45 8/li 127 16 6 17 8 10 0 721 19 3 j. O. Mathias. Ashburton 5,915 •496 1/2 l/0i 347 4 0 25 5.0 • 2 7 6 9 10 0 37 0 0 579 14 5 150 10 1 9 0 201 15. 0 i. H. M. McClure. Selwyn, Ashburton, Geraldine, Mackenzie, Waimate 3,404 "461 104 4 1/64 /8| 249 12 0 16 16 2 372 139 269 18 6/ 80 18 2 i': : 4 18 4 8 12 0; 40 5 0 621 10 6 A great deal of this officer's work was subdivision of land for village-homestead special settlements in small areas. Through loss of time by bad weather the Native survey at Taumuta proved very costly. jhristchurch Office. Akaroa, Selwyn, Ashley, Geraldine 554 /3 6 18 6 25 Means and totals .. I 112,849 1-55 1 730 15 4 17,554 500 1/8 1,480 5 9 37! 13! 19 0 201 15 0 2,78i Hi 3/1-9 439 G 9 1 22}j 17 2 11-3162 12 0 : 273 19 4 3,359 9 Subdivision of education reserves 6,138 50 /9i_ 1/5* 240 2 5 * esurveys. 23,692! "mo 1,720 8 2 PEOVIN STCIAL DIST IBICT OB 'AGO. John Strauchon. Glenomaru, Catlin's, South Molyneux, Otara, Waikawa, Mokoreta 15,454 1-5 I 9G 11 9 I I ] 4,855' 42 3/2J 786 4 2 700 0 0 5-5 5 10 C 30 7 9 58 6 o| 8 3 0 175 17 2 991 2 2' Mostly bush. District very wet, consequently very expensive to work. Surveys scattered over a wide area, In triangulation there were some very expensive bush-stations, and intervening ridges to clear. The South Molyneux Block was very expensive, being all bush, a revision of an old New Zealand Company's survey done forty years ago. Cadet over one year assisting. 997 6 0 Open country within a goldfield, spread over a large district. Cadet over one year assisting. X>. Barron. Naseby, Maniototo, Ginimerburn, St. Bathans, Lauder, Kyeburn, Manorside, Mount Buster, Strath-Taieri, Nenthom, Silyerpeak, Tiger Hill J. Langmulr. Eankleburn, Fraser, Waikaia, TuapekaEast, Cairnhill, Benger, Tcviot, Beaumont, Leaning Rock, Town of Clyde B. H. Wilmot. Cardrona, Shotover, Skipper's Creek, Wakefleld, Lower Wanaka, Lower Hawea, Cromwell, Nokomai, Glenorehy, Woodland, Glenomaru D. M. Calder. Kurow, Domett, Waika : wa, Mokoreta 7,370 .. i 5-4 167 0 0 17,017 57 /9J 2,405 49 2/9J*625 14 /10| 336 4 0 28 8 0 26 3 2 8 6 5 4 217 846 11 26 10/7J 5/0£ 115 0 10 214 11 4 308 17 6 2-5 2-7 9 0 5 17 18 0 4 16 24 7 3 111 17 3 24 7 3 8 19 0 i 731 1G 0, Large amount of work in dense bush ; sections small. Mining surveys entailed considerable travelling. Within a goldfleld. No cadet. 3,550 25 2/Sjj 482 11 5 436 23 14/2 •5 8 19 0 65 4 6| 910 0 3 Queenstown District very rough, and chiefly spotting surveys. Country at Woodland and Glenomaru all bush and very wet. Cadet one year assisting. 4,539 51 2/7| 51 2/7f 598 3 3 50 41 10 8 43 10 0 49 5 3 45 0 6 653 12 6 Kurow and Domett Districts; open country. Waikawa and Mokoreta wholly bush and expensive owing to prevalent wet weather. 267 0 5 Dense bush, broken country, and much rain. W. D. B. McCurdie. Dunedin, Bast Taieri, Glenomaru .. 2,000 13 2/OJc 2/0J 217 13 6 19 14 0 49 5 3 13 2-5 I 21 2 Si 456 5 5! 4 4,550 17 4 Means and totals 22,824 2-77 263 11 9 35,591 251 1/8| 3,149 4 4 83 43 13 2 49 15 4 1,499 60 8/6 638 9 8 13-7 8 16 9 121 2 S Zr_i_ £ O iDU O U "± 45C 5 5 4,550 17 4 ±,<JU\J J. I ■* Contract. George Mackenzie. Hawksbury Fees. George Mackenzie. Pomahaka, Catlin's, Glenomaru John Cumine. Akatore N. Prentice. Otago Peninsula 4-3 9 8 1 40 8 8 40 8 8 ' 7 10 0 ' 7 10 o! 47 18 8 45 0 6 47 18 8 Partly bush. 153 6/10i 45 0 6 45 0 6 Bush country. 5 3 1 1 27/7 27/S 6 18 0 4 3 0 6 18 0 4 3 0 6 18 0 Open country. 1 q n 4 3 0 Moans and totals 22,824 2-77 263 11 35,752! 2:,<; 1/9* 3,205 5 10 82 43 1 3 1-7 49 15 4 1,499 60 8/Gi 638 9 8 18 8 19 6 161 10 11 463 15 5 4,054 17 6