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TABLE No. 10.—Return of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyoks, from 1st April, 1894, to 31st March, 1895— continued. LAND DISTRICT OF NELSON.

LAND DISTRICT OF MARLBOROUGH.

LAND DISTRICT OF WESTLAND.

LAND DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY.

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Topographical Survey. Minor Triangulation. Topogr Survey foi un< " The Lane raphical r Selection ider d Act, 1892." Rural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Eoads, Railways, and Water-I races. Othor Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from lst April, 1894, to 31st March, 1895. Keinarks. Surveyor and District. Acres. ■?§ T°' al Cost. o<! •r Acres. <? g Total Cost. O &© Acres. f> "3 O Acres. ! w "3 Total Cost. o<! o Acres "S ° Co8t ' 1er Acres. . o g Allotment. as Total Cost. \01-GS X | Z® T ° tal Acres, fi |„ Cost _ loo o |_£j '-3 3 ■ O o &° I Acres. «£ Total Cost, S Cost per Total Cost, a Mile. Total Cost. Cost. Staff Surveyors. J. Snodgrass. Mokihinui, Kawatiri, Ngakawau, &c. D. J. Barron. Waiau, Terako, &c. J. A. Montgomerie. Lyndon .. F. S. Smith. Mandamus, Tekoa, &c. .. R. T. Sadd. Aorere, Pakawau, &c. ■I. D. Thompson. Whangapeka, Mount Arthur, Motueka, &c, cl. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. 1,217 18 s. d. 4 8 £ s. d. 283 19 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. A. U. P. 119 0 0 1 a. d. 8 6 o s. d. .30 11 6 7! £ s. d. 15 0 0 £ s. d. 115 0 0 1. 0 £ s. d. 221 9 2 £ s. d. 679 18 8 69,806 3,811 62,693 5.915 1 9,156 : 12 1 V, 28 57 0 5-7 0 7-6 0 3-8 1 10-6 1 1-8 1,672 18 1 121 1 6 995 8 11 557 6 0 529 4 0 92 0 0 2 2 ii-5 6 io 0 107 2 2 70 0 0 129 2 0 255 8 10 70 15 0 659 11 6 862 19 0 309 18 7 826 6 10 645 16 0 Includes completion of Midland Block 127; hilly pastoral country Part of Lyndon Run. Includes completion of Midland Block 130; hilly pastoral country 25,000 acres Topography in hand. Within goldfield. No cadet. Rough bush hills. , , " " " : I 152,598 2,177 366 1,977 90 0 6-5 4,159 17 10 211 0 0 4 5 5-2 57 7 6 71 15 0 01 122 |115 0 0 1,289 8 9 3,984 10 7 Contract Surveyors. A. P. Rawson. Motueka, &o... C. Lewis. Takaka .. J. B. Saxon. French Pass W. G. Houston. Mawhera-nui J.A.Robertson. Wangamoa.. R. A. Young. Marina, Waitakere, Steeples, &c. E. J. Lord. Mawhera-nui 16 3 10 2 1 2 2-3 1 11 1 10-3 2 4 238 11 8 35 0 0 184 15 6 10 10 0 1*797 34 2"2 19316 8 ' 2 112 il 0 277 15 8 35 0 0 1 227 4 9j 10 10 0 460 19 9 102 5 0 Rough hillv countrv, thickly timbered. Ditto. Ditto. Within goldrields. Rough hilly country, partly timbered. Within goldfields. 277 "o 0 io 112 0 0 5 12 2 68 6 6 68 0 0 Ditto. 4,610 157,208 31 2 0-4; 468 17 2 1,797 34 2 2 193 16 5 389 0 0 IV 9 3-6 ! 180 17 6 1,182 1 8 Fees paid on surveys, £1,353 lis. 3d. Means and totals 153 0 7 ; 4,628 15 0| 1,797| 3:1 |2 2l Il93 16 5l 600 0 0> 19 7 11-3 238 5 0 852 10 2| 5,106 12 3]

Staff Surveyors. F. S. Smith. Hundalee, &o. .. S. 8. s. S. 117 3 1 Commenced work at southern end of district in January. Triangulation with topography in progress. Transferred from Hawke's Bay in March, to assist in topographical survey. D. W. Gillies. Upcot, Molesworth 5 6 3 Temporary Surveyors. M. Carkeek. Hodder, Spray, Tapuaenuku, Upcot, Molesworth, Barefells C. W. McFarland. Wakamarina and Onamalutu A. Simpson. Orieri, Linkwater, Arapawa, Cloudy Bay T. W. Hughes. Hundalee 11,548 73 1-3 720 0 0 278 19 10 782 5 6 Commenced work in Awatere Valley in December. Triangulation with topography in progress. Broken forest country. Adjoining old surveys. 3,000 2 25 0 0 10,200 80 1-3 666 5 9 612 1 1-7 52 18 1 3 17 13 2 52 19 6: 48 16 2 802 12 2 Ditto. •• 16 13 4 Transferred from Wellington in March to assist in topographical survey, Kaikoura District. Contract Surveyors. A. D. Wilson. Arapawa, Gore, Orieri, Linkwater R. F. Goulter. Avon and Clifford Bay.. 9,629 34 1-6 780 2 10 l-H 5 7 6 7 10 6 848 18 10 Broken forest country. Exchanges of tenure. Paid by deposits. 4,753 3 0-67 158 8 8 90 10 4 248 19 0 11 Other work" is cost of survey of boundaries of Blind RiverEstate. Chiefly broken forest country, with very rough coast traverse. A. P. Seymour. Heringa, Gore, Linkwater Seymour and Goulter. Clifford Bay .. J. A. Robertson. Gore S. A. Slater. Mount Fyfie 4,873 6 1-18 288 8 4 233 15 0 5,263 28 0-53 140 0 0 41053 4 8889 0 2 0 0 140 0 0 840 11 9| 17 5 0 Subdivision survey of Blind River Estate. Broken forest country. Land for landless Natives. Surveys in Kaikoura town and suburbs. 'ra§ "l 2-00 7'19 0 "19 "5 22-2 10 0 0 130 1 4-33 10/ io"s 0 Office Staff. F, E. Greenfield. Clifford Bay 10 5 2 5 51 3 11 7 13 0 39 13 0 Marking off portion of reserve fronting River Awatere, to be occupied by Stock Department. Means and totals 3,000 25 0 0 46,3451 175! 1-2 | 2,761 4 7 19 22-2 10 0 0 4,G69| 132 ii |943 7 10| 147 15 0! 111 13 ll| 157 4 G| •4,423 6 8l

Staff Surveyor. W. G. Murray, District Surveyor. Te-kinga-Otira, Mahinapua, and Kanieri W. Wilson, Assistant Surveyor. ArnottAbbey Rocks, Bruce Bay, Gillespie's, Okuru, &o. Contract and Authorised Surveyors. E. J. Lord 10,400 13,500 1-3 4-8 57 0 6 244 4 5 6,335 31 3,750 36 50 1 s. d. 2 2-8 2 11-6 707 13 6 556 17 0 191 8 10 *56 10 4 4 0 10 8 2 2 0 22 1 11 2 75 12 15 4 8 75 16 16 0i 65 12 9 44 3 10 ! 30 8 0! I 900 14 3 847 17 2 191 8 10 * Survey of disputed claim, boundaries, and levels of sludgechannel, Kumara. Scattered sections in rough bush country, extending over one hundred miles of coast-line. Within a goldfield. No cadefc. Payment of portion of contract standard survey, Town of Greymouth. J.N.Smyth.. J, C. Macfarlane 0. E. Douglas and — Harper 3 6 8 15 0 4 10 1 76 0 0 | 4 37 8 7 8-4 8 0 0 29 5 0 37 10 0 16 15 0 22 12 0 274 13 6 35 j 295 2 294 2 6 This includes the exploration of the Karangarua Valley with its several branches ; also line of track from this valley to the Hermitage. Means and totals 10,135 08 59,195: 2-1 595 7 5 2 6-1 1,273 5 6 191 8 10 80 1 0 5 9 3-4 56 10 4 37 5 0 447 6 7 30 8 9 2,254 0 9

Stuff Surveyors. L 1 , N. Brodrick. Pareora, Tengawai, Opawa, Nimrod, Geraldine, Waimate 11,959 20 0 8-9 442 13 7 •• 9 11 8 76 13 4 64 7 2 684 10 7! Flat and very rough, hilly country; elevation of the latter 1,500ft. to 4,500ft. Majority of the sections abutting on old work. Road surveys include engineering and traverse work. Flat, undulating, and rough broken country. Cost includes sixteen miles of standard traverse. Town survey includes small areas and undivided blocks in the Mackenzie Township. Undulating downs, and rough, hilly country. Sections in South Canterbury very scattered, and among old surveys. * Standard traverse of the Mount Somers Tramway Reserve. Flat land in the Makaroa Valley, more or less covered with flax. l.H. M.McOlure. Lowry Peaks, Cheviot; Rangiora, Waipara, Pigeon Bay 6,435 639 137 6 1 9-7 1 6 580 8 1 47 16 0 198 278 15 3-8 210 11 11 58 18 8 622 9 6 j, O. Mathias. Lowry Peaks, Cheviot; Alford, Geraldine, Four Peaks 13,427 1,273: 66 23 0 iii 2 1* 1 6J 637 4 6 135 4 7 •11 5 o o: 55 0 0 200 16 6 529 12 8 1, Mackenzie. Wilkin 608 8 46 17 6 46 17 6 Temporary Staff Surveyors. r, Stevenson. Burke, Tengawai, Mackenzie, Nimrod, Opawa, Southbridge, Leeston, Halswell 10,636 16,963 8; ■12' 0 5-7 1 0-5 254 1 7 362 12 3 J! 19 7/1 14 15 0 3 15 0 326 13 llj Open pastoral country with deep gullies; elevation 1,050ft. to 3,700ft. t Low-lying lands fronting on Lake Ellesmere, portion being subject to floods. Transferred to Hawke's Bay District, 5th November. Open mountainous pastoral country with deep bush gullies; elevation 1,500ft. to 3,880ft., and undulating hills -with deep gorges. Transferred to Hawke's Bay District, 18th December. Hilly pastoral country, and subdivision of Domett Reserve. J Dryplain, the greater portion covered with manuka scrub, being the balance of Midland Block 61. Rolling downs and hilly pastoral country. Left the service 19th September, rejoined 15th November. § Hurunui Block, Cheviot. Flat and rolling downs. Field-work executed 1893-94, at a cost of £514 8s. 5d. Mapped by Mr. Farnie, cost £67. r. Roddick. Nimrod, Otaio, Waimate, Waihao, Stonyhurst, Pigeon Bay 11,159 2,068 13 19 0 10 1 0 470 11 5 103 3 8 324 37 127 2 0 12 7 8 313 6 1 7 10-1 ;. Adam. Lowry Peaks, Hawkins, Rolleston, Mairaki, Grey 5,391 J 23,418 146 1,726 22 1 5 31 0 6-4 0 2-4 1 7-6 1 2-3 144 10 8 235 8 4 11 19 2 102 18 2 18 GO 7 0 24 15 0 43 8 7 544 5 0 3. H. Farnie. Cheviot 14 0 0 330 5 6 5. C. Taylor. Lowry Peaks, Cheviot .. §8,027 38 1 5-3 581 8 5 Contract Surveyors. Messrs. Meason and Marchant. Pareora, Otaio 1. Slater. Christchurch 974 2-1 1 6 73 1 1 73 1 1 Subdivision of acquired land for settlement. Parts of the Rosebrook and Brookfield Estates. Park Reserve. Low swampy piece of land. Cost of survey to be paid by the Avon Road Board. 8 1 17 6 7 0 0 Totals 104,857 4 041 0 9-7 4,236 19 0 216 311 13 9-6 235 6 11 365 50 7/9-3, 141 17 0 19 6 18 7 131 13 4 397 13 7 3,477 1 10