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Table 1. —RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906—continued.

Surveyor and District. Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Bural and Suburban. 4 Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Boads, Bailways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from Remarks. no Acres. -" £ D Acres. jS -go Acres. ~ZS S3 xS o o Acres. «* q -g g O O O 4 Aores - Section. § I S I Cost Ulile. Cost. to 31st March, 1906. LAND DISTRIC OF T. .EANAKI— continued. a. 8. 2 01 s. I d. I I i S - £ £ s. d. £ s. d. 830 14 3 £940 14a. 8d. brought forward from last year. £70 carried forward against minor trig, work. Hilly forest country, difficult of access. £443 19s. 6d. brought forward from last year. Broken forest country. Mr. Murcott resigned from staff in February last. £291 12s. 9d. brought forward from last year. £642 2s. carried forward against unfinished sectional work. " Other work " includes cutting out small scenery reserves and minor road-deviations. Okau Road, &c. £1,111 10s. 2d. brought forward from last year. £1,721 16s. 2d. carried forward to unfinished permanent work. 14,000 acres sectional work completed in field. £613 15s. 2d. brought forward from last year. Rough bush country. Mr. Buekeridge resigned from staff in January last. £1,268 19s. lid, brought forward from last year. £111 0s. 6j. carried forward against unfinished sectional work. High cost per acre due to prior heavy loading by previous surveyors working on block. £199 3s. carried forward against unfinished section work. Mr. Halse joined the staff in December; 1905. £721 17s. 7d. brought forward as previous liability on block. £807 3s. 4d. carried forward against unfinished sectional work. Mr. Gillett joined the staff in January, 1906. £4 15s. 3d. brought forward from last year. £39 14s. 65. carried forward against unfinished sectional work in the Omona district. " Rural and suburban and town " comprise small isolated surveys scattered throughout the district, accounting for high cost. " Other work," revision surveys in old districts. W. T. Morpeth. Aria 18,622 31 ■ • • • Additional Surveyors. W. H. Murcott. Aria, Ohura 11,323 2-02 663 3 0 m W. Laing. Mimi and Waro 34,000 4-56 20-01 33 9 4 758 10 3 2-00 B. O. Weir. Aria, Totoro 3-75 18-24 752 19 0 . B. W. Buekeridge. Aria, Ohura .. 14,265 1-65 556 17 1 27 '■ ! N. C. Kensington. Totoro, Aria .. 36,500 12,117 2-97 226 21-24 752 5 4 1-00 60| E. F. Halse. Ohura i 199 3 0 N. Gillett, Pouatu, Upper Waitara •-. 85 5 9 T. G. Sole (office surveyor), Paritutu, Waitara, Opaku, &o. 918 2-85 148-58 69 8 51 297 17 7 4-76 Means and totals 111,500 •12,680 1 39 14-0 71,211 223 2-28 1485 44 25-84 226 1 21-24 • • •• 19-86 19-18 397 19 0; 7,745 2 8 * Provisional sett! lement surveys.