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1913. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY: SURVEYS (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

■* CONTENTS. Surveys— Pa S e Appendix VITI— Page Principal Work completed during the year .. Extracs from the Report of the Conference of Triangulation .. .. .. .. " Surveyors-General, &c, held in Melbourne, Standard Surveys .. .. .. 3 Australia, May, 1912 .. .. .. 55 Settlement „ .. .. .. 4 Native-land „ .. .. .. 5 TablesTidal „ .. .. .. 5 Table I.—Summary of Field-work executed Inspections of „ .. .. .. 6 during the Year .. .. 63 Gold-mining „ .. .. .. 6 Table 1a. —Return of Field-work for— Operations for Year 1913-14 .. .. 6 Auckland Land District .. 64 Magnetic Observatory and Magnetic Survey .. 6 Hawke's Bay „ ..67 Conference of Surveyors-General, Melbourne, Taranaki „ ... 68 Australia .. .. .. .. 7 Wellington „ ..70 Departmental Changes .. .. .. 1 Marlborough , ..71 Obituary .. .. .. .. .. 8 Westland , .. 71 ~ T Nelson , ..72 Appendix I- Cante,bury „ ..74 A r uok l la ° d T , J° Southland „ ..75 HawkesUay 11 Table 2.- Surveyors employed and Work on Jaranabi .. .. .. .. i. hai]d 76 Wellington .. .. .. 14 Table 3.—Pians placed on Crown Grants, &c, f T elt ° n ". " during the Year .. .. 76 Marlborough 16 Table 4.-Laud Transfer Act, Work done during Westland 17 the Year under .. .76 Canterbury .. .. .. .. la TaUe s ._ Litnographs aild photographs printed of?, V '' . •' "in and sold during the Year .. 77 Southland ........ 19 ° Appendix ll— Maps, Plans, &c.— Chief Draughtsman, Head Office, Report of .. 21 New Secondary Triangulation .. Facing p. 24 Annendix 111 Sketch Plan, Lake Wakatipu to Milford New Secondary Triangulation, Report on .. 22 TidalDiagr m " " iv Appendix IV— y Magnetograms .. .. .. „ 46 Exploration Trip, direct route, Lake Wakatipu, Seismograms (four sheets) .. .. „ 48 to Milford Sound, Report on .. .. 28 Map showing Area covered by TriangnAppendix V lation, North Island .. .. „ 60 Tidal Survey .. .. .. .. 31 Map showing Area covered by Triangu- ,. „ T lation, South Island .. .. , 60 Appendix Vl— Map lowing state of Public Surveys, Magnetic Observatory and Magnetic Survey .. 46 o[th Is]and __ _ _ \[ At en(J Appendix VII— Mop showing state of Public Surveys, Surveyors Board, Report of .. .. .. 54 South Island

The Surveyor-General to the Hon. the Minister of Lands. Sir, — Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 14th July, 1913. I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report on the survey operations of the Department for the twelve months ended the 31st March, 1913. I have, &c., James Mackenzie, The Hon. W. F. Massey, Minister of Lands, Surveyor-General.

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