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Table 3. —Return of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by other Departments from 1st April, 1923, to 31st March, 1924.

Table 4. —Return showing Surveyors employed and the Work on Hand on 1st April, 1924.

Table 5. —Principal Classes of Office-work done from 1st April, 1923, to 31st March, 1924.

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Rural. District. Co8t ! Acres. per j Total Cost. Acres. Acre. I s. £ s. d. N.Auckland 44 5-01 13 0 0 9,400 Auckland .. .. . . .. 164,827 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 17,099 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 101,934 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 5,734 Wellington .. 70,000 0-52 1,813 0 0 42,448 Marlborough .. .. .. 2,709 Nelson Westland Canterbury . . .. .. .. 248 Otago Southland .. .. . . .. 501 Totals .. 70,044 0-52 1,826 0 0 345,500 Native-1 Number of Sections or Divisions. 121 1,138 104 NO 90 260 22 17 4 I. Slid land Survey. Cost per Total Cost. Acre. Roads, Rail WaterCost Miles. per Mile. lways, and -races. Other Work. Cost. Total Cost of Completed Work from 1st April, 1923, to 31st March, . 1924. I Total Cost. I i s. £ s. d. 2-70 1,295 18 0 1-09 13,901 5 0 1-75 1,547 14 8 1-12 5,085 10 0 2-50 734 0 0 2-40 5,179 I0 II 1-80 255 18 0 £ 7-1 27-7 £ s, d. 193 14 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,502 13 0 13,961 5 0 1,678 4 8 5,085 10 0 734 0 0 7,810 4 6 280 12 0 7-1 4-0 4-0 32-0 130 10 0 13-0 13-0 60-1 817 7 7 30 14 6 9-25 114 12 0 114 12 0 3-40 85 5 0 85 5 0 1-07 28,800 0 7 24-7 46-2 1,141 12 I 30 14 6 31,858 7 2

Surveyors employed. Chief Surveyor. Staff. Contract. District. Trig. Topo. Settlement. Work on Hand. Native Blocks, Ac. Roads, Ac. Towns Standard Traverse. II. ,1. Lowe . , 5 . . JS W. F. Marsh .. 13 .. A V. I. Blake .. 1 2 0 ,1. D. Thomson.. 2 1 II J. Cook . . 2 4 T T. Brook .. 2 10 V J. Stevenson .. 1 .. M N. C. Kensington 2 .. N W. T. Morpeth .. 2 .. V G. H. Bullard .. 1 .. C R. S. Galbraith 3 .. (1 K. M. Graham I 2 S M. Auckland Auckland iis borne Hawke's Ba; Caran aid Wellington . Uarlbo rough Melson Westland Canterbury. Otago Southland . 6 i ■y Sq. Mil 02 5 Sq. Miles. Sq. Miles, j Acres. 37,063 1,100 ' 71,398 7,636 ' 38,700 8,500 Acres. Miles. 14 121 4 Acres. 24 Miles. N. Auckland Auckland . . Gisborne Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury.. Otago Southland . . 62 5 ! 16 | 184 70 451 18J87 97,855 4,807 24,109 100 27 (i 81 35 3 1 6 0 13 10 1!) I 22 14 10 j 20,000 318 Totals .. 35 19 07 07 1,180 , 248,050 145,509 20S 144 58

District. Cro Plans placed on iwn. [nBtrumenl ;s of Title. Deeds and other Instruments passed. Plans examined and pal • dj Land | E Transfer. s « ssed. is Of Si 9 l! O ft Maps drawn for Lithography. ~. ea « *.2 S a S r*i \ a a « , •*" -O *5J I Lithographs, &c, sold. Native. Land Transfer. Leases, &c. Freehold. I [ , North Auckland .. Auckland Gisborne Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago Southland Head Office 012 700 4 51 107 342 00 357 234 300 399 170 054 304 54 122 184 10 548 432 371 434 381 572 70 | 10,004 010 957 1,281 4,862 281 477 300 4,392 1,710 953 5,025 f 413 713 1,913 4,818 68 232 83 218 9 17 12 28 14 52 09 29 05 20 43 180 52 40 75 08 14 504 921 00 90 145 439 48 102 116 17 23 24 99 32 6 5 6 i 2 1 •3 48 24 5 6 15 13 2 8 £ s. d. 108 I 5 152 10 2 30 15 3 15 10 6 52 10 4 04 17 0 44 0 11 34 1 6 61 13 9 57 10 0 80 5 0 70 19 2 267 16 (i 92 298 118 78 8 2,199 403 547 8 3 2 370 75 78 22 4 14 20 2 14 4 6 17 5 Totals 3,372 2,232 2,894 25,893 10,931 010 491 2,934 357 54 149 1,041 7 3