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Table 4. —Return showing Surveyors employed and Work on Hand on 1st April, 1932.

Table 5.- Principal Classes of Office-work done from 1st April, 1931, to 31st March, 1932.

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Surveyors w Standard employed. Work on Hand ' Traverse. Chief Surveyors. District. i ' ' Staff. Contract. graphical Settlement. Native. 1 Towns. City. Eural. ' _ ! . I ■ ! Sq. Miles. Acres. Acres. Miles. Acres. Miles. Miles. .R. G. Macmorran 10 12 Auckland and 100,000 32,808 [ 15,977 74-1 N. Auckland H. L. Primrose .. .. 2 Gisborne .. .. .. 2,600 2-0 F.R.Burnley ..8 16 Hawke's Bay .. 36,500 i 23,468 .. .. 25 730 W. D. Armit 1 1 Taranaki .. .. 202 601 .. 0-7 F. H. Waters ..1 2 Wellington .. .. .. 3,796 P.R.Wilkinson .. 1 .. Marlborough .. .. 68 1,015 .. A. F. Waters .. 2 .. Nelson .. .. 1,475 .. 1-5 T. Cagney .. 1 .. Westland .. .. 1,951 : .. 6-5 W.Stewart .. 2 .. Canterbury .. 100 289 ] 55 3-8 ; 21-1 12 N.C.Kensington 2 .. Otago .. .. 949 .. 1-0 14-0 B. C. McCabe .. 1 .. Southland .. .. 944 | .. j Totals .. 29 | .. .. 100,100 75,186 ■ 47,512 88-9 i 35-8 37 730 I i I

Maps drawn Plans placed on Instruments of Title. Plans examined and passed. for Lithography. —; Deeds and — Instruments *J f — Native Land passed. • «; Land ® fl leases, Free- Land - Transfer " g | Transfer - .31 3= 5 Licenses. hoM. 8 « og, f j ■ . CO ' » £ s. d. Auckland and 985 640 718 14,940 8,165 242 91 519 224 17 135 322 19 10 North Auckland Gisborne .. 132 .. 304 618 .. 21 40 22 16 9 45 10 6 Hawke's Bay .. 248 16 54 141 740 15 15 76 11 .. 4 39 11 11 Taranaki ' 318 .. 138 844 627 17 50 55 47 6 1 28 5 6 Wellington .. 366 204 590 9,090 1,639 23 51 255 87 9 13 41 1 6 Marlborough .. 27 . . 17 158 .. 6 3 8 34 1 22 6 3 Nelson.. .. 174 36 .. 1,731 680 23 89 26 4 30 49 15 10 Westland .. 364 .. .. 654 10 21 24 23 1 40 13 3 Canterbury .. 422 70 10 1,969 1,290 55 4 165 52 6 .. 100 17 1 Otago .. .. 296 82 10 3,552 2,011 48 3 93 38 4 16 83 3 3 Southland .. 185 34 .. 486 905 27 .. 44 11 1 1 62 18 0 Head Office .. | ■.. j .. .. .. -10 .. 848 16 0 Totals .. 3,517 1,082 1,841 34,183 16,067 498 257 1,350 569 57 211 1,685 18 11