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1933. 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.

General Report :— page General Report—continued. Summary .. .. • • ■ • .. 1 Staff page Minor Triangulation .. .. .. 2 Retirements .. .. .. 3 Topographical Survey .. .. .. 2 Appreciation .. .. ■. 3 Settlement Surveys.. .. ■ • .. 2 Appendix : T i i Native Land Court Surveys .. .. .. 2 Head Office, Draughting Branch .. .. 3 Geodetic Triangulation .. .. 2 Tables :— Hawke's Bay Re-establishment Surveys .. 2 Table A.—Field-work executed .. .. 4 Standard Surveys .. .. • • .. 2 „ B. Rural Surveys Area '', „ '' Precise Levelling .. .. .. .. 2 „ I.—Areas surveyed for Land and Survey Field Inspections .. .. ■ • .. 2 Department • • • • • • S Tidal Survey .. .. • • .. 2 „ 2.—Areas surveyed for other Departments b Proposed Operations .. .. .. 2 „ 3. Work on hand .. .. 6 General 3 „ 4,—Office work 6

The Surveyor-General to the Hon. the Minister of Lands. g IE . Wellington, Ist August, 1933. I have the honour to present herewith the report on survey operations for the year ended 31st March, 1933. I have, &c., H. E. Walshe, The Hon. E. A. Ransom, Minister of Lands. Surveyor-General. .

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A summary of the operations carried out for the year ended 31st March, 1933, follows, grouped under appropriate headings. A concise summary of the field-work completed during the year is tabulated in Tables A, B, and 1 to 4 herewith. Table A shows a further slight reduction in the average cost of both rural and .Native surveys, and a considerable reduction in the average cost of road surveys. . Jable B shows a reduction of a little more than 50 per cent, of the area surveyed compared with last year's return. The area under Native surveys was a little above last year's return, due to the definition by survey of the Crown and Native awards in the Tutira Block, Hawke s Bay District.

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