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Table 2. —Return of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by other Departments from 1st April, 1935, to 31st March, 1936.

Table 3. —Return showing Surveyors employed and Work on Hand at 1st April, 1936.

Table 4. —Principal Classes of Office-work done from 1st April, 1935, to 31st March, 1936.

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Native Land Survey. Koads ' Rall ™S and WateI " Other Wnrlc TotaI Cost ol District. , Completed Number „ t „ t Work> Acres. of i,L? er Total Cost. Miles. Mil? Total Cost. Sections. Acre - ! mHe - s. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ g. d. £ s. d. Auckland and North 9,967 69 0-87 433 4 8 .. .. .. 439 11 0 872 15 8 Auckland Gisborne Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. 849 19 2-85 121 4 8 2-5 33-76 84 8 0 6 12 0 212 4 8 Wellington .. 46 3 6-02 14 4 0 .. .. .. .. 14 4 0 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. 0-5 34-5 17 4 11 .. 17 4 11 Nelson Westland Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 12-2 19-88 243 5 8 72 16 7 316 2 3 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. 6-4 13-80 88 17 0 166 16 2 255 13 2 Southland .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 1 15 0 1 15 0 Totals .. 10,862 91 1-05 568 13 4 21-6 20-09 433 15 7 687 10 9 1,689 19 8

SHSS? Work on Hand. Standard employed. Traverse. Chief Surveyors. District. — - 1 —• Staff. Contract. graphical Settlement. Native. R^ ds ' Towns. City. Rural. i Sq. Miles. Acres. Acres. Miles. Acres. Miles. Miles. It. G. Macmorran.. 12 .. Auckland and 4 12,716 1,731 108 .. .. 90 North Auckland H. L. Primrose .. 1 .. Gisborno .. .. 55 .. .. .. .. 30 P. W. G. Barlow .. 2 .. Hawke's Bay . . 60 14,606 .. 3 .. .. 37 P. H. Waters ..2 2 Taranaki .. .. 3,883 303 39 J. D. Clapperton 1 2 Wellington .. . . .. 1,396 9 P. II. Wilkinson .. 1 .. Marlborough .. .. 500 .. .. 2 A. F. Waters .. 1 .. Nelson .. .. 160 .. 2 10 C. H. Morison .. 1 .. Westland .. .. 1,240 .. .. 5 L. J. Poff .. 3 .. Canterbury .. 128 5,055 43 45 58 10 N. C. Kensington 2 .. Otago .. .. 400 .. 10 246 20 H. R. Mottram .. 2 .. Southland .. . . 383 Totals ..28 4 .. 192 38,998 3,473 216 321 30 157

Maps drawn ! Plans placed on Instruments of Title. Plans examined and passed. for Lithography, j Deeds and j ~ j ~ i " Land District. Crown. Ins tCnents i ! 1, <gj !- | * Native Land passed. Land I q p 1$ a T j Land. Transfer. h i £ Transfer, go J i F ree- S S 1 3 -3 3 * ! hold 2 I 03 +3 20 2 £ Licenses.' 1 ' o | Zi O — .y £ s. d. Auckland and 023 366 541 9,610 5,680 228 57 638 197 16 9 390 2 6 North Auckland Clisborne .. 85 .. 163 480 .. 10 8 19 15 2 52 4 10 Hawke's Bay .. 65 24 18 694 882 79 71 223 24 .. .. 76 12 0 Taranaki . . 195 . . 21 710 476 15 16 79 30 4 58 19 3 Wellington .. 203 228 46 3,243 1,932 5 6 197 104 5 3 146 11 0 Marlborough .. 65 8 8 168 .. 9 4 17 15 1 1 24 10 7 Nelson.. .. 280 22 .. 856 1,165 33 .. 93 11 .. .. 57 15 3 Westland .. 135 .. .. 480 25 23 .. 26 20 .. . . 65 6 6 Canterbury .. 460 66 .. 2,398 1,279 31 .. 233 27 5 .. 171 17 7 Otago .. .. 311 .. .. 2,951 1,744 34 .. 148 33 5 23 168 3 9 Southland .. 174 48 .. 906 1,305 7 71 15 5 95 10 6 Head Office .. .. .. .. .. . . 4 .. 785 9 3 Totals .. 2,596 762 797 22,496 14,488 474 162 1,744 491 45 38 2.093 3 0