C.—lA,

APPENDIX.

HEAD OFFICE, DRAUGHTING BRANCH. (A. J.'Wicks, Chief Draughtsman.) Map Publication.—The tables, set out below, show a summarized statement of printing costs and of recovery of costs by the payment of royalty fees, and the sale of lithographs in district and head offices.

TABLE A.—Summary of Printing Costs of Map Publication for the Year ending 31st March, 1937.

Included under the heading " Miscellaneous " are special maps drawn and printed for private firms and local authorities.

TABLE B.—Summary of Map Sales and Credits for the Year ending 31st March, 1937.

The above analysis shows that, from the point of view of the recoveries made, the Department is well recouped for the publication of maps, the. credit balance over printing costs being £3,045. The major portion of the credits under the item "Free Issues " includes lithographs issued free to the Public Works Department, the Unemployment Board, and the Police Department in return for services rendered without charge to the Lands and Survey Department, the balance being for office use. The credit shown for " Eoyalty Fees " has been paid, during the year, by private firms and companies for the privilege of publishing commercial maps based partly or wholly on the Department's records. Lithographic Draughting.—There has been a marked decrease in the number of issues of 80 chain survey district and county maps published (43 for the year ending 31st March, 1936, as against 19 for the year ending 31st March, 1937). This is mainly due to the large increase in routine work throughout the Department, with the consequence that the map-drawing staff has been greatly depleted. Survey district and county maps form the basis for land tenure, title, and location purposes and are extensively used by all Government Departments, local authorities, and the public. It is essential that this branch of the Department's work be considerably revived not only to keep pace with the increased Government activity, but also to bring arrears up to date. It is anticipated that during the coming year a large number of map issues will require to be revised and reprinted. Scheme Plans

TABLE C.—Summary of Town Scheme Subdivisions dealt with under Section 16 of the Land Act, 1924, for the Year ending 31st March, 1937.

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Class of Map. Number of Number of Average Cost Average Cost 1 Issues. Maps Printed. per Issue. per Map. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. Survey district (40 chains) .. 26 1,418 174 16 7 6 14 6 2 6 Survey district (80 chains) .. 17 4,250 137 13 0 8 2 0 0 9 Countv .. .. .. 2 1,000 144 18 1 72 9 0 3 0 Miscellaneous .. .. 20 9,587 776 14 8 Totals 65 16,255 1,234 2 4 _ .. _

Item. Credits. £ s. d. Sale of lithographs to the public .. .. .. 1,782 9 2 Sales of lithographs to other Departments .. . . 453 12 5 Free issues (lithograph) .. .. .. .. 1,579 9 9 Royalty fees .. .. .. .. .. 463 12 11 Total .. .. „ 4,279 4 3

District. N PlanT New Roads - Area - PercentJge'of Total Area ' Total Area.,. A. E. P. A. B. P. A. E. P. A. E, P. Auckland and North 58 29 2 32 32 2 08 13 187 0 36 249 1 36 Auckland Gisborne .. .. 3 .. .. .. 2 1 33 2 1 33 Hawke's Bay .. 4 .. 0 1 05 3 9 0 07 9 1 12 Taranaki .. .. 2 . . . . . . 2 0 03 2 0 03 Wellington .. .. 28 6 2 01 136 2 15 49 134 1 10 277 1 26 Marlborough .. . . 2 .. 1 2 21 17 8 0 24 9 3 05 Nelson .. .. 15 3 3 04 0 2 28 2 30 0 26 34 2 18 Westland .. .. 7 .. .. .. I 7 2 21 7 2 21 Canterbury .. .. 52 16 0 35 5 0 35 3 156 1 27 177 3 17 Otago .. .. 17 .. .. .. 25 1 16 25 1 16 Southland .. .. 6 3 3 12 0 3 35 4 23 0 39 28 0 06 Totals .. .. 194 60 0 04 177 3 27 21% 586 0 02 823 3 33