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The following survey cadets were appointed to the Lands and Survey Department for the year ending 31st March, 1937 : — T. P. Gibson (Auckland). W. S. Boyes (Dunedin). E. N. Muir (Auckland). L. L. Elder (Napier). C. Allen (Christchurch). C. M. Rainsford (Wellington). Registration of Surveyors. —The annual list of registered surveyors in the Dominion as gazetted on the 18th February, 1937, numbered 482 registered surveyors. Members of the Board. —In terms of the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, the following appointments to the Board were gazetted in February, 1937 : — Government nominees— Messrs. G. H. Bullard and M. Crompton Smith. Institute of Surveyors' nominees-— Messrs. A. H. Bogle and C. Iv. Grierson. The Surveyor-General (Mr. H. E. Walshe), is, ex officio, Chairman of the Board. Owing to the pressure of official duties Mr. W. Stewart (Valuer-General) resigned from the Board, and Mr. M. Crompton Smith was appointed in his stead. General.—lt has been decided by the Board to include in the written examination, commencing September, 1937, a paper entitled the " Laws and Practice of Valuation." This paper will supply a need that is felt throughout the profession for a more detailed knowledge of land valuation in New Zealand by the practising surveyor. It is hoped that this paper will be included in the curriculum of the examination, at a later date, by reciprocating Boards in the Australian States. At present it will be a special paper set only by the New Zealand Board. A. J. Wicks, Secretary.

Table A.

Table B.

Table C.—Return of Field-work Executed by Head Office from 1st April, 1936, to 31st March, 1937.

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Class of Work. Area or Mileage, j ■ Average Cost. Total Cost. £ s. d. Geodetic triangulation (1st Order) .. .. 6,900 square mlies 4.74s. per sq. mile 1,635 11 0 Triangulation (2nd Order) .. .. .. 4,200 square miles 17-35s. per sq. mile 3,648 4 4 Triangulation (3rd Order) .. .. .. 122 square miles 39-01s. per sq. mile 238 0 0 Standard traverses .. .. .. .. 60-5 miles £45-21 per mile 2,735 7 8 Topographical survey for settlement, &c. .. 66,751 acres 4-08d. per acre 1,135 10 2 Rural survey .. .. .. .. 27,526 acres 2-15s. per acre 2,963 15 2 Suburban survey .. .. .. .. 1,696 acres 14-19s. per acre 1,203 7 0 Town survey .. .. .. .. 388 acres £2-64 per section 725 6 0 Native land survey, by staff .. .. 19,795 acres 0-39s. per acre 386 19 1 Native land survey, by private surveyor .. 2,336 acres 2-73s. per acre 318 7 9 Housing surveys .. . . . . .. 692 acres 16-52s. per acre 571 15 10 Roads, &c., survey .. .. .. .. 84-2 miles £19-53 per mile 1,644 17 2 Other work .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,501 19 4 Total cost of completed work .. . . .. 21,709 0 6

Land District. ! Rural Survey. I a tivo Lānd Acres. Acres. Auckland and North Auckland . . 15,491 20,833 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 2,481 1,642 Hawke's Bay .. . . . . 2,005 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 1,244 648 Wellington . . . . .. . . . . 607 Marlborough .. .. .. 1,299 Nelson .. .. .. .. 98 Westland .. .. .. .. 2,532 Canterbury .. . . . . . . ! , 384 43 Otago .. .. .. .. 609 Southland .. . . .. . . 383 Total .. 27,526 23,773

Geodetic (First Order) Second Order Triangulation. .L riangulation. District. Total Cost. S^ are Cost. S^" are Cost. Miles. Miles. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 6,900 1,635 11 0 4,200 3,648 4 4 5,283 15 4