C.—lA.

Table 2.—Return of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by other Departments from 1st April, 1937, to 31st March, 1938.

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aural Survey. Village and Suburban Survey. [ Town Section Survey. Housing Subdivision Survey. District. ; i j ' Acres ' 0081 P er Total Cost Acres Number of Cost per T t , ,, , , Number of Cost per ] Tot , r...* Aerea Number ot Cost per PJ , t , t i Acres - Acre. 10181 u>st - Acres. sections. Aore _ Loral cost. Acres. sections. Section. ! 10tal cos ' Acres. | geet j 0ns Section. xou " sv ' } £ s. d. s. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland and North Auckland .. | .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-35 10 5 '96 59 13 8 128 '16 549 1-72 946 5 3 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31-00 38 3-83 145 15 4 HawkesBay .. .. .. j .. .. 2-50 1 34-0 4 5 0 .. .. .. .. 90-50 336 0-70 233 18 6 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 82 2-88 11 16 0 24-09 10 84-76 102 2 11 8-59 30 2-35 70 12 0 67-00 117 2-46 287 8 8 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 90-00 465 0-65 303 19 8 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. . . .. .. 16-00 24 3-22 77 6 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. j .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-99 21 2-14 45 0 0 Westland .. .. .. .. 80 2-50 10 0 0 .. .. .. .. 1-82 11 3-33 36 13 10 3-01 16 2-29 36 15 6 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21-41 11 105-72 113 3 5 .. .. .. .. 97-59 410 1-80 737 11 6 Otago ... .. .. .. 38,831 0-46 902 4 6 7-95 5 59-12 23 10 0 3-52 10 7-30 72 19 5 33-68 84 2-56 215 £ 11 Southland .. .. .. .. 1,994 0-80 80 0 0 14-10 5 49-34 34 15 8 .. .. .. .. 23-29 115 0-49 56 7 11 : Totals .. .. .. 40,987 0-49 1,004 0 6 70-05 32 79-33 277 17 0 15-28 61 3-93 239 18 11 584-22 2,175 1-42 3,085 17 3 I | Housing Schemes (Preliminary). Native Land Survey. Road a!id Railway Survey. Total Cost TMai-ript " Other Work of Number of < Cost >- Completed Acres. Cost per Acre. Total Cost. Acres. Sections Cost per Acre. Total Cost. Miles. Cost per Mile. Total Cost. Work. s £ g g £ s d £ £ s d £ s d £ s* d» Auckland and North Auckland .. .. 221-81 56-40 625 9 5 3,663-0* 62 3-29 601 16 10 90-00 25-84 2,325 14 8 303 5 1 4,862 4 11 Gisborne :.. .. .. .. .. .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 11 0 193 6 4 HawkesBay .. .. .. .. Ill 24-33 134 19 11 577-0* 25 1-65 46 13 0 .. .. .. .. 419 16 5 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 33-5 13-97 23 8 0 625-3 23 4-60 148 17 2 2-08 31-40 65 6 0 237 12 11 947 3 8 Wellington .. .. .. .. 1,326 4-89 323 19 6 776-7 20 3-71 143 10 7 .. .. .. 83 11 5 855 1 2 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-13 .. 10 10 8 .. 87 16 8 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Westland .. .. .. .. 9-9 22-95 11 7 3 .. .. .. .. 2-00 33-61 67 4 6 .. 162 1 1 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 98-6 11-68 57 11 11 .. .. .. .. 13-15 26-28 345 11 3 36 2 3 1,290 0 4 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 183-8 8-13 74 13 9 .. .. .. .. 6-63 21-87 145 0 0 17 16 0 1,451 12 7 Southland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15-30 18-56 283 19 2 47 9 3 502 12 0 Totals .. .. .. .. 1,984-6 12-61 1,251 9 9 5,642-0 130 3-33 940 17 7 129-29 25-08 3,243 6 3 773 7 11 10,816 15 2 * Does not include Surveys paid for privately: —Auckland, 733 acres; Gisborne, 1,503 acres; Hawke's Bay, 46 acres.