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Table 3. —Return showing Surveyors employed and Work on Hand at 1st April, 1939.

Table 4. —Principal Classes of Office-work done from 1st April, 1938, to 31st March, 1939.

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Surveyors j w . _ . Standard employed. worK on nana. Traverse. Chief Surveyors. District. — — ''la\jon U * Staff. Contract. grap&cal Rural. Native. Towns - Cit; y- Bural. Sq. miles. Acres. Acres. Miles. Acres. Miles. Miles. Sq. miles. R. L. Innes .. 10 31 Auckland and 1 26,554-00 8 136-75 39-00 26-0 North Auckland J. S. Strawbridge 1 2 Gisborne .. .. 53-50 .. 0-62 8-75 .. 7-00 P. W. Barlow .. 2 2 Hawke's Bay .. .. 66,146-00 .. .. .. .. 15-00 N.Clay .. 2 .. Taranaki .. .. 6,625-00 194 10-85 62-75 .. 5-75 J. D. Clapperton 3 5 Wellington .. .. 46-75 1,431 4-00 67-50 .. 2-50 366 A. C. Haase .. 2 .. Marlborough .. .. 11,500-00 25 63-00 .. 10-0 13-00 A.W.Craig .. 2 2 Nelson .. .. .. 150-00 .. 13-00 J. W. Mclntyre .. 2 .. Westland .. .. 763-00 .. 5-21 0-25 T.W.Preston .. 2 8 Canterbury .. .. 5,221-50 .. 109-75 107-75 H.A.Adams .. 3 .. Otago .. .. .. 9,027-00 .. 32-00 63-00 8-5 30-50 T. S. McMillan .. 1 .. Southland .. .. 130-00 .. 6-00 Head Office .. 1 .. .. 2,200 Totals 31 50 .. 2,201 126,216-75 1,658 381-18 349-00 44-5 73-75 366

Plans placed on Instruments of Title. Plans examined and passed. 0 * I Deeds and i ~ ~ ~ , « other Standard Di8trict * Crown - Instruments Plications. Native Land passed. Land . g Leases Frofl Land ' Transfer. a jj> Transfer. « jj g | S and 1 ree- 5 -C S c$ -r © Licenses. hoId - o & o S $ Auckland and North Auckland .. .. 885 1,170 607 11,299 6,937 343 48 812 298 4 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 47 .. 97 481 .. 13 7 47 42 1 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. 98 80 .. 44 590 22 8 168 24 2 10 Taranaki .. .. .. 246 46 728 558 9 31 78 34 2 2 Wellington .. .. .. .. 288 234 58 4,744 2,349 49 9 265 123 7 Marlborough .. .. .. .. 96 8 .. 266 165 33 .. 23 41 1 Nelson .. .. .. .. 203 22 .. 821 4 15 118 51 • 2 1 Westland .. .. .. .. 196 84 .. 376 104 44 29 14 1 1 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 374 54 12 2,714 1,472 11 1 240 71 2 Otago .. .. .. .. 302 74 3 3,838 2,063 42 .. 222 67 .. 27 2 Southland .. .. .. .. 171 56 .. 1,046 785 10 72 31 1 Head Office .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 28 Totals .. .. .. 2,906 1,788 823 26,357 15,027 591 104 2,074 796 48 42 4