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Table 1. —Summary of Field-work.

Table 2. —Summary of Map Sales and Credits for the Year ending 31st March, 1942.

Table 3.— Principal Classes of Office-work done from 1st April, 1941, to 31st March, 1942.

Table 4. —Summary of Town Scheme Subdivisions dealt with under Section 16 of the Land Act, 1924, for the Year ending 31st March, 1942.

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Class of Work. Area or Mileage. Average Cost. Total Cost. £ s. d. Geodetic triangulation (first order) .. 3,640 sq. miles 94s. per sq. mile 1,7L2 9 0 Triangulation (second order) .. .. •• 4,440 sq. miles 10 - 8s. per sq. mile 2,403 15 11 Standard traverses .. .. •• •• 89-8 miles .. £23-73 per mile 2,130 12 8 Topographical survey for settlement .. .. 13,896 acres .. 7-8d. per acre . . 452 12 3 Rural survey .. ■■ •• •• 71,837 acres .. l-4s. per acre .. 4,889 4 7 Village and suburban survey .. 882 acres .. 38-6s. per acre 1,704 9 2 Native land survey .. .. • ■ • • 1,441 acres .. 6-7s. per acre .. 485 19 1 Town survey .. .. ■■ •• ,72-9 acres .. £4-46 per section 787 3 8 Housing survey (section) .. .. •• 258-3 acres .. £2-80 per section 3,105 19 11 Housing scheme (preliminary) .. .. 355-3 acres . . 21-4s. per acre 379 14 9 Road and railway survey .. .. •• 103-2 miles ... £41-61 per mile 4,293 5 11 Other work .. .. • • •• ■■ 13,373 19 10 Total cost of completed works .. .. •• 35,719 6 9

Item. . Ctedits. £ s. d. £ s. d. Sales of lithographs to the public .. .. •• 793 16 0 Sales of lithographs to other Departments .. .. 1,843 2 3 Lithographs issued free to other Departments .. 408 17 6 Lithographs for office use .. .. • ■ • • 586 8 3 3,632 4 0 Sale of publications and plan forms . . • • 340 19 4 Search fees .. ■ • • • • • • • 10 11 8 Boyalty fees .. . • ■ ■ ■ • • • 51 12 2 Total £4,035 7 2

Plans placed on Instruments of Title. Plans examined and passed. ' 1 j^Shography?' Deeds and . , ~ ~ I other w 1 Standard District. Crown. Instruments Publications. . Native Land passed. , Land o a . ■ : § Leases i Land. Transfer. a g Transfer. M § P "8 E and Free- I a "5 •§ o Licenses,| hold. g g o S $ 3 Auckland and North Auckland .. •• 853 1,162 543 9,928 6,343 208 48 592 327 .. 14 Gisborne .. ■ • ■ • • • 189 .. 139 385 349 10 8 27 28 2 Hawke's Bay .. ■ • • • 204 80 415 921 40 12 85 15 Taranaki .. .. • • • • 181 106 4 717 637 16 5 54 35 Wellington .. .. •• •• 426 287 36 3,565 1,821 32 6 223 165 MarJ borough .. • • • • ■ • 75 34 .. 177 138 8 .. 25 13 Ne l son 198 24 713 1 26 .. 97 23 1 2 Westland ..302 24 5 203 226 37 12 23 2 Canterbury 406 42 •• 2 > 628 1 > 389 30 190 68 ota „ 0 J . 310 88 1,600 896 22 .. 104 52 Southland !'! 215 74 .. 741 595 6 .. 29 16 .. 1 .. Totals .. • • 3,359 1,921 727 21,072 13,316 435 79 1,438 765 5 17

Number Nu J» ber Reserve District of a . v,i New Eoads. lleserves. (Percentage of Saleable Lots. Total Aroas. X'lans. Lots Saleable Lots). A. B. P. A. B. P. A. B. P. A. B. P. Auckland and North Auck- 119 996 27 2 36-69 15 0 01-34 4 377 1 16-20 420 0 14-23 land Gisborne .. ..1 2 .. .. ..3 3 00-5 3 3 00-5 Hawke'sBay .. .. 5 54 1 2 09-2 1 3 00 14 12 1 03-82 15 2 3-02 Taranaki . . •. 2 3 .. .. .. 2 1 24 • 95 2 1 24 • 95 Wellington .. .. 32 390 10 1 18-79 27 0 29-81 20 136 1 26-25 173 3 34-85 Marlborough .. •• 8 20 .. .. .. 12 1 25-5 12 1 25-5 Nelson .. 6 29 0 1. 29 0 0 37 2 11 2 09-2 12 0 35-2 Westland - - 6 40 0 2 30-72 0 2 00 5 10 3 22-64 12 0 13-36 Canterbury .. .. 31 290 8 3 21-4 20 2 23 27 74 1 16-1 103 3 20-5 Otago .. -- 10 61 0 0 00-52 0 2 00 2 20 3 29-98 21 1 30-5 Southland Totals.. .. 220 1,885 49 2 26-32 65 3 11-15 10 662 1 15-14 777 3 12-61