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Warrants During the year 103 warrants for certificates of title comprising 468 items and 12 proclamations of road-lines under the Native Land Act, 1931, were dealt with. Summarized Expenditure The following schedule sets out the salary expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1945, as apportioned among the various classes of work carried out during the year. In each case the relative amount expended the previous year is shown in parenthesis. The salaries of both field and office staff are included in this summary : — General (Crown surveys, records, investigations, tracings, diagrams, £ s. d. £ a. d. and general office work) .. .. .. .. .. 34,300 15 4 (31,172 8 11) Triangulation .. .. .. .. .. .. 882 1 11 (839 6 8) Topographical mapping .. .. .. .. .. 4,218 5 6 (9,435 8 7) Standard traverse .. .. .. .. .. .. 591 8 10 (7 8 6) Survey maintenance (standard blocks and trig signals) .. .. 144 6 6 (24 19 11) Precise levelling .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,807 19 3 (286 0 4) Inspection and investigation .. .. .. .. 708 11 2 (282 1 5) Town scheme plans (section 16, Land Act, 1924) .. .. 464 15 4 (260 11 0) Land development (topographical and schemes) .. .. 2,274 7 7 (244 16 5) Tidal analyses .. .. .. .. .. .. 295 15 2 (125 3 5) Work for— Native Department .. .. .. .. .. 1,450 9 1 (1,735 2 4) Lands and Deeds Department .. .. .. .. 9,863 15 6 (8,425 10 3) Public Works Department .. .. .. .. 4,439 6 4 (3,278 3 II) Housing Department .. .. .. .. .. 1,442 3 5 (1,673 18 4) Other Departments .. .. .. .. .. 31,349 0 1 (45,615 6 6) £94,233 1 0 (103,406 6 6) There has been a sharp decline in the work carried out for other Departments, due largely to the drop in Armed Services requirements. This is also reflected in the falling-off of expenditure in topographical mapping, staff having been transferred to the more urgent land-settlement work.

The total expenditure apportioned among the various districts is as follows:—

Map Sales The restriction on the sale of cadastral maps was uplifted during the year. Negotiations for the release of the new 1 mile to an inch and 1:25,000 topographical series are being pursued with the Army Department, and it is expected that these maps will be available for sale to the public early in the next financial year. These latter maps will be most popular editions, and it is anticipated that existing stocks will have to be replenished at an early date. To date they have been used extensively for many purposes of Government enabling decisions in respect to proposed development works to be made without the need for extensive field investigations. The following is a schedule of the returns from the maps sold or issued to other Departments : — £ .s. d. Survey district, and county maps .. .. .. .. 900 14 6 City, borough, and town maps . . . . . . . . 300 15 0 4-mile territorial series .. .. .. .. • 825 11 6 Topographical maps . . .. . . . . . . .. 432 18 6 General and miscellaneous maps .. .. .. .. 433 14 0 Total .. .. .. .. .. £2,893 13 6

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District. Expenditure. Percentage. £ s. d. Head Office .. .. .. 7,839 0 8 8-0 Auckland and North Auckland .. 32,046 18 8 34-0 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 2,343 8 3 2-5 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 4,665 7 0 5-0 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 3,531 6 11 4-0 Wellington.. .. .. .. 12,894 0 8 14-0 Marlborough .. .. .. 3,071 2 9 3-0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 4,552 2 9 5-0 Westland .. .. .. .. 905 8 2 1-0 Canterbury .. .. .. 9,533 19 5 10-0 Otago .. .. .. .. 4,747 3 9 5-0 Southland .. .. .. .. 8,103 2 0 8-5 Total .. .. .. 94,233 1 0 100-0