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Surveys for Land-settlement

This table summarizes the actual areas, for land-settlement purposes, dealt with in the field during the year, part of the costs of which will be carried forward to the following year. It will be noted that there has been a considerable increase in output over the previous year. So far the major portion of this work has been carried out by staff surveyors, but with the increase in land purchases it will be necessary during the coming year to let out more of this work on contract to private practising surveyors.

Cost of Survey Work apportioned to the various Districts

This table analyses the. apportionment of the cost of surveys carried out under the authority of the Chief Surveyors of the various districts. More use has been made of the services of contract surveyors, the number of contracts issued being 87. It is intended to make still more use of the contract system during the coming year.

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District. Preliminary Topographical Surveys. Final Land Title Surveys. Number of Units. Acres. 1 Acres. Auckland and Nortli Auckland 21,024 16,411 121 Gisborne 8,931 20,230 19 Hawke's Bay 21,298 12,424 34 Taranaki .. 4,216 1,129 17 Wellington 29,559 5,917 33 Marlborough 13,268 . 10,580 8 Nelson 950 380 2 Westland .. 571 9 Canterbury 28 ,*451 13,722 36 Otago 71,782 9,127 12 Southland .. 28,152 8,001 14 Totals 227,631 (141,312) 98,492 (61,209) 305 (219) (Last year's figures are shown in parentheses.)

District. By Staff Surveyors. By Contract Surveyors. Totals. Percentage. Number of Surveyors. Staff. Contract. Head Office Auckland and North Auckland Gisborne Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago Southland Totals £ s. d. 3,291 7 10 13,927 1 4 2,161 13 1 3,190 1 0 2,398 4 0 5,298 19 7 1,288 9 8 1,744 1 5 330 18 4 5,279 12 0 2,660 19 5 2,493 11 1 £ s. d. 4,967' 5 5 220 4 4 145 0 6 4,287 14 10 172 18 6 494*17 11 1,027 8 10 1,686 12 8 £ s. d. 3,291 7 10 18,894 6 9 2,161 13 1 3,410 5 4 2,543 4 6 9,586 14 5 1,461 8 2 1,744 1 5 825 16 3 6,307 0 10 4,347 12 1 2,493 11 1 5-8 33-1 3-8 6-0 4-5 16-8 2-6 30 1-4 11-0 7-6 4-4 1 6 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 9 -i 33 3 2 19 1 i 7 5 . 44,064 18 9 (40,848 1 6) 13,002 3 0 (8,764 8 6) 57,067 1 9 (49,612 10 0) 100-0 26 (27) 71 (59) (Last year's figures are shown in parentheses.)