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Field-work in Hand The following summarizes the field-work awaiting action which it is hoped to put in hand during the coming year : (1) Geodetic triangulation .. .. .. .. Longitude observations. (2) Second and third order triangulation (Rotorua-Taupo 3,000 square miles. district) (3) Standard traverses (Rotorua-Taupo district) .. 90 miles. (4) Precise levelling — Waikato Valley .. .. .. 90 miles Rimutaka Tunnel .. .. .. 20 miles Hutt Valley - Wellington .. .. 30 miles Wanganui City .. .. .. 20 miles l6O miles. (5) Topographical mapping (1 : 25000 and 1 : 63360), (Rotorua-Taupo District) .. .. .. 2,000 square miles. (6) Topographical surveys for land-settlement .. 110,000 acres. (7) Land title surveys for settlement .. .. 250,000 acres. (8) Town and housing sections .. .. .. 6,000 lots. (9) Maori land surveys .. .. .. .. 1,700 acres. (10) Road legalization surveys .. .. .. 200 miles. This programme lists only those works which are urgently required and for which instructions have been issued. It is essential to proceed with the mapping of the RotoruaTaupo district in order to have data available for the closer study of the potentialities of the large undeveloped areas in this region for land and forest development, with its many ancilliary problems of communications, electric-power (hydro and thermal), tourist development, &c. The accomplishment of such a programme is entirely dependent on the availability of field staff. Town Scheme Subdivisions (Land Subdivision in Counties Act, 1946) The following table summarizes the number of scheme plans, saleable lots, areas set aside as Crown land, and reserves and cash received in lieu of land dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Land Subdivision in Counties Act, 1946, for the year ending 31st March, 1948 :

Town Scheme Subdivisions, 1947-48

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Number of Plans. Number of Saleable Lots. Cash Payments in lieu of Reserves. Areas set aside. Area: Roads. Total District. Crown Land. . Reserves. Area. £ s. d. A. R. P. A. R. p. A. R. P. A. R. P. Auckland and North 204 2,984 1,675 2 9 1 3 24 94 0 21 135 3 20 1,350 2 29 Auckland Gisborne 12 37 43 12 0 0 2 04 0 0 02 14 1 13 Hawke's Bay 16 77 586 3 10 0 0 23 2 1 23 45 3 31 Taranaki 14 26 40 8 6 0 1 15 39 1 00 Wellington .. 48 1,343 309 12 2 0 223 104'6 22 57 3 38 571 2 22 Marlborough 16 70 202 1 0 0 1 09 1 1 33 40 1 39 Nelson 55 167 880 7 11 0 i'24 1 1 33 3 3 33 116 1 18 Westland 2 19 30 6 4 0 1 06 4 1 24 Canterbury .. 124 783 2,965 4 0 4 i'28 53 17 10 2 21 363 0 15 Otago 28 238 222 12 11 0 2 35 4 2 06 3 0 18 127 1 28 Southland 19 71 140 3 0 0 3 19 0 0 09 1 3 39 20 0 25 Totals 538 (617) 5,815 (6,732) 7,095 14 5 8 3 33 211 0 24 218 0 08 2,693 3 04 (2,567 1 00) (Last yea r's figures are shown in parentheses.)