APPENDIX II. RETURN of FIELD WORE EXECUTED by STAFF and CONTRACT SURVEYORS, in the PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND, under the supervision of the CHIEF SURVEYORS, from the dates given to December 31st, 1876.

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Date of Commencement of Period. Majoi Mini Triangu with< Topogri >r lution mt tphy. Topogra] and Trigonom Surv< phical i 1 letrical ey. Rural an Sectio] id Subi n Sum rban iVTown Section Survey. Nativi 3 Land Court Jurveys. Native L Si md Purchase rveys. Detent by Native opi or other c£ ;ion position Other Work. o •a | Total Cost Triangula ition. luse. for Districts. Chief Surveyor. Remarks. <o to . Cost Eer otment. Average size blocks. Average size blocks. Period. 1876. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. No. of AUotments. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Time. Cost Nature of Duty. Acres Acres. 526 .£ 80 30th June T. Heale .. 1 D. A. Tole j 180,000 |d. 134,400 l|d. 28,918 149 V* 266 60 27/123,455 4Jd. (J) 342,665 4|d. Survey stopped. Checking Land Court Surveys, and revision of do., die. £ 945 £ s. d. 8,126 2 4 42,241 acres commenced in October, 1875. Includes £551 on account of work entered on last year's return. Of the trigonometrical survey, 84,000 acres open 50,000 acres bush country. Section survey, about l-10th bush, rest open. In progress, 450,000 acres, major triangulation. „ 5,000 „ minor ditto. „ 25,000 „ rural and suburban. .uckland T. Humphries Eoad surveys Taranaki 1st. Jan. 5,120 9Jd. 16,556 106 1/11 187 2,860 11 4 All bush country. Hawke's Bay 30th June C.Weber .. 7,359 147 1/3 44 miles road survey .. 112 584 17 0 About one-half bush; 1,250 acres surveyed but not mapped; 14J miles roads surveyed but not mapped. Eoads to section surveys not laid out. All rough bush country. Eoads not surveyed. Wellington (Crown Lands) 1st July.. H. Jackson 3,600 ljd. 37,520 1/1| Eoad surveys .. 5,672 9 7 ,, (Revision Surveys) ,, •. 20,366 161 107 l/7i 424 424 " 31/6J 87] 8,600 acres open, rest bush. Eoads not surveyed. ,, (Native Lands) .. »i * * J. W. A. Marchant 62,000 ljd. 19,168 3Jd. 2,376 11 2 Marlborough 1st October H. Clarke 304 38 1/3 10 16/24J miles road survey .. 107 131 0 0 All spotting surveys. Seven surveyors on Goldfields. Mostly rough timbered country. Nelson 1st July.. J. S. Browning .. 21,939 175 3/1 133J miles topographical traverse, @ 1/4 per chain. 712 3,410 7 4 Westland 1st July.. G. Mueller 8,173 50 1.7 Mining and road survey 604 1,774 1 3 22,608 acres topographical survey also executed. Average cost, 4d. per acre, Three surveyors on Gold-fields. Broken bush country. Canterbury 1st July.. S. Hewlings .. 1 J. H. Baker f 53,925 Geodesical and road surveys. 248 1/10J 735 6,097 12 6 Besides this, 30,662 acres rural lands surveyed but not mapped. Mostly open and generally level country. Otago 1st April J. McKerrow ..' W. Arthur J. McKerrow 45,200 3£d. 60,702 125 1/5 1,330 1,654 11/1 Mining surveys, waterraces, Warden's Court business, <fec. 780 6,236 6 9 Seven surveyors part of the time on Gold-field surveys. Principally spotting surveys. Southland 1st April John Spence ja. 158 1,3 594 1,031 12/4| 3,847 14 9 Considerable portion of area surveyed in bush. 6,000 40,321 Totals and Averages 180,000 iftd2T<hrd. 1/7 iV 41,117 14 0 |d. 71,600 184,720 296,083 142 2,617 3,185 13/2| 123,455 526 4Jd. 361,833 2Jd. £80 4,269 M >