APPENDIX A. RETURN of FIELD WORK EXECUTED by STAFF and CONTRACT SURVEYORS in the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND, from 1st July, 1877, to 30th June, 1878.

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Major Triangulation. Minor Triangulation without Topography. Topographical and Trigonometrical Survey. Rural and Subu Section Survi rban [Town Section Survey. Native Land Co:.rt Surveys. Native Land Purchase Surveys. Gold Mining Surveys. Road, Railway, and Water-rice Surveys. Detention by Native Opposition or other cause. Miscellaneous Work. Total Provincial District. Chief Surveyor. Acres. Cost per Acre. AverAcres. age size. No. of <*"» Acres. Allot- A 1, ot . ments- ment. Acres. s ? ze per blocks. Acre' A™-" Cost Acres. J ze per blocks. AcreCost Miles, per .Mile. Expenditure on Field Work Total cost of Office Work and Inspection for period, including Land Transfer Work. Remarks. Acrei. C03t per Acre. Cost Acres. per Aero. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Cost. Cost. for period. £ s. d. a. Acres, s. d. s. d. Acres. d. Acres. 3. s. d. £ s. d.i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. U d. 1 I 5 i100 84 WO 124,067 148 1/2 28P2 505 15/6 25,295 575 8| 237,942 9914 N 17-5 S3 10188 533 1 0 2,113 11 11 20.795 12 1 5,903 7 9 106,0C0 acres reconnaisance survey also executed. 113,258 acres Native Land Court surveys paid for by claimants not included. Includes 13,300 acres old rural and suburban survey, which had to be revised—cost 1/101 Per acre. Auckland S. P. Smith ... 1,249,441 378,204 979,726 Taranaki T. Humphries ... 68,200 4 36,534 100 2/.4J 31 52 13/3 2,660 886 2/11 42,083 3,507 72 20 - *" 10 io o o 25 0 0 216 14 0 7,749 15 9 1,681 5 10 Hiwie's Bay '... H. Baker 2- 610 96,400 14,903 131 2/41 21 £6 ** 6 13 0 367 7 1 3,193 18 3 1,685 4 9 35,568 acres Native Lnnd Court surveys done by private surveyors at cost of Native claimants, besides the area shown in tli is return. Three-fourths rough forest country 81,257 Wellington (C.-own lands) H. Jackson 151,112 275 1/41 517i 181 411 !l2 5 9 33 0 0 41 13 4 9,429 4 10 3,245 15 1 „ (Native lauds) G. W. AVilliams 145 10 8 355 0 0 5,643 5 4 1,142 12 0 164,070 U 33,365 161 1/9* 15,103 244 1/41 233,531 116,705 H Mostly forest country. Marllorough H. Clarke 618 38 2/8J 56 23/10J «i 11 0 2,106 17 1 1,087 17 7 848 15 1 Also 5,000 acres Topographical, at jd. per acre ; and standard survey over the whole district. Forest mostly. • Nelsun J. S. Browning... 16,509 H 166,411 81 16,303 100 2/5i 75 217 15/lj 1018 10/9 66 h 8 3 0 11,964 8 4 2,458 11 9 Westland G. Mueller 459,227 2 64,721 2 6,728 58 2/9J 319 22/6J 33 fo 8 9 3 256 18 5 6,007 18 0 3,068 8 3 All forest. Canterbury J. H. Baker ... 500,706 I 800,824 i£ 10 350,483 144 0/llj 1,553 11 7 28,655 14 6 9,200 3 10 Includes revision of 343,000 acres triangulation at jd. ; 2,289 acres rural sections at 2/4 per acre. Otago ... W. Arthur 314,000 9 10 85,556 172 VI f 50 0 0 8,518 11 11 4,662 17 6 110 291 22/lf 337 13/3| 35 i l 19 l Southland John Spence J... 23,040 395 12 0 5,294 11 0 60,000, 2 3 4f 81,643 164 V. 256 373 12/11 135 87/ 2,648 12 2 One party was engaged on Stewart's Island, where the work was very intricate and expensive, being mostly in bush. Totals and Averages 1,249,410 Jd. 8 17 4 £7,407 5 I 5 £108,345 17 7 [£36,545 14 0 1,564103 ljd. 2,609,192 lid. 901,3121 158 Is. 3d.: 1,273 1,630 15/11 43,058 395 llfd. 513,556 13,167 2ja. 1,761 15/5 314-75 £786 11 8