No. 7, continued. —RETURN of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st July, 1883, to 30th June, 1884. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WESTLAND.

Major Triangulation. Ti Tri Dpogri ar igonoi Sun iphical netrical rey. uUral tnd Suburban. ToSection Survey. Gold-mining Survey. ltoads, Railways, ancl Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Survoyor and Party from 1st July, 1883, to 30th Juno, 1884. Surveyor and District. Acres, g g Total Cost. o Remarks. Acres. Total Cost. Acres. II 02 O Total Cost. m i • 4^* Acres. °°^« Total Cost. 03 °ar T°teioo9tCost. V. G. Murray, Totara, Mahinapua, Kanieri, Waimea 3. I. Lord, Arnold, Greymouth, Hohonu, Waimea . N. Smyth, Kanieri, Toaroha .. }. J. Boberts, Okuru, Matakitaki, Governor's Pass, Turnbull, Arawata I. Wither, Abbey Bocks, Paringa, Cascade, Otumotu a. £ s. a. 14,080 a. 3-2 £ s. a. 190 1 3 660 93 s. 3/6-4 £ s. a. 116 15 9 32 126 s. a. 11 8 £ s. a. 73 11 0 475 <]R s. a. 14 11-7 £ s. d. 355 16 2 0-2 £ s. a. 28 0 0 £ s. a. 5 12 0 £ s. a. 162 8 0 £ s. a. 904 4 2 Bush cutting within the goia fields ; cadet assisting. Bevision 115 9 2 1,053 5 0 1,553 2,435 2,873 25 40 54 1 2/0-8 3/10-8 411 18 2 35-5 6 11 8 20 14 6 10-3 17 1 6 175 19 4 330 3 10 938 15 10 Broken bush country within a gold field. No cadet. 169,271 0-45 317 3 0 13,440 140,956 2 1-8 560 15 0 31 6 16 188 7 8 54 17 6 171 10 1 919 9 4 Densely-bushed country; cadet assisting for two months. 1,542 4 1 Bough, mountainous country, densely timbered. 17,280 1 65 2 10 1,779 1/11-9 174 2 0 18 22 10 6 1 405 8 4 104 2 6 748 15 8 Heavily timbered, and expensive district. Totals 169,276 0-45 317 3 0 185,756 1-84 1,423 18 3 9,300 219 2/8-61 1,263 10 11 32 126 14 9 376 10 8 18 0 6 775 7 41 8'A3 7 11 5,053 9 1 11 8 73 11 0 510-5 54 59-5 PBOVINi iial dist: ;ICT OP CAN' 'eb: iUBY. 3. S. Welch, Akaroa 3,155 r640 35 27 J2/6§ m. 1-67 845 8 4 Contour survey, Bipa Island, £76 17s. 2d. ; 2 miles 50 chains, standard, £230 lls. 5d.; survey at £87 16s. 8d. per mile ; balance bush work. Bush ana scattered hill work. 48G 15 1 30 11 8 51 4 8 307 8 7 James Hay „ 2,428 r949 519 61 35 7 }4/8J a/7i 794 19 0 794 19 0 H. Maitland, GeraMiue 104|530 1-54 677 14 1 67 15 5 }■■ I" 745 9 6 High mountainous country. T. N. Brodrick, Ashley ana Selwyn 4,560 r364 61 3 } 2/5 569 13 6 2-0 81 7 8 162 IS i 813 16 C Hill country ; mountainous. Cadet twelve months. „ Solwyn.. J. E. Piokett, Selwyn ana Ashburton 28 \ 328 0-69 81' 7 8 2,404 rl,535 41 36 } 2/5J 481 2 3 *231 13 4 153 18 0 716 8 8 Loss £153 18a. to bo passed to credit of Survey Department by Beceiver of Land Bcvenue, with whom the lessees deposited the amount. Old surveys in hills. „ Ashburton 103 |660 0-19 81' 8 0 H i H. C. White, Waimate .. 3,923 r2,171 1,748 rl,312 6,654 rl,O77 1,163 pdp3,306 190 r90 2,565 760 r430 24 110 24 68 30 190 20 9 2 8 2 86 26 19 1 J2/7f J3/10 } 1/9 805 3 2 805 3 2 L. O. Mathias, Solwyn .. 588 11 9 588 11 9 Very scattered work in the mountains. G. H. M. MoClure, Ashburton ana Geraldine 674 1 2 674 1 2 Mostly bush in hills. F. Watkins, Selwyn and Geraldine „ Geraldine James Adam, Ashley 1/7 ]8/2 /If 52 14 8 263 12 9 j.. 316 7 6 Seven months in field. 112 8 10 112 8 10 Subdivision of reserves. Christohurch Office (various counties) Timaru Office, Geraldine 15 9 2 15 9 2 }'" 99 12 10 99 12 10 Waimate Totals 236,518 0-85 840 9 9 41,967 901 2Mi 5,011 19 7 231 U 13 4 153 18 0 3-67 58 3 4 214 0 0 307 8 7 6,527 15 11 ITB. — r, resurveys ; >dp, pas ;toral aef en sa paymi ints. * At cost of li :ssees.