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

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- ■ T' Surveyor and District. Minos Triangulation. u o . ■*= S Total Cost. O Tc Tri opographical and Lgonometrical Survey. 5 1 Total Cost, o jural and Suburban, O § ftj 6V -s 3 X O Total Cost. Towi Section S' °3 irvey. roid-: [ining Survey. ;oads, Bs an< Water-] lilways, J 1 races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1880, to 30th June, 1884. Bemarks. Acres. Acres. Acres. O ■4 °a Is Total Cost. en o A a 02 s . *> S Total Cost. O 1 Cost per Milo. Total Cost. Cost. 23?d. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. s. d. 1 4a 1 £ s. d. 926 10 0 £ s. a. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 15 6 2 £ s. d. 49 15 0 £ s. a. 31 9 0 £ s. d. 1,007 14 0 John Strauchon, Waikawa, Mokoreta, Otara, Waipahi.. D. Barron, Blackstone, Naseby, St. Bathans, Gimmerburn, Maniototo, Upper Taieri, Mount Buster, Kyeburn, Rock and Pillar A. R. Mackay, Tiger Hill, Tarras, Leaning Rock, Nevis, Lander, Wakefield, Cromwell, Fraser, Cairnhill, Wanaka 80,000 1-22 408 2 4 13,577 2,173 122 92 27 13 1 7* 4 6| 176 15 6 27 2 8 222 8 22 4 9| 5 1£ 164 9 0 2 10 2J 31 3 4 8 8 18 204 16 8 658 6 3 954 3 6 695 11 7 A considerable portion bush, ordinarily expensive. Wet and stormy weather was prevalent during the year—worse than ever experienced. Cadet assisting nearly two years. Open country within a gold field. Surveys scattered over an extensive district. Considerable time taken up laying off forest reserves, &c. Cadet one year assisting. Within a gold field, and a very expensive district. Country all open excepting near Hawea and Wanaka Lakes. Very mountainous. Absent on leave for four months. No assistance excepting cadet draughtsman for eight months. 13,000 acres were bush. Land rough, and sections small and very much scattered. George Mackenzie, Glenomaru, Catlin's, Hummock, Hummockside, Dunedin and East Taieri, Waikouaiti, Table Hill, Greenvale, Hawkesbury, Glenkenich W D B. Murray, Greenvale, Wendon J. Langmuir, Beaumont, Tuapeka West, Port Chalmers E. H. Wilmot, Kawarau, Shotover, Skipper's Creek, Upper Wakatipu, Cardrona 6,568 80 2 3J 748 9 9 275 91 17 6 125 2 6 35 6 9 27 15 8 936 14 8 SJ 6 18 * 143 10 2 3,306 1,179 832 14 3 17 0 9J 2 0 3 2J 131 14 5 117 18 0 132 14 5 114 'ii 19 "21 109"8 6 i 5 6 '6 0 26 0 0 6 '0 0 130 4 10 548*18 0 249 9 8 131 14 5 672 16 0 765 7 7 Open country within a gold field. Transferred to Nelson in August last. Bush, and rough scrubby country. District within a gold field; very rugged and expensive to work. Spotting surveys. Field-work done of 200,000 acres triangulation, but plans not finished. Cadet ten months assisting. Nearly all hilly country and terraces, partly covered with flax and scrub, and cut up by large creeks—which had to be traversed. Cadet ten months assisting. Transferred last May to Napier. Village allotments of from three-quarters of an acre to ten acres. Very wet when doing this work —scarcely a dry day during the month. Covered with manuka scrub. Triangulation work retarded by wind and snow. Open country, and very rough. Transferred to Gisborne in November last. Open country within a gold field. Greatly hindered by wet weather and snow. Open country. Resurvey of part of Sutton Township. 31,000 acres topography dono (not included), when accident occurred to theodolite. M. McNicol, Wakaia 10,317 74 1 4 674 7 2 12 9 10 0 114 0 0 18 3 0 806 10 2 A. Seaton, Strath-Taieri, Nenthorn, Tuapeka West, Lindis, Hawkdun 60,000 1-36 339 0 0 12,115 12 0 7| 387 6 6 123 27 2 11 5 69 9 0 16 3 11 3 3 0 9 2 0 0 18 0 0 816 18 6 William Armstrong, Swinburn, Waihemo D. W. Gibson, Poolburn, Lake Wanaka, Tiger Hill, Crown, Cromwell, Cardrona, Kawarau John Cook, Blackstone, Lauder, Sutton, Strath-Taieri, Nenthorn, Hummock, Budle, Upper Taieri, Loganburn, Hawkdun, Lindis, Ahuriri 123,553 0-76 393 16 0 5,949 9,038 8 57 1 2 0 8| 348 1 1 330 12 8 348 1 1 724 8 8 83,936 0-84 293 10 0 15,096 91 0 7J 449 10 11 21 53 0 3 11J 10 11 0 753 11 11 Contract. 19 76 13 9 81 0 11 1J 45 0 0 121 "13 9 Open country. Village allotments, Hawea. Within a gold field. J. Campbell 1,038 1 5| 12 Fees. 418 C 6§ 136 11 0 136 11 0 J. Campbell 24 Totals 347,489 1-09 1,577 18 6 81,310 507 1 If! 4,527 16 10 431 252 1 0 19 10 250 2 6; 778 59 10 8 415 12 6 37J 91010 361 8 3 f 1,738 18 3 8,871 16 10 * Maps not quit ;e finishe. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHLAND. Staff. John Hay, Longwood, Jacob's River 1,725 74 7 3 640 0 0 44 174 10 0 174 0 0 ii 14 0 0 21 0 0 19 0 0 909 11 0 Weather exceptionally wet for several months. Surveys nearly all in bush, long traverses required. Officer on leave for a month, and laid up for three weeks owing to an accident. In progress : 15 sections (600 acres in bush); cost to date, £55 11s. Seven township allotments and 2§ miles of road traverse were m bush. James Blaikie, Eyre,* Mararoa, Takitimo, Waiau, Wairaki, Oteramika, Mataura George Watson, Winton, Oreti, Hokonui, Eyre, Centre Hill 7,000 0-34 10 0 0 14,000 ! 0 11-3 658 12 4 0 13 8 47 5 0 06 0 0 781 17 4 102! 140 69 5* 12 0 0 William Hay, Invercargill 10,826 327 97 58 1 3-8 11 10J 713 0 4 193 17 2 3 3 0 766 3 4 193 17 2 Fifty sections, comprising 791 acres, were in bush. Some of the surveys were in rough broken country. In progress: 21 sections, embracing 4,900 acres ; cost to date, £70, £20 carried from previous year. Nearly all the sections were in heavy bush. Surveyor resigned at end of September, 1883. Many of the sections were in bush, two being saw-mill areas. Party was at work from October, 1883, to February, 1884. A. K. Robertson (temporary), Invercargill, Lindhurst, Wairio 2,968 25 1 0-9 159 15 0 159 15 0 Fee System. George Hately, Longwood, New River, Forest Hill T. B. McNeil, Invercargill, New River, Forest Hill, Hokonui, Eyre, Mabel, Lindhurst T. S. Miller, Wairaki, Oreti, Waiau, Wairio, Mataura .. William Hay, Invercargill, Mabel, Oteramika 1,140 2,827 6 18 2 4 1 6-4 133 3 3 217 0 9 133 3 3 217 0 9 Five saw-mill areas and one purchase. Comprising 1C purchases and 2 saw-mill areas. 851 506 12 4 2 0-1 2 8J 85 11 9 68 12 6 85 11 9 68 12 6 Purchases, mineral areas, &c. Comprising 2 purchases and 2 saw-mill areas. Totals^.. 7,000 0'34 *~K) 0 0 35,170 SC(> 1 7-5 2,869 13 1 184' 243 0 18 2J 221 5 0 12 8 7 87 0 0 22 3 3,315 12 1