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No. 8.—RETURN of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors under the Supervision of Mr. S. Percy Smith, from 1st July, 1885, to 30th June, 1886. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

To; pogra] anc Sonoin Survi phical 1 Major Trial igulation. Minor Triangulation. Trig 1 Letrical By. iral and Su' jurban. To , m S< tetion Survey. Native Land Co' lit Survey. Native Lam Purchase Survey. Gold-Mining Survey. Roads, Rai and Water-n ihvays, Detention by Native Opposition or other Causes. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party ices. Surveyor and District. hi Q . ft ® Acres. £> wS '3 , ° o ap Acres. ~-g 43 g S5g o^ m Q Rsmarks. Acres. u a> . a® Total Cost. Total Cost. Acres. o<! o Total Cost. Acres. 02 © . a p o Total Cost. Acres. ■gH Total Cost. tfJ .h ft? Acres, !gj oo o Total Cost. 31 Acres, o S IS ag o<! o Total Cost. Total Cost. Cost per Mile. from 1st July, 1885, to 30th June, 188G. Miles. Total Coat. Cost. Cost. a. £ s. d d. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. s. £ s. d. £ s. d. 15 0 0 G. W. Williams. (General) J. O. Barnard. Cook County .. 0*6 s. d. £ s. a. d. £ s. d d. £ s. d. £ 10 £ s. d. 100 0 0 £ s. d £ s. d. 690 12 4 032 11 8 25," 000 52 2 0 4 10 & s. a. 805 12 4 684 13 8 Also Field Inspector. Also Field Inspector in charge of East Coast. All rough forest country. Half bush, half open work, much scattered. 600 square miles. Major and minor work nearly completed. 7 miles of road completed in field. Mostly adjoining old surveys. Work much scattered. Work much scattered; 10 miles of road completed in field. Half adjoining old surveys. S. Weetman. Great Barrier E. C. Goldsmith. Tauranga, &c. 39^000 0-42 67'io 0 6,149 816 33 11 2-97 5-25 913 2 0 214 4 0 17 62 47 "2 0 15,328 314 17 8 1-5 12 23-7 5 35 0 1 60 0 0 941 13 4 788 12 3 15*2 11 4-8 80'l3 2 L. Cussen, cadet, and one assistant. King Country F. Simpson. Whangarei F. H. Edgecumbe. Maramarua, &c E. Neumann. Bay of Islands .. G. A. Martin. Kaipara [&e. B. H. Hardy and cadet. Tokatoka, J. I. Phillips. Matakohe, &c. .. C. Steven. Waipu, &c. C. W. McFarland. Waiwera, &c. 6,000 0-4 9 19 11 1,310,000 8^600 0-47 1-7 2,574 16 7 62*'3 2 1,965 5,278 1,723 2,642 20 43 36 29 3-1 2-27 8-5 3-9 304 11 0 601 0 8 743 9 5 604 0 0 i-5 6 10-0 3"o 0 21-4 23-95 14 14 69 14 303 10 0 167 7 6 196"o 0 80 0 0 11 11 8 50 0 0 149 10 0 44 5 5 2,599 15 2 809 8 0 771 8 1 822 8 0 797 14 6 7,400 l'-3 9,135 8,037 2,700 1,700 40 89 47 23 1-9 1-4 4-2 5-6 883 13 9 541 11 9 578 6 9 478 7 0 I 37 7 251 7 5 10 0 0 888 10 11 802 19 2 698 14 0 655 15 0 41 0 0 2. 20-7 41'is 0 120 0 0 Adjoining old surveys. All old work, difficult; 600 acres completed in field. Adjacent to old surveys. Broken bush country. Bush; 900 acres completed in field. In field since March, 1888. Heavy bush country. Open broken country. Open, very broken country. Mostly bush. Mr. Spencer left on the 10th October, 1885. Transferred to Hawke's Bay. H. X>. M. Haszard. Awhitu, &c. W. J. Wheeler. Hokianga M. C. Smith. Whitianga, &c. .. 13,000 1-0 54 3 4 3,557 2,924 348 85 88 6 2-6 4-9 3-8 459 7 6 718 17 7 65 17 5 16 30 Q 14-3 04-0 160 11 10 0 21 8 10 1 10 0 503 90"0 5 4 6-5 0-2 g 43-0 6-7 11-5 77 0 0 04 "i 5 28 8 6 19 19 0 63 14 2 707 9 3 681 7 11 308 8 11 J. Baber. East Cape .. J. E. Pickett. Tokomaru, &c. .. W. Armstrong. Mangatu, &c. .. W. C. C. Spencer. Coromandel 253,000 223 0 0 49,100 76'l7 4 253,000 557 9 0 10 40 20 0 0 is"o 0 8,532 118 19 4 0-16 0-37 0-52 2i 74 26 3-5 6 3-34 8-9 18-9 22-7 651 19 6 685 12 0 104 16 3 12 14 0 134 0 8 54 13 4 67 18 0 744 17 2 796 10 2 796 10 0 100 2 6 55^000 0-75 202 14 4 2,253 2,522 " - 3 12 4-7 1-6 43 0 0 187 1 11 73-25 36-2 .4-5 5,904 4 9-7 237 18 11 H. G. Price. Waiau 5 8-2 43 16 0 43 16 0 Authorized surveyors 253,000 0-16 223 0 0 139,500 0-52 301 12 7 1,526,000 0-53 3,397 3 1 51,759 238 567 2 2-99 !7,256 11 0 16 2 0 103-2 146 21-8 112 10 10 30,267 18,761 24 as 6-7 861 16 4 561 0 2 16,246 6 2 614 9 4 8,'877 7 210 10 3 247-5 11-74 101 11-2 2,718 3 9 177 16 0 178 13 1 2,136 6 3 Means and totals 253,000 0-16 223 0 0 139,500 0-52 301 12 7 1,526,000 0-53 3,397 3 1 51,997 569 2-99 17,262 13 0 I 103-2 146 21-8 112 10 10 49,028 02 6-7 1,423 2 6 8,877 210 10 3 259-24 11-2 2,895 19 9 178 13 1 2,136 6 3 16,860 15 6 PR' •VINCIAL liste: :ct 'ARANAKI. Baa Pegging, >M work. Staff Surveyors. A. O'Donahoo. Egmont, Opunake, and Mokau E. S. Brookes. Opaku.. W. H. Skinner. Huiroa H. M. Skeet. Ohura, Pouatu, and Mahoe H. W. Climie. Ngaire.. 320! 000 0-5 733 16 0 2,150 7^876 24 :16 d. 16-9 23'4 150 19 9 767 ie o 24 96 15-5 75 0 0 3 6J 22 51-65 65 19 10 335 15 5 25 10 4 048 1 5 134 16 0 714 18 0 1,051 7 3 (■Cadet partly assisting. Standard •J survey of New Plymouth well ( forward. Left the service November, 1885. 217 13 1 •- 40 0 0 130,000 acres triangulation nearly completed. Rough country, difficult for road work: 4,000 acres nearly completed. Left service 30th November, 1885. Left service 30th September, 1885, 3,170 15 32-7 432 17 0 692 13 0 C. Mnnerty. Huiroa .. F. Duthie. Huiroa A. C. Atkinson. Kaupckonui and Opaku P. A. Dalziell. Ngaire 3,462 2,000 15 9 60-2 28-9 809 6 0 241 0 4 545 5,440 7 39 12 8-6 27 0 0 195 18 0 314 8 4 69 7 4 600 2 2 248 'il 8 76 10 4 6,400 70 7-5 199 18 0 327 5 8 From 1st October to 30th June. Cadetship terminated 31st December. From. 1st November to 30th June. Cadetship terminated 31st December. Detention caused by Stratford bush fires. Railway land plans. T. L. Humphries. Huiroa 5,546 246 13 4 13 7 0 36 2 0 308 5 8 49 10-7 Contract Surveyors. Skinner and Sole. Egmont and Ngaire J. Skinner. Egmont 6-7 90 15 9 90 15 9 60 1 8-4 2 2 0 13J Means and totals 2 2 0 320,000 0-5 733 16 0 18,718 90 31-6 2,464 1 1 I 291 3 5 24 96 15-5 75 0 0 17,931 165 H'9 669 9 4 23 21-4 492 11 53 7 0 310 4 0 4,954 2 7 NoTE.-The whole of the work of the Taranaki staff, as shown above, with the exception of 150 acres of suburban land, has been in dense forest country.