No. 8— continued. —RETURN of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors from 1st July, 1885, to 30th June, 1886. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF NELSON.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WESTLAND.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY.

Major Triar.gulation. Minor Triaugulation. TO] Trie pogra am ;onon Surv pliical d metrical roy. iral ;iid Suburban. TomS< :ction Survey. Native La: [C"l COI irt Survey. rOia-K [ining Survey. Roads, Railways, and Water-races. Detention by Native Opposition or other Causes. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1885, to 30th June, 1886. Surveyor and District. o . [ © . : « S ! Total Cost. Acres. ! 4= g Total Cost. o< ! ■ o«S o : o |1 *,& Total Cost. 8 . q en Acres, q-. p g Cost Miles, per Total Cost. Mile. Remarks. Acres. Acres. CD . I'' Total Cost. Acres. °§ 633 §3 . Ph© *. S I Total Cost. S«! D Acres. 31 ftp o< O Total Cost. Acres. A o CO CD . -e j! Total Cost. Cost. Cost. a. £ s. a. a. £ 3. a. a. & s. a. d. 53 86-3 £ s. d. 421 0 9 410 0 3 & s. a. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. ;io 0 0 12 0 0 £, s. d. 45 0 0 6 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 291 13 9 357 13 0 £ s. d. 749 14 0 900 0 3 l. P. Rawson. Wai-iti and Motueka . H. Jennings. Maruia, Lyell, Oheka, Orikaka, Inangaliua . Snodgrass. Mokihinui, Ngakawa, Maruia .. 1,905 1,140 17 30 159 9 15/11 126"'7 0 1 Bush country. Cadet assisting. Broken bush country. 4,220 1-5 26 7 6 742 669 *1,958 5,352 88 10 38 62 65 42 38 19-4 203 5 0 113 11 11 312 3 0 432 11 2 122 302 22/6 14/ 339 15 0 298 16 16/6 245 17 0 7 10 0 0 70 0 0 116 0 0 925 4 6 Broken bush country. Cadet assisting. . A. Montgomerie. Eeefton, Inangahua I. T. Sadd. Tadmor, Wangapeka, Motueka .. t. H. Bullard. Inangaliua, Maruia.. !\ S. Smith and P. A. Thompson. Dillon, Percival, Lyndon, Tekoa ( I 26 310 216 13 10 408 24 13/1 268 2 11 6| 10 0 0 69 2 6 236 15 6 998 15 2 Broken timbered country. 120 "5 16/7 99 "7 10 14J 8 0 0 116 9 11 252 4 4 655 7 9 5 13 9 1,402 17 4 801 5 5 754 15 8 1,708 18 3 Heavily timbered. 6,370 acres Maruia. Field-work completed. 120,000 acres trigonometrical and topographical and 30,000 acres sectional field-work completed. 74^856 0-3 103 19 4 12^764 1-5 79"l5 6 28,973 28 11-7 1,339 IS 10 " I !. Lewis. Aorore, Pakawau 56,000 1-6 334 9 2 f 2,301 *372 1,193 29 3 11 33-8 36 18 324 17 6 55 16 0 90 1 3 ) 32 2 17/4-5 27 1G 4 80 5 0 723 4 0 Rough country. V. D. B. Murray. Wangamoa, French Pass.. 7,362 2 3-8 116 16 0 10 9 0 0 90 0 0 631 5 2 928 2 5 45,000 acres trigonometrical and topographical survey. Field-work completed. Very broken country. About 10,000 acres in hand of re-survey. V. C. Wright. Tainui i\ E. Greenfield. Howard, Motupiko I. Tarrant. Waimea authorized surveyors "67 8 60 16 17 11 193 13 11/10 114 2 6 92 14 6 341 5 2 206 17 0 358 3 1 202 8 0 712 1 6 6 '22 9 '4 0 202*'8 0 9^40 103 17 647 3 6 "61 21/3 64 18 0 I Means and totals .35,076 0-8 464 16 0 12,764 1-5 79 15 6 54,812] 392 19-1 4,367 7 1 34S G12 18/2 556 8 10 7,302 3-8 116 16 0 1,271 !-, 14/10-7 946 11 7 65J 9 3 7 599 0 5 4,463 15 3 9,969 9 9 * Mineral leases. Le: Lei Lei is secti is Nati' ;s survt onal and i;e land si ;ys for oti mining survi urveys her departme eyiees .. 2,487 5 6 .. 116 16 0 ents .. 109 16 9 I 2,713 18 3 £7,255 11 6

W. G. Murray. Tekinga, Turiwhate, Waimea, Kanieri, Arawata, Cascade, Macfarlane, Jackson F. N. Smyth. Waiho, Wataroa, Okarito, Mahinapua — Means and totals 79,875 0-93 312 15 0110,910 79,875 0-93 312 15 0116,910 0-93 312 15 0 116,910 1-42 693 5 0 40,640 21,760 1-92 0-44 325 5 6 ■10 0 0 3,207 13,052 15 89 103 12£ 143 17 2 669 14 0 144 6/9* 49 0 0 35 3 18 0 136 10 0 71 15 0 30 11 6 1,595 17 8 876 15 6 Bush country within a goldfield. Cadet of one year's standing assisting for five months. Heavy bush country, in a very expensive district, Cadet assisting during ten months. 1-42 693 5 0 02,400 14 305 5 6 10,259 104 12 813 11 2 144 6/9* 49 0 0 35 3 18 0 136 10 0 102 6 6 2,472 13 2 + This sum of £1,595 17s. 8d. includes an expenditure of £12S in connection with the erection of trigonometrical stations ahead of triangulated area, and £120 of Mr. Roberta's salary for assisting at calculations, &c. Less refund mining surveys, &c. 60 16 6 £2,411 6 8

( Akaroa .. \ J. S. Welch .. .. .. - „ .. \ [ Selwyn .. J James Hay. Akaroa [ Selwyn ..) T. N. Brodrick .. .. j Ashley .. - L. O. Mathias. Ashburton, Selwyn, Ashley,) and Waimate J | 101,526 1-26 " i 5:46 13 6 1,568 "1,228 48 2,186 *2,611 20 1,172 *1,038 7,972 *266 40 29 1 22 33 25 24 104 19 -5/3 746 1 11 725 1 3 268 6 10 9 0 0 755 1 11 725 1 3 805 0 4 ("Scattered bush sections. Three days' work for J, Marine Department, re-marking and surveying [ portion of Reserve 2166. Principally bush. Sections very scattered. f Selwyn .. ) G. H. M. McClure .. .. - „ ..[ I Westland j ■•! 18,200 1 75 10 8 ( ( 35,635 *2,745 5 8 21 1/0} 604 7 3 317 5 5 140 8 0 94 "l6J ) 140 8 23 8 0 627 15 3 673 18 1 [Subdivision of Sections 111 and 114, Glenavy, j into 18 lots, 209 acres, eight days, £17 8s. [ 3m. 20ch. road traverse, Russell's Plat, £6. ! Survey of Education Reserve 1578. The survey of the gold-mining leases includes the laying-out of a portion of the boundary-line between Canter- ( bury and Westland. £10710s. will be refunded. Finishing topographical plans in pencil. Survey extension of Quarantine Reserve. H. C. White Christchurch Office : Various Counties 2," 198 /3 27 "9 6 2 10 0 28 16 9 29 19 6 '53 Means and totals 18,200 140 8 0 75 16 8 101,526 1-26| 536 13 6 58,087 364 /11J !2,829 0 2 110* 34 18 0 3,645 13 ll * Ke-survey.