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No.8 — continued. — RETURN of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st July, 1887, to 30th June, 1888

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Minor Trii angulation. Topogr: ai Trigonoi Sur iphioal id notrical fey. 1 nil .nd Sul mrban. Town Section Survey. Native Land C01 rt Survey. Native Land Purchase Survey. Gold-mining Survey. Area surveyed for Selection under " The Land Act, 1887." Roads, Railways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1887, to 30th June, 1888. Remarks. Surveyor and District. <D . ft© Acres, -g 3 o< Q Total Cost. M <D . ft© Acres, -g g O Total Cost. Acres. *K a °o 02 U <D . ft<D o< Total Cost. Acres. oS d3 oS §,2, °\% Total Cost. Acres. Is SS . tc.S P.? «Q *■ S O M Jc . * o<J 000 jz; Total Cost. Acres, o q aS »g Total ■S3 Cost. O CD &H H o3 *■ u Total Cost - 3 as SO © . ft© Acres. +> n* Total Cost. o g Cost S per S Mile. Total Cost. Cost. >rov: "CIAL •ISTRICT >f w: illi: 'ON. a. £ s. a. a. £ s. d. s. 0/9-9 £ s. d. 615 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. a. £ s. d. a. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. d. 7-2 £ s. a. 300 0 0 £ s. a. 14 0 0 £ s. d. 154 0 0 £ s. d. 112 0 0 £ ■ s. d. 1,254 6 5 A. D. Wilson. Mangawhero ana Ngamatea A. Dmrdas. Ongo and Apiti Oroua L. Smith. Mangahao and Mangaone .. „ Mikimiki J. D. Climie. Makuri J. Annabell. Nukumaru Wangaehu, Omahino, Mangawhero, Wairoa 3. Annabell. Omahine A. E. Ashcroft. Wangaehu Apiti and Hautapu .. „ Ongo R. P. Greville. Mangaone and Mangahao , Mangaone „ Mangaone and Makuri.. C. A. M. Crombie. Mangaone H. J. Lowe. Mangaone, Kopuaranga, Mikimiki, and Tararua J. F. Frith. Haurangi and Waipawa .. , Port Nicholson .. J. R. Annabell ' .. ' '•• 3. Thorpe A. Mountfort H. Mitchell .. C. E. Smith 16,237 16 I 10,000 11 Rough bush country. 1,590 I 15' 2/6 200 0 0 18,000 4-2 326 14 8 15 0 0 4 5 4 37 10 0 39 6 9 24 0 0 j 598 16 6 I 732 6 3 1,162 2 11 I 946 7 9 [ 573 9 1 [ 697 16 2 Hilly bush country. 15j 665 0-48 3018 5 7J015 'i 7-26 211'l7 9 2^760 'i 4-3 49 'e 10 8i 93 "3 11 3,848 7 0/4-6 73 19 10 24,000 10-5 l,088'l7 0 147 "4 8 Hilly and undulating bush country. 6,025 "l 0/0-9 24"7 10 14,000 - 6-6 386'17 1 16 15 '5 6 242 '7 0 495 7 9 High hilly bush country. Difficult of access. I Open country. Mostly hilly forest land. Ditto. 12,000 1-5 70 0 4 'k 9 12 7 79 10 0 166 "8 6 7/ii 40' 0 0 12,000 6-6 330 "0 0 Hilly bush country. ioij 13 13-0 'io 13 5 0 32 10 0 ll!400 623"4 1 Ditto. 149} 8 95 4 11 13 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 93 4 0 92 0 0 40 0 0 179 6 0 77 18 8 '138 18 0 675" 3 2 1J600 'i 12 50 0 0 16,500 9-8 676 16 5 667 0 7 586 6 2 Hilly bush country. Wiwaka Railway plans. Rough bush hills. 12,908 '43 1/0-4 469 2 1/ 23 9 0 7,000 7-4 214 0 2 19 12 0 58 16 0 56'12 0 j 319 13 3 Mostly hilly bush country. 3 132 7 5 400 5 11 315 13 7 1,163 13 4 14 9 0 Means and totals Authorised and Contract Surveyors. A. Templer. Pohangina Palmerson and Scott. Waitohu, Moutere, Waiopehu, and Mount Robinson Palmerson and Scott. Waiopehu and Waitohu F. Owen. Pohangina 27,665 0-87 101 4 9 41,178} 1,722 1,895 7,100 27 78 97 0/9-6 1/5-1 1/11 1/9 1,651 19 10 123 4 0 149} 10' B 5 0 32 10 0 52^460 8,015 14 8-9 4-6 l,015"o 261 17 9 2,760 4-3 49 6 10 112,900 8-4 3,946 9 5 63ffi 13 3 1 836 13 9 1,490 19 6 9,564 14 4 123 4 0 1,015 0 0 Small run. Hilly forest country. Horowhenua subdivisions, in hilly and flat forest country. Part of Manawatu Company's endowment. Hilly forest country. Awahou - Pohangina Special - settlement Block. Alteration of sections previously surveyed. Parkville Township. Forest lands. Wellington Special-settlement Block. Hilly and flat forest country. Township of Scarborough. Flat forest lands Masterton - Mangahao Special - settlement . Block. Hilly and undulating forest country. W. G. Hayward. Mangaone .. C. W. Reardon. Mangaone and Tararua 11,930 400 817 189 226 0 10 0 0 19 2 153 1/3-9 Frazer and McDonald. Mangahao H. Ellison. Mangahao 8,729 1/4 260 741 166 260 1 0 5-8 0 15 4 '72 Means and totals 31,376 331 1/5-61 123 4 0 2,218 841 ! 0 16 2 52,460 H 4-6 1,015 0 0 Grana means and totals .. 27,6651 10-87 101 4 91 !71,737}j 4281 1/1-51 ll,775 3 llj J2,367} 851 0 16 7-7 1 32 10 Ol 60,475l 191 5-1 ll,276 17 9l 2,7601 4-3 149 6 11 |112,900| 8-4| 13,946 9 5l 63|| 13 3 l 1 1836 13 91 11,490 19 6| |10,702 18 4 PRO' 'IN !LV DISTRIC OF 'EL! ION. J. Snodgrass. Kawatiri, Ngakawau, Mokihinui J. A. Montgomerie. Rcefton, Inangahua R. T. Sadd. Pakawau, Raiteriteri, Takaka G. H. Bullard. Matiri, Lyell, Maruia.. 733 9 3/ 109 19 0 1,220 42 9 6 579 10 0 2 5 0 0 10 0 0 55 5 9 878 1 9 Goldfield ; bush. Difficult of access. No cadet. Ditto. One cadet. Bush ; rough hills. One cadet. Bush ; aifficult of access. Nine months in fieia. \ 96,000 acres trig, fieia-work completea. V 50,410 acres licenses in progress. Rough ) couutry. One cadet. Bush and scrub; rough hills; difficult of access. Rough, hills; bush. Nine months in field. 332 9,187 1,339 15 61 32 6/ 1/11 6/6 99 5 0 876 15 6 436 15 0 12 185 0 7 8 71 7 10 1,382 381 57 61 2 2 11 10 5 5 17 6 815 11 0 103 15 5 50 0 0 1* 5 10 0 30 6 0 8 13 0 64 1 3 32 7 6 137 0 0 937 11 2 880 6 10 624 4 8 F. S. Smith ] Maling, Boyle, Dillon,} • Lyndon, Percival, [■ F. A. Thompson] Waiau j W. D. B. Murray. French Pass, Pelorus 9,315 21 1/2 543 7 6 17 7 0 0 119 0 0 ' 916 12 6 767 10 0 895 18 9 20,620 3 257 15 0 2,500 28 3/ 375 0 0 1 7 7 0 7 7 0 300 0 0 F.B.Greenfield. Hope,Howard,Motueka A. P. Rawson Authorised surveyors 8,194 710 4,041 38 1/3 507 10 4 2| 5 0 0 13 15 0 62 10 0 543 12 4 45 3 4 '43 i'/io 373 8 6 808 '22 6 "3 258 18 6 Means and totals 20,620 3 257 15 0 36,351 247 1/10 3,322 0 10l 12 185 0 7 8 71 7 10, 3,848 129 1,807 14 11 29| 6 4 4| 189 1 0 651 4 6 6,489 1 4 DVINi :ta DISTRICT OF MARLBOROUGH. R. F. Goulter (Staff)— Orieri ana Gore 31,700 0-98 130 0 0 •■ Expensive district: more than half the stations on heavily-timbered hills. Chiefly open country, with bays and inlets. Scattered surveys. Rough hills, principally bush. Old river-bed. A good deal of work in determining adjacent allotments. Partly bush, partly open. Arapawa, Cloudy Bay, Linkwater, and Gore Cloudy Bay, Linkwater, and Oriori 15,200 0-75 47 10 0 1,561 9 1/6-9 123 6 0 Town of Picton 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 674 18 2 •• •• Queen Charlotte Sound and Port Underwooa Waitohi Valley and Wairau West.. D. Dobson (schedule), Onamalutu 4,607* 61 1/5-6 338 8 8 379 2/ : 23 42"7 6 t 22 6 8 16 5 0 Railway-land plan surveys. Partly open, partly bush; adjoining old surveys; hilly lana. "3 Means and totals 15.200 1 0-75 47 10 31,700 0-98 130 0 0 6,547 73 1/6-4 504 2 2 5 0 0 5 0 0 22 6 8 16 5 0 674 18 * Revised. 66 2 Less railwa-'-lana ilan surveys, and fees lepositea for surve; 608 15 8