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No. 10.—RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st July, 1889, to 30th June, 1890. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

LAND DISTRICT OF HAWKE'S BAY.

Minor Triangulation. Topogi S. " Th( -aphici .lectio: i Land d Survey for 1 under Act, 1887." Rurj tl and Sul mrban. 'own Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Survey. Roads, Ra, anc Water-r i.ilways, 1 Detention by Native Opposition or other Causes. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1889, to 30th June, 1800. _ races. g Cost a Per 3 Mile. Remarks. «.>■ Surveyor and District. - . o O us .1 £ o 02 i 1 is . o 5| °a -AS +1 _ a - Q 4= _ Total Cost. So °3 _> 'P 5. Acres. <wq += g Total Cost. Acres. 00 q _g _ * 00 a? _ _ *| m _ Total Cost. Total Cost. Cost. Cost. Acres. Total Cost. Acres. Total Cost. Acres. Total Cost. Acres. Staff. L. Cussen. King Country 450,000 a. 0-6 £ s. d. 1,132 2 10 £ s. d. 51 s. 7-80 £ s. d. 20 0 0 s. £ s. d. s. £ s. d. s. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. 646 14 1 £ s. d. 1,718 10 11 Triangulation, West Coast, and inspection of Native surveys; tl cost of the latter being £646 14s. Id. Generally heavy forest; scattered surveys. Six months on sick leave. Engaged on city surveys. F. Simpson and Cadet. Whangarei .. F. H. Edgeeumbe. Auckland J. Barber, jun. Tauranga, &c. G. A. Martin. Waitcmata E. H. Hardy. Tokatoka, &c. .. J. I. Philips. Newcastle H. D. M. Haszard. Onewhero, &c. C. Stevens. Waipu .. W. J. Wheeler. Kaeo, &c. M. C. Smith. Matakohe A. H. Vickerman. Mahurangi A. V. Harington, Pakiri H. D. McKellar. Auckland A. G. Allom. Mangere T. K. Thompson. Otama, Ac. J. McKay. Hukerenui 23,495 25,940 1-0 1-62 97 17 11 176 0 8 9,065 240 9,730 4,629 5,424 5,837 6,606 6,329 8,063 2,677 6,015 7,677 564 870 1,758 3,694 78 9 65 82 55 34 52 92 60 75 _9 39 10 23 12 29 1-83 5-97 1-60 2-71 2-36 1-38 1-57 1-92 1-2 4-98 1-93 1-47 3-01 1-09 4-10 1-70 829 5 0 71 11 11 779 3 0 628 0 0 639 10 8 403 12 1 525 13 2 610 0 0 483 12 9 666 15 0 580 1 11 564 13 1 84 16 10 47 12 0 360 6 0 3.13 19 4 4-75 *34 23-56 40"l 4 0-83 15-0 12 8 7 25 0 0 59 1 4 96 18 0 1,046 8 0 664 10 8 689 7 11 659 7 3 642 13 6 602 11 1 578 9 0 621 5 8 579 1 1 567 14 1 593 9 0 555 15 5 155 16 10 105 1 6 377 5 0 390 19 2 7-0 12-0 84 "0 0 102 15 0 29 4 0 15 16 0 36 2 3 28 13 0 9 15 0 12 0 0 22 0 0 Scattered surveys. 9,260 21,500 1-62 1-25 6210 0 111 19 7 0-4 "3 12-6 116 0 8-75 3-06 8-75 12-0 76"il 4 37 0 0 Generally forest country, and broken. Ditto. Nearly all resurvoy of old work, very difficult to pick up. Chiefly old work ; very broken forest country. Chiefly resurvey of old work. Broken forest country. Ditto. 23^000 0-84 80 12 0 66 iio 12-6 66"o 0 6,'850 "2 0-32 110' 0 0 0-75 3-5 2-0 7-0 13-0 7-0 5 5 0 45 10 0 14 0 0 "82 1 2-06 s' 9 6 Chiefly redefining goldfield boundary-lines, 12 miles, £136 16s. Forest country. l_-5 10-55 153"6 0 15 0 Authorised Surveyors. 3. Baber, sen. Makarau C. A. Baker. Whaingaroa, &c. J. M. Cameron. Aotoa R. Campbell. Whangaroa W. F. Donovan. Whaingaroa J. Hannah. Waipu J. W. Harrison. Mahurangi, &c. N. F. J. Haszard. Maungatawhiri P. Holt. Whaingaroa A. B. Morrow. Whaingaroa .. It. Neumann. Waimate, _c. .. W. C. ONeil. Mongonui C. 0. Otway. Moehau A. M. Boss. Opotiki.. L.Simpson. Maketu A. C. Turner. Tauranga E. F. Adams. Thames ■C.Clayton. Taupo .. J. L. Tole. King Country W. Cussen. King Country O. M. Creagh. King Country.. W. C. Spencer. King Country J. Rochfort. King Country .. J. B. Keast. King Country .. J. Skinner. Taranaki P. E. Cheal. Piako A.Wilson. Whangarei 135 6,604 58 75 2,000 428 5,280 320 1,000 2,753 1,750 1,268 200 230 24 1,223 1 8 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 7 21 11 1 1 3 7 3-49 1-21 6-9 3-0 0-85 2-36 0-66 2-26 1-33 1-25 2-8 2-41 2-50 2-18 21-67 1-98 23 10 0 400 17 4 20 0 0 11 5 0 85 0 0 50 10 0 173 15 0 36 0 0 66 13 4 172 16 0 244 15 11 152 14 6 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 121 11 0 23 10 0 356 17 4 20 0 0 1.1 5 0 85 0 0 50 10 0 173 15 0 36 0 0 66 13 4 172 .16 0 244 15 11 152 14 6 25 0 0 69 14 0 26 0 0 1.21 11 0 95 8 4 85 0 0 562 10 0 1,896 10 2 740 16 8 75 15 5 425 0 0 97 18 0 200 0 0 511 0 5 192 7 4 Broken forest land. Nearly all forest country. Mineral lease, Great Barrier. Open land. All dense forest. Forest and open land. Some 4,770 acres for Board of Education ; broken forest country All forest and very broken. All dense forest. All forest land, broken country. Generally speaking, broken country and open land. Ditto. Very broken forest land. Chiefly open land. Mineral lease, Matata. Chiefly forest, open, and swamp. Land Purchase Department. Land Purchase Department; partial definition. King Country surveys ; costs advanced by Government. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Land Purchase Department. Mixed forest, open, and swamp. 1,600 42,316 135,000 155,620 57,000 36,370 30,708 23,482 14,300 20,000 3 2 1 7 1 1 7 2 1 6 1-2 004 0'08 0-02 0'20 0'09 0-27 0-25 0-28 0-5 95 8 4 85 0 0 562 10 0 1,542 15 0 583 6 8 151 11 0 425 0 0 293 10 0 200 0 0 502 5 5 54 1,035 "l 9 3-24 2-38 815 0 122 1.5 0 Grand means and totals Work supervised by Survey Departmen t, but not paid for by Government 553,195 0-72 1,661 3 0! 103,672 849 1-81 9,375 10 10 71-15 147 14-56 107 17 4 523,328 34 0-17 4,559 16 5 40-39 10-6 428 0 11 1,085 3 8 17,106 0 6 *96,467 69 1,828 73 10-04 917 10 0 •• •- * Private surveys paid for by Natives.

Staff. E. C. Goldsmith. Poverty Bay a. W. Armstrong. Waimata, Whangara .. W. T. Neill. Motu .. 1,778 "l 0-78 6914 11 28-0 16-6 15-2 11-6 16-13 435 8 2 192 10 0j 107 16 0 241 15 0 60 4 5 391 11 10 699 11 8 471 7 2 District Surveyor, Inspector, and Land Officer in Charge 1 Gisborne. Rough forest and scrub country ; cadet assisting. Rough forest country ; about 5 miles road through open country remainder traverse graded track through forest, 1,280 acre; Village-settlement, Motu, surveyed, but not mapped. Joined, 10th December, 1889 ; broken forest country, 11 miles surveyed, but not mapped. Bough bush country ; wet season ; Nuliaka-Gisborne Road. G. A. Beere (temporary). AVaiapu 8-3 133 5 3 15 0 O I 260 19 11 A. D. Newton (temporary). Nuhaka North N. J. Tone. AVeber 15,000 1-8 112 12 9' 13,500 4-8 209 17 0 14-55 1 4-3s. 3 3 0 10-5 12 126 0 0 1 473 3 9 1,500 1-5 112 10 0 177 7 0 Retired from service on 10th November, 1889. Includes 3 montl while on leave. Retired from service on 31st December, 1889. Includes £244 16: lid. compensation. Forest country; cost includes clearing, erecting, and ohservin trig, stations. Rough back country; 10 miles surveyed but not mapped. Transferred from Canterbury District, 9th June, 1890. Exploring and grading Napier-Wairoa Road; about 25 mile located. F. A. Rich. Weber .. 16,556 19 1-34 1,106 19 7 ~~ "'--*. 592 17 1 II. G. Price. Tahoraite 12,400 9 465 0 0 *.< 24 3 4 613 16 9 J.G.Wilson. Ngatapa, &o. .. J. Hay. Napier A. C. Turner (temporary). Napier-Wairoa Road 14 28-14 394 0 0 23".3 3 -648 10 1 38 5 10 138 10 3 Contract Surveyors. A. Teesdale, Motu, &c. Hallett and Laing. Pohui, Patoka, &e. T. J. Mountain. Woodvillc .. J. O. Barnard. Poverty Bay .. J. L. Dickie. Hangaroa W. O. Ryan. Whangara 113,634 473 - 9 6 4,375 295 659 1-23 1-77 1-8 269 11 9 26 5 0 58 15 0 10-30 101 14 6 9 9 0 375 0 0 380 14 6 311 5 0 78 15 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 Al! broken forest country. Mostly forest country. All forest country, and mostly broken. Manutahi Education Reserve. Rough forest country ; paid by Land Purchase Department. Rough forest country. 1 22 1 1 5,200 l-09s. 285' 0 0 9-8 404 "l 1-0 5,057 "2 7-l'd. 150"0 0 26' 0 0 Totals .. 128,634 586 2 3 31,100 7-8 1,019 17 0 25,567 52 1-3 1,663 16 3 5071-5! 7-2d. 153 3 0 1,382 17 11 1-091 87-8 15-75 481 11 5,672 2 4