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No. 9.—RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from Ist July, 1891, to 31st March, 1892. LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

Surveyor and District. Topographical Survey. Topog; Minor Xri angulation. & "Th< Acres. S Total Cost. Acres. o< O aphica jlectioi s Land il Survey for ;i under Act, 1887." iural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Nati--e Lai id Court Survey. iold-mining Survey. Detention I lioads, Railways, by Native and Opposition Other Work. Water-races. or other Causes. •£ Cost ■a per Total Cost. Cost. Cost. § Mile. Total Cost ol Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1801, to 31st March, 1802. Kemarks. Acres. k i< Total Cost. u 0) . §3 Total Cost. Acres. "o 0 a© ■ d| Total Cost. 00 O Acre, «j -| Total Cost. Acres. II I 45 it Total Cost. Acres. "Si I sU J «I Total Cost. Tj. Cussen. Hamilton F.Simpson. Whangarei J. Baber, jun. Tauranga G. A. Martin. Kaipara K. H. Hardy. Te Kopuru C. Stevens. Tangihua J. I. Philips. Onewhero 11. I). M. Haszard. Piako W. J. Wheeler. Whangaroa A. H. Vickerman. Tauhoa T. K. Thomson. Rangitaiki .. J. McKay. Opuawhanga It. S. Galhraith. Opoliki H. D. McKellar. A. G. Allom. Auckland d. £ s. d. ! d. 7,250! 00 2,213 1-8 £ s. d. 19 0 0 17 4 0 d. £ s. d. 12,019 21,000 4,539 7,306 2,290 7,137 8.795 4,149 5,282 23,603 4,001 8,049 R. £ s. d. 86 1-2 747 0 11 2 0-6 ' G32 0 0 38 I-β 364 5 0 64: 1-8 4G2 10 6 16 3-3 386 17 0 45: 0-9 352 11 7 47 0-9 391 9 1 C8 1-6 826 7 2 47 1-5 415 11 8 30 0-5 G3G 1 7 17 1-5 361 8 4 15; 1-4 C19 13 1 35 1-7 162 10 0 oi-'o 1 s. £ s. a. 4 9 0 I ) s. • • i 1 ! £ s. d. s. £ s. a. 4-0 50 4-5 22-7 1-2 9-2 2 0 I £ 188 16-1 8-5 12-8 10-8 40 9 0 £ s. d. 75 8 4 82 6 8 38 10 1 294 3 8 13 0 0 36 16 0 18 0 0 £ s. d. .. 15 "0 0 £ s. d. 45 0 0 182 9 8 75 15 0 132 "9 10 11 0 0 88 10 10 21 16 8 68 11 0 11 5 0 26 0 0 £ s. a. 970 16 9 558 1 11 509 17 0 692 19 3 611 19 8 586 12 0 537 13 7 193 17 0 512 15 9 518 9 8 536 1 1 461 11 8 169 6 1 62 18 8 187 3 0 Bush, open, and swamp land ; scattered sections. Mixed bush, and open country. Scattered sections. Open and bush country. Ditto. Broken bush country. Chiefly swamp and bush. Mostly rcsurvoys in broken bush country. Chiefly dense forest and broken country. All rough bush country. Partly bush and swamp. Chiefly rough broken bush country. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto; much travelling. 2',703 4 0-7 95 10 0 I 201332 "7 01 378 0 0 •• 1,844 3-5 1-6 15 17 0 816 0 Means and totals I " 9,403 0-0 36 1 0 111,814 520 10 5,861 15 5 5,864 15 5 0-1-0 4 9 0 23,095 11 0-4 173 1G 521 11-01 573 16 9 15 0 0 671 17 0 7,773 3 1 See detailed statement marked A. Authorised Surveyors. J. A. Council B. F. Adams P. Bedlington C. Clayton .. W. Cusson .. J. B. Keast 0. M. Creagh J. L. Tole .. E. P. Clare P. E. Choal A. L. Foster.. J. W. Harrison J. Hannah P. Holt S. J. Harding D. H. Lusk H. Mitchell A. B. Morrow R. Neumann 1. Stephens C. C. Otway VV. C. O'Neill L. Simpson T. G. Sands .. W. C. C. Spencer H. N. Warner A. Wilson A. Wilson, L. Jackson, G. Purchase, and E. P. Adams Means and totals 150 M85 248 G40 200 7,386 40 2,502 300 994 20 1,058 712 1 2-5 ' 1 1-4 1 2-0 1 1-8 1 2-5 y l-i 1 3-5 2 11 1 20 3 1-7 1 60 2 1-3 7l 2-1 3 1-2 12 2-5 3 1-0 3 31 1815 0 106 7 4 25 0 0 12 13 4 25 0 0 371 15 8 7 0 0 111 13 1 30 0 0 85 0 0 6 0 0 71 13 4 86 2 3 2^265 92,607 35,926 106 ', 157 2 'is 29 10 0-6 o'-i 08 0-2 76 10 0 012 4 3 500 2 2 OOo'o 0 140 2 6 76 10 0 18 15 0 G42 11 9 278 10 5 360 11 8 100 7 4 818 10 4 25 0 0 70 0 0 595 0 0 371 15 8 7 0 0 111 13 1 30 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 71 13 1 80 2 3 33 16 6 116 10 0 112 0 0 175 0 0 9 3 0 259 5 0 8 15 0 57 0 0 392 11 10 Broken forest land. Open and forest land. Very broken mountainous country. Forest and open land. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Forest country, rather broken. Broken forest land. Ditto. Ditto. Open and forest land. Broken forest land. Forest land. Ditto. Open land. Ditto. Ditto. 1,872 1,736 5,500 51 116 10 0 219 0 0 275 0 0 9 3 0 Broken forest land. Chiefly open land with some forest sections. Open swamp land. Open land. Very broken forest country. Open land. Forest land. Gold-mining surveys. 55 738 818 0 57 0 0 81603 "io ) ; 0-8 359 's 0J 1 3-2 7 1-5 I '819 84 9-6 302 14 10 .. 25,0'J 63, 1-8 1,705 8 j 245,55! 69 0-2 2,508 1 5 819 34 90 392 14 li 5,098 10 7 Grand moans and totals 9,163 0-9 36 4 0 137,504 583 11 7,570 3 0-1-0 1! 4 9 0 208,G53 80 02 2,981 17 11 819 84 i 9-6 392 11 li 52-1 11-01 573 1C 9 15 0 0 671 17 0 12,871 13 11 la: D DISTR: .CT OF SAV VKE'i BAY. E. C. Gold-Smith. Poverty Bay J. Hay. Wakarara, Makaretu, Ruataniwha, and Woodville H. G. Price. Mata and Hikurangi W. Armstrong. Nuhaka N., Turanganui,' and Paritu W. T. Neill. Motu 28,210 0-8 I 0-9 j i i .. 96 1 0 .. 7,500| 3-8 120 0 4 l|l90 4-8 2313 4 49 0 0 .. 2,581! 12 19,099 11 3,273! 3 i 4,730 4 158 11 •700 2 3/2-5 /5-8 /10 /7-5 414 18 6 423 2 8 136 1 0 148 3 8 12J 3 11 14 0 10 1 0 221 1 0 30 2 8 18 13 G 7 15 10 55 11 1 20 0 0 445 11 Ij District Surveyor, Land Officer, and Inspector of Roads and Surveys. 523 0 10 The cost of sectional work has been increased through sections being scattered and country rough forest. 11G 15 3 This settlement work cost 7d. last year for skeleton survey. The total cost from first to last has been Is. 150 5 8; The road-surveys have been made under warrants, in difficult country. 113 1 6 1 Heavy forest country; formerly cost 4Jd. for skeleton survey before selection. 355 11 0; 42,750 acres in hand. 20 17 6 This is in addition to his duties as Crown Lands Hanger. 355 6 11 ! Not engaged from 1st August to 13th October. 5,000 acres of settlement-work well forward. 361 0 9 Not engaged from 1st August to 17th September; 17,000 acres in hand. * Skeleton survey previously made cost 4|d. an acre. 60 5 0 From 1st July to 31st August. Ill 10 9 O. Goldsmith. Hangaroa H. M. Smith. Norsewood, &o. T. J. Mountain. Moeangiangi and Waikaremoana A. 1). Newton. Nuhaka North 1/6-9 13 7 G 1 9 17 2 9 17 2 21 10 8 7 10 0 /9-9 29 0 0 A. C. Turner 12,638 V.ll 10 12 6 139 8 9 Means and totals 40,878 0-85 115 1 0 8,690j 1-2 I 113 19 30,54lj 46 /9-1 1,161 18 4 298 13 10 8 100 12 7 1G1 1 1 3,111 10 9 Contract Surveyors. T. J. Mountain. Tahoraite .. Hallett and Laing. 2,823 3,181 7 5 51 0 0 261 1 0 51 0 0 Skeleton survey previously made at a cost of IJd. an acre. 261 1 0 £261 Is. paid on an incomplete engineering survey of 51 miles of road. /1-G /9-9 54 0 0 90 0 0 Means and totals 1 •• 0,007| 12 /61 151 0 0 315 1 0 Grand moans and totals 0-85J 145 1 O , 8,600 1-2 113 19 8' 36,551 58 J I I I 100 12 7 10,878 /8-7 1,318 13 1 29| 13 10 8 161 1 1 3,750 11 9 13—C. 1.