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

Minor Trii mgulation. Topogn Se: "The iphical Survey for lection under Laud Act, 1887." Rural and Sul >urban. Town Section Survey. Total Cost. A»«. ■si ,J&£«J C°o£! d-B I Native Land Court Survey. lold-mining Surveys. Roads, Railways, and Water-races. Detention by Native Opposition or other Causes. Total Cost Other Work. o { Surveyor and Party from 1st July, 1891, to Cost. 31st March, 1892. Surveyor and District. Acres, -g 3 o<1 -w & Total Cost. o< °o o-a Acres. o --£ -w o *3 s < * ■ u Acres. »,Q *. J) Total Cost. ° U c< Z i V. U £1 t< 0: u I ! ! S? coBt 1 Mile. Cobt - Cost. Remarks. Total Cost. Acres. Total Cost. d. 1-4 £ s. a. 70 0 0 d. £ s. d I 4,090 .. 7,226 16 8,433 44 s. 1-70 £ s. d. 360 10 2i .. .. & s. d. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. s. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. 123 17 S> £ s. d. ;l 613 12 11 Forest country. Preparation of block for selection of naval and military settlers. " Other work " includes standard and alignment survey of portion of Town of Stratford, and pegging out sections ; also inspection of L.T. surveys. Rough forest country. Rough forest country, partly adjoining old surveys. Road through broken forest country. Transferred from the Wellington District in February ; just started to survey roads in the Rawhitiroa Block. Harbour soundings, scattered surveys, and altering sites of Trig, stations. H. M. Skeet. Mimi and Ngaere 12,000 I P. A. Dalziell. Huiroa E. W. Buckeridge. Ngaero and Omona G. H. Bullard. Ngaere and Omona J. F. Frith. Taurakawa 9,760 7,116 0-80 0-57 35 0 0! 17 0 0 [ 0-75 1-88 271 15 4 .. 792 3 8 .. .. .. I .. .. .. 3-0 1-5 18-61 12 5 14-25 16-44 45 0 0 21 7 0 306 10 10 6 0 0 1 548 17 4 561 17 2 512 14 4 1 ..I .. .. .. 16 0 0 Taranaki Office Temporary. W. H. Murcott. Ngatimaru A. C. Turner. Opaku ... 22 9 6 22 9 6 314 14 1 348 4 8 Rough forest country ; settlement surveys in progress. Very rough broken country ; exploration and survey (magnetic) of road up theWhenuakura Valley ; 16 miles surveyed—not yet mapped. Contract. C. Finnerty. Ngatimaru John Annabell. Kapara and Opaku .. John Skinner. Mahoo, Pouatu, and Eao R. H. Davies. Ngatimaru and Opaku.. lojo83 17 9-32 10-14 150 9 0 2,922 10 0 Total Coat, Contract Surveys368 8 4 593 6 9 725 0 0 284 5 9 Roads through Pohokura and Mangaotuku Blocks. Rough broken forest country. L. P. blocks; rough forest country ; parttly compiled. Settlement surveys : Tanner Special Settlement, and subdivision of University Reserve, Opaku. In progress. Settlement survey : Milson Special Settlement. In progress. 1-48 791 2 3 .. .. 235,955 0 0 /0-73 /0-73 725 0 0 H. W. Climie. Ngatimaru 144 0 0 2,115 0 10 Means and totals .. ... J235,955 28,871 0-9; 122 0 0 30,432 77 1-46 2,215 17 5 1 6 I /0'73J 725 0 .. i .. 33-07 15-82 523 7 4 168 7 2 5,037 10 10 la: d dist: :ict of w: SLLI SGTi IX. Staff. L. L. Smith. General J. D. Climie. Puketoi, &e. 11,8 8 393 10 0 I ' I 11,806 39 12,040 72 1,583 15 1,707 26 s. d. I 218 22 3 4 0 1 70 18 0 .. ! ! 9-50 11-40 14 0 0 12 0 0 134 15 0 138 12 2 ls'is 0! 384 10 3 30 10 0 500 13 9 588 5 6 Generally on inspection duties and surveys connected therewith. " Other work " also includes £108 Is. 9d., back-peggintg old surveys in bush country. Hilly back country, difficult of access a,nd expensive. The road-work consisted , chiefly of engineering surveys, including specifications. Triangulation of the Awarua country ; 120,000 acres in hand. Surveying new and old roads, South Wairarapa, generally open ; 63 miles in. progress. Hilly bush country. Cadet assisting until 30th September, 1891. Hilly bush country. Cadet assisting till Otb March, 1892. Hilly bush country ; expensive district, ;and difficult of access. Mostly bush country. " Other work " includes £211 Is. 2d. spent in cutting about 27 miles for back-pegging prior surveys, benefiting an area of 12,500 acres. Hilly forest country. " Other work " includes £70 10s. 9d. for back-pegging old surveys in Mangaone and Kopuaranga, benefiting about 2,500 acres. Return. is for eight months. 7,500 acres selection survey in hand. 12,000 acres sectional survey in hand. All in broken bush country. All broken heavy bush country, very difficult of access, and expensive to work in. Hilly bush country. All bush country, portions being very mountainous and gorgy. " Other work " includes £114 15s. 8d. spent on 8 miles back-pegmng of 2,805 acres old surveys. Hilly broken country. "Other work "includes £395 15s. lid. expenditure on the rescheming and partly repegging of 19,859 acres Crown and sold lands at Wainuioru. Generally open country. Boundary survey of reserves in Waimariino Block ; hilly forest. Hilly broken bush country. " Other work" includes an expenditure of £93 6s. 8d. for back-pegging Mangaon©. 8,000 acres sectional survey in hand. W. B. D. Murray. Ohinewairua, &c. .. F. A. Thompson. Onoke, &o,.. 1 11 6 59 18 0 3 14 0 3 14 0 "l'-OO 9 0 0 3"o 0 692 0 0 254 10 7 A. E. Ashcroft. Apiti, &c. B. P. Grevillo. Makuri, &c. .. H. J. Lowe. Pohangina, &c. .. M. C Smith. Mangahao, &c. 21200 6,200 • 1/5J 1/7} 1/2 2/3-1 802 1 11 1,027 1 8 92 0 10 197 6 9 85 10 38 1 800 2-40 13 13 4 14 9 7 109 6 5 36 4 0! 23 17 0 247 10 10 30 9 6 219 12 7 512 5 5 634 0 1 605 14 10 556 18 4 l/2£ I33" 6 5 4 103 G 8 r.< i 59 0 16 9-6 49 12 2' 0-40 4 11 2 2 5 7 1 20 is 7 J. F. Frith. Mangaone, &c. .. 3,750 20 I/Of 292 19 4 2-00 10 0 0 20 0 0 85 10 9 434 8 3 \V. J. Morpeth. Hautapu, &o. C. A. Mountfort. Makotuku, &c. J. R. Aimabell. Moinahaki, &c. H. J. Lewis. Rarete, &c. T. W. Hughes. Puketoi, &c... A. A. Seaton. Apiti, &c. 3,863 3 7,846 36 8,549 42 4,529 13 'lk 102 3 7 7-40 14-20 600 1.8 2 8 19 0 -5 22 3 9 135 19 4 271 1 .. ■ 133 2 8, 70 14 10 21 8 0 35 11 4 122 2 8 234 19 0 514 14 8 515 10 8 498 7 2 524 0 10 520 17 6 .. 51500 I 90 3 13 lfii 1/ 514 13 8 427 9 11 .. R. B. Bristcad. Omahine, &c. m 143 19 3 1513 6 9 199 15 8 401 0 10 466 11 9 A.Simpson. Otahoua, &o. H. A. Atkinson. Rarete, &c. .. N. F. J. Haszard. Kaitawa, Sec. ! I 34,224 9,777 "a 4 /2-8 390 18 0 102 19 0! 68-60 2-40 7 10 9 16 4 0 518 18 10 40 10 0' 4 0 6} 503 9 6 266 5 0 477 14 2 1 307 14 1 A. J. Mountford. Jit. Cerberus, &o. .. . •■ •■ 138 18 7 ... Means and totals 25,700 6-7 720 7 0 50,273 260 1/3-8 3,060 2 6 373 120 1 10 8J184 2 2 44,001 6 /3 559 17 6 149-70 11 14 4 1,750 5 11 20 13 7 2,054 5 2J 9,560 5 Contract Surveyors. J. King. Puketoi and Hohanga A. O'N. O'Donahoo. Tauakira, &c. J. A. Robertson. Pohangina, &c. J. F. Sicely. Tiriraukawa, &c. N. H. Macdonald. Tiriraukawa, &o. .. A. P. Mason. Kaiwhata, &c... E. W. Seaton P. Gillett .. J. Annabell ,. 4,450 8 1,988 4 2,879! 4 4,128 4 /" /10| /11J /a 204 15 0 88 12 0 140 4 0 153 2 0 4^824 "5 /8| 175 0 0 2-00 2-30 1-75 10 10 0 17 0 0 12 18 1 21 0 0 4o"7 6! 25 0 0 5 0 0 204 15 0 175 0 0 88 12 0 95 4 0 241 17 10 25 0 0 42 15 2 34 0 0 93 0 0 Almahu boundary survey ; forest country. Hilly forest country ; roads, &c, surveyed by staff previously. Ditto. Ditto. Means and totals 13.445J 20 4,824 86 7 C Less defrayed by deposits. /10-5 586 13 0 5 /8-75 175 0 0 0-25 13 13 8 5 0 1,000 4 0 821 16 6 Grand means and totals 178 7 6 25,71 G-7 720 7 0 69,718 286 1/2-6 4,246 15 6 373 120 1 10 8J184 2 2 48,825 11 /3-6 734 17 6 .. 1 .. 156-15 11 15 11 1,842 13 5' 20 13 7 2,059 5 2j 9,738 13 1 i