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Table No. 46.—SUMMARY of Statement showing Contracts completed under the Co-operative System from 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897, in the several Land Districts.

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Q O So S S5 o Character ol Work done. ! § 3 gag I 111 |l| gais o S Actual Cost. Name of Koad or Work. t > •a" 0 Si II so fib 21 S O o .3 a≤ fc O © : II S.6B 111 .Sag o o o o Eemarks. Auckland — Chief Surveyor .. C. W. Hursthouse 191 53 3-8 3-9 M. ch. 28 62 12 17 M. ch. 83 20 11 0 M. oh. 21 49 14 40 M.oh. 5 47-5 • • I £ s. d. 0 5 0 »0 1 8J £ s. d. 0 9 3 b 0 9 10J £ s. d. 0 7 oj; 8 0 5 1J 6-18 5 i i^0 £ s. d. 13,514 1 6 2,992 0 10 £ s. d. 1,562 17 2 1,059 0 9 £ s. d. 15,248 1 4 4,051 1 7 a Maori men and boys, working short hours. b By exceptionally good men at small bushfelling contract, £24. c Good men worked long hours. B. H. Reaney Taranaki — Chief Surveyor Chief Surveyor (Improved Farm Settlements) Hawke's Bay — Chief Surveyor Chief Surveyor (Improved Farm Settlements) Wellington — A. C. Turner Ditto (Improved Farm Settlements) 64 410 222 81 7 4-3 3 1-5 4-7 1 25 52 19 39J 0 76 13 30f 2 40 42 56J 12 28 17 77J 5 56 69 4 20 35| 16 47J 9 45 1 46 CO O o o 0 4 5 0 4 1 "0 3 10 0 3 5 0 4 1 c 0 14 2 d 0 9 7J 0 8 6 0 11 7 *0 16 4 0 8 0 8-25 0 6 4| 7-94 0 6 4| 8 0 6 If 7-27 0 5 10 j 7-3 8-25 7-94 8 7-27 7-3 A 100 T§(J 3,675 2 2 21,098 19 3 9,680 6 9 4,306 1 9 279 4 10 653 16 7 2,233 8 0 732 3 4 848 9 4 15 0 0 4,328 18 9 23,332 7 3 10,412 10 1 5,154 11 1 294 4 10 d Finishing contract drain. e Men inexperienced. 1 In this case contractor assisted by six sons. ■■ I 306 47 3-2 2-6 15 66 I 42 48 70 33J 1 574 s0 2 0 0 3 2 h 0 13 7| 0 J 5} 0 6 24 7-6 0 5 ?{ 7-25 7-6 7-25 13,308 8 0 900 8 8 1,436 6 2 118 3 8 14,744 14 2 1,018 12 4 e Several old men engaged. h Special arrangement to compensate settlers who had done work on job without pay previously. ' At bushfelling by wholly inexperienced man. i At small metalling contract. k Includes £i 13s. 6d., slips. .. G. T. Murray 202 3 8 29 51 24 59 6 & 601 a. *0 2 0 I |i 0 10 JOJ 0 5 lOJj 6-9 69 i¥o 9,812 17 7 1,641 9 7 11,454 7 2 Nelson — Chief Surveyor Marlborough — Chief Surveyor Westland — Chief Surveyor Canterbury — Chief Surveyor Otago — Chief Surveyor Southland — Chief Surveyor Ditto (Improved Farms) .. 6 1 25 4 5-8 6 4-6 3 3 7J 1 35 2 36 135 4 60 1 35 2 68 0 66 0 6 8 0 6 HI 0 5 8j| 0 9 6 |0 6 lj j 1 0 11 10 ♦0 12 7| 0 7 3| 8 0 6 lj 8 0 9 0J 6-7 8 8 6-7 8 i TOD 461 12 0 22 0 0 2,547 13 3 28 10 6 10 6 526 0 0 5 16 3 k 494 15 6 28 10 6 3,073 13 3 Chiefly removal of slips. 1 Skilled labour. 2 40 0 7 11J 0 10 6Jj 8 143 17 1 157 2 3 101 3-6 11 77 16 74 13 22 1 16J 0 3 0 0 8 4J 0 4 8 I 6 6 i 4,819 7 2 554 14 8 5,374 1 10 63 87 3-2 1-7 6 3J 1 72" 0 35 0 13 8 50£ 0 38 1 58£ 0 18 0 3 2 0 10 7 0 7 3 0 6 2J 7-6 0 6 lj 7-3 0 6 3J 7-6 7-6 7-3 4 3,998 6 9 1,839 13 2 1,187 8 5 748 15 11 5,185 15 2 2,588 9 1 - Totals and averages 1,870 3 150 12 285 6| 305 6} 26 39| See below t0 1 8 JO 16 4 7-6 Mk 93,400 0 9 13,358 10 4 §106,941 16 2 * See note on district statement. + See note, Auckland summary, t See note, Hawke's Bay summary. § Includes £183 5s. Id. {vide detail statemer Total " Other Work " for the Colony : Drains, 19 miles 23J chains ; bridges, 817 lineal feet, also No. 8 ; corduroying, 28 chains ; bushfelling, 3.988J acres ; seed-sowing, 85t culverts, 3,167 lineal feat, also No. 71; slips, 2,897 cubic yards ; rook excavation, 8,354 cubic yards ; scrub- felling and -clearing, 7 miles 32J chains ; fencing, 25 chains; fascining, 17 surfacing, 835 chains; logging-up, 10 chains; clearing, 1 mile 68J chains ; sawing timber, 48,000 superficial feet; squaring timber, lO.OOO.superficial feet; concreting, 453 cu 3 miles 46j chains ; burning, logging, and tree-planting, 6J acres ; erecting rabbit-fence, 160 chains ; erecting fence, 172J chains ; fencing-posts, 1,222; bushfelling, burning, and sc its). ij acres ; track, 4 miles 4 J chains; 7J chains ; stumping, 562 chains; bic yards ; road and track repairs, jwing, 6J acres.