C.—l.

Table 36. — RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902— continued.

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Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Eural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Roads, Railways, and Water-racee. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from Surveyor and District, Bern arks. Pis Acres. -g g o§ p.<d Acres. 6 -g -g g CD ° Acres. og -gS Is L Acres, - g o o O Aores - i Section. s Cost per Mile. Cost. sb April, 1'JiJl to 31st March, 1902. lan: DI! iTRIC OP T. .ranak: i Staff Surveyors. H. M. Skeet (District Surveyor). Egmont, Paritutu, Kaupokonui, Gape, Hawera, Ohura a. l,022J 11 s. 2-26 s. d. s. 0-562 £ 7-92 £ s. d.l 109 4 6 £ B. d. 793 3 8 Sectional work is survey of part of the Tokaora Settlement, in open rolling country. "Other work" is mainly inspections and miscellaneous duties ; the standard survey of Hawera Town, and the plans of same, are well in hand. Sectional work is mostly in rough and densely bushed country; roads are mainly taken under warrant, and through Native lands. Cadet assisting. This officer has in hand a large area of revision survey of small gt-azing-runs in the Opaku Survey District. Sectional survey and triangulation in the Ohura Survey District. An additional £30 has been added to this officer's cost for completion of plans in office, in consequenoe of Mr. Frith having six months' leave of absence from 1st April. Sectional and trigonometrical survey in the Ohura Survey District; the road and railway work is definition of a road through a Native block, and of railway through Crown portion. Survey over rough and rather broken country, densely bushed ; soil mainly papa and sandstone ; whole well watered. This officer has well in hand a block of 4,000 acres of section survey in the Ohura Survey District. Miscellaneous work; surveys of three small sections; standard survey of S58 chains of road ; redefining 160 chains of back line; lowering standard blocks, Town of New Plymouth ; Land Transfer and other surveys in various parts of the district. G. H. Bullara (District Surveyor). Opaku, Hawera, Taurakawa, Omona 6,500 1-5 11,205 15 IS 900 18-00 30 0 0 804 0 5 J. P. Frith (Assistant Surveyor). Ohura, Aria 813 14 0 10,900 2-0 8,550 10 2-16 W T. Morpeth (Assistant Surveyor). Ohura 33,000 1-5 6,576) 11 1-916 3-562 16-86 799 10 4 B. W. Watson (Assistant Surveyor). Waro, Ohura 10,000 l-oi 7,000 10 1-5 707 16 4 W. H. Skinner. Paritutu, Waitara, Hawera 78 5 6 339 16 2 61-3 4-67 Additional Surveyors. W.H.Murcott (temporary Surveyor). Upper Waitara, Ohura 10,892 13 1-66 Rough and densely bushed block on head waters of Waitara River. " Other work " is the survey of a small gravel reserve of some 9f acres, distinct from section block. 15-67 5 0 0 709 13 10