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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. Euralana Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Boads, Bailways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from Surveyor and District. Renmrks. Acres. Is i to ° I O g ft® Acres, |j *i ii Acres, o 8 *> J Acres. w p -go do □ Acres &2L f| a g> 1 Cost per Mile. Cost. to 31st March, 1902. Staff Surveyors. F. S. Smith. Mt. Fyfie, &o. d. s. 13-6 27 la: s. 950 d d: st: :ct o: d. marl: OROUi H. s. £ £ s. d. 241 11 8 £ s. d. ; 511 1 0 Part Town of Kaikoura. Mostly engaged or roads and bridges. " Other work " consists of inspections, reports, land sales, and cutting back lines of scenic reserves along sea coast. Transferred to Gisborne in March. Chiefly rough, birch country, heavy bush, adjoining old surveys. Much cut up by roads. Trig, and topographical survey of Seaward of Kaikouras, including topographical survey of Clarence Run 123,700 acres. Section surveys are the Waipapa Small-grazing Runs; very rough high country, moatly heavy bush. Revision surveys, Queen Charlotte Sound; much cut up by roads. A large area of the Birch Hill Block almost complete in the field. Extending triangulation and topography, Heringa district. Transferred to Wellington in May. Settlement surveys, Waikakaho, Kaituna, and Waitohi Valleys. Small-grazing runs, Pelorus Sound ; broken country, heavy bush. Some 5,000 acres of land for landless Natives at Tennyson Inlet more than half completed in the field. "Other work" consists of most of the fieldwork and plans of the Waipapa Block, transferred to Mr. Buckeridge, and returned by him. A large area of the Birch Hill Block almost complete in the field. Survey of Omaka Domain. D. W. Gillies. Arapawa.. i 1 924 19 6 5,482 17 2-58 6-6 16 B. W. Buckeridge. Aoheron, Barefell, Tone, &c. 511,400 1-21! 54,542 0-48 21 15 0 I I 533 14 4 H. Maitland. Linkwater, Orieri .. 1,706 2-25 5 18 0 892 4 7 22-5 M. Carkeek. Heringa 36,400 3-7 212 8 0 C. W. MoParland. Cloudy Bay, Onamalutu A. Simpson. Tennyeon, Arapawa 9,158 2,492 27 5 1-41 2-0 6-4 10 8 10 10 0 0 42 9 6 674 12 0 743 8 3 T. W. Hughes. Whernside, Puhipuhi 11-7 278 14 0 706 18 8 7 9 6 P. E. Greenfield. Taylor Pass .. •• •• 242 1 061 •• •• •• 547,800 1-421 73,622 [ 0'84 136 950 I I 32 13-861 600 8 2 5,206 15 10 Means and totals 66 27 •• —- I Settlement surveys, Pelorus Sound, and mining surveys, Top Valley. All paid (or by deposits. Mining survey, Top Valley. Paid for by deposit. Contract Surveyors. A. P. Seymour. Gore, Pine Valley 2,251 4 17-5 • • i •• 813 10 5-7 A. J. 0. Ward. Pine Valley Means and totals 31 7-6 •• •• •• ■• 547,800 1'42 75,873 70 0-86 13-6 27 95-0 — 1 844 I i ii 579 , 32 ! 13-36 600 8 2 5,206 15 10 .. •• ■ ■