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

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Topographical Survey. Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Rural and Suburban. Town Si tction Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Survey. Koads, Eailways. and Water-races. Other Work. To'a.l Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st April, 1901. to 31st March. 1902.+ District. if o Acres. 8 . O o Acres. ' ,553 ■Jl ■Jl > Acres. 6-5 o ° Acres. 6 o 03 - fi o Acres. ■si Is 4 P Miles. Cost per Mile. Cost. i AcreE. Auckland •• d. 605,570 d. 0-57 1144,525 671 s. 1-46 307 262 s. 130 157,207* 71 d. 3-76 2,029 26 8. I 5 02 179-10 11-42 £ s. d. 3,128 0 9 1,636 9 7 £ s. d. 14,456 6 7 4,585 12 9 Hawke's Bay 198,858 1-35 36,980 0-94 52,969 121 0-98 497-45 127 50-73 12,376 15 9-55 48 12 09 j Taranaki 60,400 1-50 76,705-3 119 1-73 29-124 13-48 249 16 0 7,305 12 9 Wellington 1,767,517 011 128,411-5 160 0-37 380-1 416 19-2 147,835 27 1-9 89-94 19-82 1,706 18 8 8,011 12 0 Marlborough 547,800 1-42 75,873 j 70 I 0-86 13-6 27 950 844 11 5-79J 32 13-36 600 8 2 5,206 15 10 Nelson 22,412 1-25 52,485 361 I 1-20 110 128 24-61 2,001 27 i 5-75 19-75 1109 1,929 8 10 5,359 14 8 Westland 79,800 113 " 10,109 65 1-91 , . 4,192 53 4-72J 9-25 39-15 202 0 6 1,971 0 9 Canterbury 19,871 ! 131 1-22 27-5 36 35-9 5 75 13-18 503 5 2 j 1,746 1 1 • • I Otago 48,000 0-28 3,631 115 3-78 40 86 26-36 26 2 11-85 13-57 21-89 964 3 3 2,309 9 2 Southland 32,249 156 2-88 -. 381 8 4-96 6 7-92 875 0 9 2,898 19 10 ; 3,040,679 i j I j Means and totals 326,658 0-48 596,828-8 11,969 1-21 jl.375-65 1,082 25-5 317,418 113 I 3-12 9,473 1127 5-13! 432-4841 14-41 1 111, 795 11 8 53,851 5 5 1-14 * Also forty-four divisions, containing 92,635 acres, paid (or privately. t Does not include mining surveys, or contract surveys by Hcei ised surveyors, paid for out of deposits.