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Table 36. —RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1902, to 31st March, 1903— continued.

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Native Land Court r . , , ■ - a Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. . •. j . ■ ■ ! - - | Minor Triangulatiou and Tojiographical Survey Rural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. j Roads, Rail- ! | Total Cost ways, and ; Other Work. | of Water-races. Surveyor and Party from — 1st April, 1902, to « Cost 31st March. I 2 ! per ! Cost. 19M. S I Mile. Remarks. Surveyor and District. V Acres. -g g 1° ■aa 2 - Acres. r-3 -gg co u Acres. "3 2 g| i%2 j °% . O - iH r* 1 CD S 2 • ® . , cc £ 'HXV \T n 0 f a CD Acres. L n || Acres. Sec i ion . || ! ! : ,AND ISTRICT 'F H^ WKE'S i iAY — coniinux Temporary Staff. J. Roddick. Poverty Bay I I .. •• I _ IdI I .. I •- s. I 8. d. £ £ s. d. 23 50 22-00 134 6 5 £ s. d. 878 6 9 £183 19s. Id. brought from last year. " Other work " includes defining 7-5 miles boundaries. £224 12s. 3d. carried to next year against 13,750 acres in hand. £298 18s. Id. from last year. £143 3s. lOd. carried to next year against 16,350 acres in hand. Transferred to Wellington District 30th September, 1902. "Other work" was supervision of Hatuma Settlement roads for Department of Roads. Joined 2nd February, 1903. £138 12s. 6d. carried to next year against work in hand. ,V . E. H. Farnie. Poverty Bay 2,754 2-41 3-40 3008 20 6 8 0-13 22-37 107 1 6 I 652 17 5\ 114 4 0! i •• - I J. Stevenson. Hawke's Bay 13-83 I 2 42-17 I ■ I R. C. L. Reay. Poverty Bay Contract Surveyors. i. A. Robertson 51,250 I 1-01 34,307 0-27 29 8 0 138 12 6 71 1 2 9 12,467 acres rural and suburban completed in field. 13,141 acres rural and suburban completed in field. 100 .. Kennedy Bros, and Morgan •• .. j .. .. •• •• .. •- •■ Means and totals .. — — 14-27 ' * 44-33 74,145 . 1-01 ] 1-08 54,469 36 0-53 -- 44-60 21-29 1,695 6 9j 5,677 9 2| ueiu. .. lan: DII ITKIC' OF T ranak: i Staff Surveyors. H. M. Skeet (District Surveyor) Waimate, Mimi, Upper Waitara, Paritutu Cape. Egmont, Ohura Aria, Totoro 3,138 14l 1-250 2-143 16-80 411 8 8 900 5 0 Mr. Skeet's services have been utilised considerably for miscellaneous duties and reports, rfee, and supervision of survevs in the Mokau-Ohura-country. He has 27,500 acres of selection survey in hand. 883 1 4 Chiefly revision surveys in broken forest country in the Opaku and Hawera districts. He has 24,000 acres of selection survey in hand. 385 12 11! All in very broken forest country, and area consists chiefly of the completion of the late Mr. Oldfield's work. On leave of absence six months during the year. 999 7 6 In forest country difficult of access. He has the selection survey of 19,500 acres well advanced. G. H. Bullard (District Surveyor). Opaku, Hawera, Ngatimaru, and Mahoe 17,090 16 1-375 2-000 23-91 2 0 0 J. F. Frith (Assistant Surveyor). Omona and Opaku 5,320-1-971 -., W. T. Morpeth (Assistant Surveyor). Ohura, Eao 1-050 16-00 271 1 7 1,835 7-97