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In addition to this area there were 215,074 acres of pastoral runs surveyed, at a cost of o'2ls. per acre; total cost, £2,314 4s. 4d.

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

Topographical Survey. Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Rural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Roads, Railways. and Water-races. Gold-mining Survey. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from I District. I Acres. <v . O Acres. u o< Acres. j^i an --,03 o Acres. ri. x£ Stq os "a o-S P-,2 Acres. QQ o o 3 03 ■ XrX O o< Acres. m rl - - xv ■ OO B.9 jr. 1 0< Miles. OortP" to 31st March, 1903. Cost. d. d. s. s. 351,386 ! 107 d. ; s. £ £ 3. d. £ s. d. Auckland 230,891 1-58 1138,089 421 1-05 510-0 399 1901 311 1,952 38 413 107-83 13-44 2,112 14 11 24,793 0 2 Hawke's Bay 114,745 1-73 I 74,145 1-08 54,469 36 0-53 14-27 4 44-33 44-60 21-29 1,695 6 9 5,677 9 2 Taranaki 1,284 6-00. 16,000 1-25 60,393-5 187 1-629 i 3,577 I 5 10-88 19-718 14-85 770 0 4 7,196 9 11 Wellington 4,720 3-45 ' 26,400 ' 100 37,610-15 62 1-27 96-9 78 15-08 43,416 j 39 8-86 I 52-35 21-549 1,499 9 3 12,278 17 3 Marlborough.. 77,750 1-32 *22,097 55 1-56 j 2-5 5 5500 26-25 10-42 229 3 0 3,284 4 3 - Nelson " l 86,400 3-08 32,000 0-24 15,203 105 206 326 6 7-13 46-5 I 8-19 3,443 8 0 6,484 8 4 Westland 44,750 1-87 5,933 53 2-55 •• .. .. j 1,016 13 6-34 1-75 10-28 502 12 0 2,296 14 7 •■ Canterbury 2-17 457,186 27,353 90 0-65 12-5 17 41-18 712 19 4 1,669 11 1 Otago 22,000 123 1-25 2-0 4 50-00 2,009 20 37-14 215 3 4-41 2-5 7-95 907 16 10 2,594 9 3 Southland .. 9,373 31 1-63 I 292 6 600 1,644 2 8 2,498 7 0 . Means and totals 251,899 1-31 392,520-65 1,163 116 638-17 507 19-94 400,388 171 3-97 3,801 66 514 301-498 15-29 I 13,517 13 1 68,773 11 0 I . 1