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11 E PORT. The output by the Held staff for the year is summarized below, but the complete details for tin different districts will be found in the attached tables and reports of the several Chief Surveyors in charge. The total cost of the surveyors and their parties amounted to £72,988, which is about £1,920 in excess of that of the previous year. This is accounted for chiefly by the increased urgency of demands tor ordinary settlement surveys and also through the necessity tor employment ol additional surveyors. &c, on the subdivision of the Otago Central pastoral runs. The following is a summary of the principal work- completed during the past year : —

The work returned as completed under the various classes shows a considerable increase in area over last year's return. Triangulation. Two hundred and seven thousand five hundred and fifteen acres have been completed in the Auckland. Nelson, Otago, and .Southland Districts. Reference has been made in previous reports to the pressing need for a secondary triangulation to control and bring into harmony the different groups of practically uncontrolled minor work, with their different standards of length, &c. With this object in view, a start has been made with the measurement of suitable base-lines, &c. In the Wellington District, the Wairarapa base-line of some eight miles in length has been completed; while the measurement of another, the Klthain Okaiawa base-line, about ten miles in length, has been begun in the Taranaki District, and this work I hope to considerably extend during the coming year. Settlement Surveys, The survey of 327,779 acres into 1,257 sections averaging 260 acres has been completed during the year, but if the subdivision of Native lands under the .Maori Land Hoards for the purpose of leasing to the public and comprising 85,983 acres, be added, the surveys executed for settlement purposes total 413,762 acres, in 1,464 sections. The Auckland District takes the lead in this class of work with 73,786 acres of scctionized Crown land and 73,755 acres of Maori Land Board subdivisions : Wellington District returns 57,105 acres ol Crown lands, and 10,062 acres of Maori Land Hoard subdivisions: Nelson has 58,554 acres of Crown land; Hawke's Bay has 41,116 acres of Crown land, and 2,166 acres lor Maori Land Boards: Canterbury has 30,327 acres of Crown land subdivisions: while the remaining districts contribute 66,891 acres of ordinary settlement surveys. In addition to the above, the survey of an area of some 681,000 acres representing the subdivision of six large pastoral runs lias been completed in the Held, and sale lithographs prepared. The figures estimated to represent the area of settlement surveys. &c, in the hands of the staff surveyors at the close of the year were 1.354.0+8 acres. Subsequent detailed information, however, caused this total to be altered to one ol 1,339,856 acres, which includes an area of 717 acres of town subdivisions. Out of this total an area of 822.679 acres of settlement land has been completed in tin' held, but the finished plans have not

Class of Work'. Area. Cost per Acre. Total ('osi Minor triangulation Topographical, for selection as unsurveyed Rural and suburban, by stall' Rural and suburban, by licensed surveyors Rural and suburban, by licensed surveyors, cost, not available Acres. 207,515 130,404 294,422 L'7..70(i 7,(551 Acres. 107,51 30,40 194,42 25,70 i. 15 34 >a Id l-57d. 3-91d. 2-00s. Mils. l-57d. .'i-illd. 2-00s. Mils. £ s. (I. I,.'150 10 0 2,126 II 1 29,551 2 7 L'.n7('> II' 5 7,(55 Town I.-id (168 sections) 42,233 190,960 85,983 2,(5(i:; 3,914 265 miles 43 .... in 50 i. .11.. 22-82s. Inn ym.lmil 22-82s. per sect ion 17-1 (id. 534 0 (i Native Land Court, by stall Native Land Court, by licensed surveyors Maori Land Board Gold-mining, by staff Gold-mining, by licensed surveyors Roads and railways sectn 42,23 (HI i w, 90,9© 85,98 2,60 ions id $3 13 <) per section 17-1 (id. I(i-87d. t-34s. l6-87d. Mils. 3,019 I'J II 6,044 l<» 0 564 17 i) 3,91 "i null l-l es fL'l-l!) E2L49 per mile 5,704 lb .'I