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Table 2. —Return showing Surveyors employed and the Work on Hand on 1st April, 1910.

Table 3. — Plans placed on Crown Grants and other Instruments of Title from the Crown from 1st April, 1909, to 31st March, 1910.

Table 4. — Work done under the Land Transfer Act, &c., from 1st April, 1909, to 31st March, 1910.

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, Surveyors employed. Work on Hand. Chief Surveyors. Stall. » Land District. Trig. Sottln- i Native ,n«. t Town. Land Sur1'ient. yey Koads. TopeAc. i graph y. E. C. Gold Smith T. N. Brodrick .. F. Simpson J. Mackenzie R. T. Sadd P. Stephenson Smith G. H. M. .McClure H. D. M. Haszard (Acting) E. H. Wilmot .. H. M. Skeet 26 7 3 Lfi 6 1 1 2 1 3 Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson I Sq. Ml. | 29 | 1 2,340 ; 170 Acres. Acres. Acres. ! 142,774 300 101,303 98,180 .. 16,100 ! 91,590 103,040 427 30,900 69,210 .. 40,469 Miles. .Veres. 166 47 11 14 Acre6. I. •j 1 2 3 Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. 44,33) 20 11,000 5,395 30 2 2,450 2,450 4 2 o Otago Southland .. .. 768,400 5.186 .. 24.700 Totals 71 15 2,839 1 1,339,109 1,339,109 747 213,472 - 747 213,472 270 270 2,450 2,450 .

Number. Cost. District. Singly. In Duplicate. In Triplicate. In Quadruplicate Total Copies. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nolson Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. 20 269 527 249 3,135 3 92 96 59 711 6 15 150 49 682 3 66 808 72 2,847 I 77 111 117 959 5 18 75 3 278 319 49 77 1,093 39 63 15 68 462 52 146 .. 542 241 62 345 13 1,452 £ s. d. 161 17 6 53 8 3 61 7 8 142 7 0 116 16 6 64 1 8 60 0 0 85 7 7 109 0 0 99 17 4 Totals .. 321 1,033 2,322 70-2 12,161 954 3 6

District. ,, _ „„,, Number of Plans placed ou Certificates No. of ,, U ""' l of Title. Plane OII101 . ._ nTted Instruments j ln . passed. , 1)agged _ Singly. In Duplicate. In Triplicate. lu j ced on Certificates ... ,, le Miscellaneous ._! 1'laus drawn ,. , ,. Lust. In Triplicate, ™mpile,l. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nolson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 275 168 113 205 67 24 33 324 53 75 1,792 573 2,883 142 40 2,253 1,378 14 19 \i 3 4,974 16 6 11 1,810 838 175 192 64 59 872 793 480 t: s. d. 2 .. 22 240 0 0 117 I 25 513 2 9 3 .. . . 244 6 6 182 1,381 1 9 156 6 4 4 .. .. 40 12 0 22 65 5 1 5 .. 18 1,211 18 5 3 . .. 819 6 11 8 .. .. 300 0 0 Totals 1,337 9,075 5.031 5,583 164 1 2 17 4.474 19 9