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also for addition to the Dunedin and suburbs map were lithographed here. In all some 720 tracings for various purposes were made and the usual diagrams put on Rangers' field-books. A number of working plans were drawn in the office, and the Valuation Department's maps are in course of revision. One draughtsman has been continuously engaged on the map of the Dunedin standard survey. Diagrams were placed on 71 leases in duplicate and 346 in triplicate, making a total of 1,180 copies. In the Laud Transfer Branch 985 deeds were examined and diagrams put in 940 certificates of title in duplicate, making a total of 940 copies. The Printer reports 1,282 lithos printed, 1,268 maps mounted, and 38 books bound. In conclusion, I beg to thank the staff for their co-operation and assistance in the work of the Department. Robt. T. Sadd, Chief Surveyor.

SOUTHLAND. Minor Triangulatio'n. —No work under this heading was done during the past year. Rural. —In this class a total area of 31,439 acres in 133 sections was completed; of this, 28,935 acres in 112 sections were executed by the staff at an average cost of l'sss. per acre, about 2,000 acres being bush country, hilly and flat, and the balance mostly undulating and hilly open country, including the subdivision of four estates acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908—viz., Ardlussa, Fortification Hill, Knowsley Park, and Waiarikiki. Besides the foregoing, Mr. Falkiner has completed in the field a large amount of work in Waimumu Hundred, including the completion of the Landless Natives Block. These plans will be finished by the end of April. 1,850 acres were surveyed by contract surveyors at a cost of 2'235. per acre, consisting of prison farm at Invercargill, 650 acres, for Justice Department; 28 acres Riverton rifle range, in Jacob's River Hundred, for Defence Department; and 1,172 acres sawmill areas scattered throughout the land district, paid by deposits. The balance, 654'5 acres, consisted of 2 coal leases in Wairio Survey District, 1 subdivision of Crown lease under section 89 of the Land Act, 1908, in Lillburn Survey District, and several small miscellaneous surveys in different localities surveyed by licensed surveyors and paid for by applicants (direct costs not available). Village and Suburban. —An area of 162'3 acres in 30 sections appears undei this heading, the average cost of survey being 17'485. per acre. Twenty-seven sections were surveyed by Mr. N. L. Falkiner in Blocks IV and V, Campbelltown, and Block I, Invercargill Hundreds, and 3 sections in the Borough of Mataura by Mr. C. Otway. Town Section Surveys. —No surveys of this nature have been returned this year. Native Land Court Surveys. —One survey by Mr. H. R. Dundas is shown under this heading, containing 23 acres, and being Subdivisions A, B, and C of Section 66, Jacob's River Hundred (Aparima N.R.). Gold-mining Surveys. —Two special claims, one of 100 acres in Wakaia Survey District, Mr. P. B. Macdonald, surveyor, and one of 85'7 acres in Nokomai Survey District, surveyed by Mr. R. S. Allan, were returned during the year. Roads, Railways, and Water-races. —3 28 miles of roads were surveyed by staff surveyors at an average cost of £25'43 per mile, made up of short roads and deviations to give better access to Crown land sections, and 3'l miles of railway and private tramways through Crown land were surveyed by private surveyors and paid for by applicants direct. Other Work consists of various works which cannot well be shown under any of the other heads, and includes redefining of section-boundaries, inspection of surveys, exploration and roadgrading in connection with a block of Crown land in Longwood Survey District commenced by Mr. H. M. Thompson previously to his resignation, work in connection with East Taieri drainage scheme, several small survey reports, and miscellaneous duties. Inspections. —ln all 8 inspections were made during the year, 7 by Me. C. Otway, District Surveyor, and 1 by Mr. R. S. Galbraith, Chief Draughtsman, mostly of small Land Transfer surveys in various localities. These included work by all private surveyors usually practising in the district, and generally speaking the work was found to be satisfactory. Traverse Closures. —Thirty-six separate traverses returned by staff surveyors, totalling 151 miles, exhibit an average closing-error per mile of only 0'23 link on the meridian and 0"25 link on the perpendicular. Proposed Operations. —Mr. C. Otway is now engaged in redefining the boundaries of some Crown sections in Longwood Survey District and in the Town of Lumsden, which work he expects will be completed about the end of May; he will then undertake the subdivision of some 4,000 acres of Crown land in Lillburn Survey District and any further area that may be found suitable for settlement in that locality. Mr. D. Macpherson lias at present in hand the subdivision of about 5,100 acres bush land in Aparima and Jacob's River Hundred, which it is expected will occupy him until about December. His next work will be some 2,700 acres in Jacob's River Hundred. Mr. N. L. Falkiner has just commenced redefining boundaries of Crown sections in Waikawa and Mokoreta Survey Districts; afterwards lie has some 6 miles of road through Crown lands in Mokoreta Survey District to traverse. When these surveys are completed lie will be available either for the completion of the block in Longwood Survey District commenced by Mr. H. M. Thompson before his resignation, or for any other work which may arise in the meantime. General. —Besides the works enumerated I consider that it would be very desirable to have the standard survey of Invercargill City extended whenever practicable so as to include, at all events, the whole of the borough. There is also a very large area in the National Park which has