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Table 2. —Return of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by Lands and Survey Department, from 1st April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919.

Minor Triangulation. Topography. Rural. Village and Suburban. Town. Koads, &c. Total Cost of Completed Work from 1st April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919. Land District. Other Work. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Cost per Acre. Acres. Number of Sections Cost per Acre. Acres. Number Cost of per Sections Section. Miles. Cost per Mile. d. 0-76 d. 0-74 s. 2-3 83 s. 11-17 35 s. 44-7 101-75 £ 22-68 £ s. d. 2,424 10 10 £ s. d. 15,599 0 10 Auckland 32,666 261,268 71,240 7 159-02 Hawke's Bay 23,099 1-85 849 4 0 3,339 15 8 Taranaki 19,711 I 4-35 , 136-47 14 17-94 j I 102 21-97 4-13 I 6-38 39-0 36-18 331 3 4 2,692 2 2 Wellington 8,478 2-36 ' 282-4 30 5-44 31-92 331 18 8 1,750 8 5 Nelson 113,850 0-65 8,985 6-8 12,493 2-57 | 162-0 50 15-18 19 69 21-81 2-0 22-5 294 7 5 35 10 6 4,361 5 0 962 5 4 Marlborough 1,849 2-94 4-6 219-0 1 | 303-75 3-25 0-25 ! | 8-62 20-0 Westland 3,238 12 25-5 1 107 9 10 945 3 7 67,427 - Canterbury 0-28 09 23-8 1,333 16 10* 35 8 6 555 14 2 2,906 9 3 2,975 10 9 1,560 16 4 Otago 75,592 0-9 85,484 0-53 98-0 I 4 15-0 7-5 1-95 4-0 65-36 Southland 6,256 4-27 680 21 16 95 Means and totals.. 146,516 0-67 I 345,845 0-92 299,275 138 14-86 210-94 6,299 4 1 37,092 17 4 1-52 , 1,048-87 207 27-12 128-11 23-08 licensed surveyors (costs unobtainable) 2,820 257-0 84-25 •• 8-95 j 302,095 1,305-87 295-19 , 137-06