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Table 3. —Return of Field-work executed by Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by other Departments from 1st April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919.

Land District. Run Cost per Acre. Villagi and Subi ■ban. Town. Cost per Miles. Section. Soadi i, Ac. Native Land Survi Number of Subdivisions. Cost Number Cost per Acres. of per Acre. Sections. Acre. Mining. Other Work. Total Cost of Completed Work from 1st April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919. Acres. Acres. Number of Sections. Cost per Acre. Acres. Number of Sections. Cost per Mile. Acres. s. s. d. 19-00 £ s. d. 221 19 4 £ 8. d. 8,396 4 5 Auckland Hawke's Bay 104,499 801 49,496 208 16-39 3,379 13 11 Taranaki 26,264 279 20-83 .. 2,279 13 0 Wellington 16,469 182 24-65 1,692 0 0 Nelson i 5,228 13 12-26 .. 267 4 3 Marlborough 3,732 28 27-00 419 17 9 .. Westland i . ■ Canterbury 653 43 83-20 226 7 11 .. | - Otago i ..I .. Southland 274 2-5 3 1 73-3 1,522 14 29-57 232 2 11 Means and totals 274 274 2-5 3 1 73-3 206,863 1,568 19-29 221 19 4 168,893 4 Licensed surveyors (costs unobtainable) 35,064 992-5 8 ! 241,927 992-5