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Table A.

Table B.

Minor Triangulation. Two small areas were completed during the year —one in the Auckland District, and one in the Otago District. Settlement Surveys. The settlement surveys comprise Crown land and land for settlements, and are shown in Table 2 under their appropriate headings for each land district, and further details of each block or settlement is set out in the reports of the Chief Surveyors. Native-land Surveys. A considerable decrease, of 59,919 acres, in the area returned for this class of survey for the year has already been noted. A very small proportion —less than 15 per cent. —of this work has been done by the staff, and only on those blocks in which the Crown has been directly interested. Geodetic Triangulation. One party, under Mr. H. M. Ross, has been engaged on this work during the year. Ten new stations have been occupied and observations taken, while the reconnaissance of the Hawke's Bay and part of the Wellington Districts has been completed. Details of this survey will be published in the " Records of the Swvey." Standard Surveys. Good progress has been made with these surveys during the year, and the usual high degree of accuracy maintained. Mr. H. M. Kensington reports the completion of the Whangarei survey (both field and mapping), the extension and reinstatement of the Auckland City survey, and levelling of the Avondale Borough survey.

I Class of Work. Area, &c. j Average Cost. Total Cost. I 1 £ s. d. Minor triangulation, by staff .. .. 53 sq. miles £2-56 per mile 136 0 0 Topographical (sketch), by staff .. .. 8,228 acres ll-51d. per acre 395 10 6 „ „ by private surveyors .. 16,759 „ 8-13d. ,, 567 12 0 ,, (contoured), by staff .. .. 72 sq. miles £9'59 per mile 690 17 6 Rural, by staff .. .. .. .. 90,171 acres 1-95s. per acre 8,776 3 1 „ by private surveyors .. .. .. 12 ,, .. 6 0 0 Suburban, by staff .. .. .. .. 1,016 „ 14'90s. per acre 756 19 3 ,, by private surveyors .. .. 17 „ 44T7s. ,, 37 11 0 Town, by staff .. .. .. .. 1,361 sections £T84 per section 2,504 10 3 Native Land Court, by staff .. .. 11,311 acres 2'59s. per acre 1,465 8 5 ,, by private surveyors .. 68,139 ,, 2'75s. ,, 9,365 7 11 Roads, by staff .. .. .. .. 78 miles £30*9 per mile 2,411 2 6

Land District. Rural Survey. "'' Acres. Acres North| Auckland .. .. .. 9,788 6,081 Auckland .. .. .. .. 14,556 43,391 Gisborne 11,850 15,580 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 5,558 2,917 Taranaki .. 21,478 1,527 Wellington .. .. .. .. 1,902 7,592 Marlborough.. .. .. .. 862 405 Nelson .. .. .. .. 4,793 Westland .. .. .. .. 2,377 523 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 4,472 695 Otago .. .. .. .. 12,094 302 Southland .. .. .. .. 453 437 Totals .. .. .. 9.0,183 79,450