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Table B.

Minor Triangulation. Small areas in Wellington, Otago, and Southland Districts are returned under this heading at a cost of £210. Settlement Surveys. The Crown lands and lands-for-settlement areas surveyed during the year are set out in Table 2 under their appropriate headings for each land district, while details of the various areas are given in the reports of the Chief Surveyors appended. Native Land Surveys. This year has seen a decrease of 8,166 acres returned for this class of survey, and of this area 75 per cent, was made by private surveyors at the customary rates. Geodetic Triangulation. Progress on this work was much hampered by unfavourable weather and high-level stations, but the standard of closing-error has been maintained. The lighter instrument (a sf" Wild) now used should enable the observer to show better progress during this year. Details will be found in the next volume of the Records of the Survey of New Zealand. Standard Surveys. Progress in this work has been good during the year in the Auckland metropolitan area, in New Plymouth, Timaru, and Invercargill, while rural standard surveys have been in progress in the Taranaki, Marlborough, and Canterbury Districts. Many of the Chief Surveyors report that considerable time is involved in connection with permanent surfacing of sheets, necessitating watching and reinstatement of standard marks where required. Topographical Surveys. The contoured plane-table survey on the scale of 4 in. to 1 mile is being continued in the Auckland and Taranaki Districts, and during the year 339 square miles were completed in the field. Further details of these surveys are published in the Records of the Survey of New Zealand. A special survey with a smaller vertical interval is now being made of an area for developmental purposes.

Class of Work. Area, &c. Average Cost. Total Cost. £ s. d. Minor triangulation, by staff .. .. .. 26,160 acres 1 '93d. per acre 210 14 3 Contoured topographical, by staff .. .. 339-3 sq. m. £6-27 per sq. m. 2,128 16 4 Rural, by staff .. .. .. .. 127,714 acres l-80s. per acre 11,480 10 4 Suburban, by staff .. .. .. .. 868-8 ,, 20-84s. ,, 905 12 1 Town, by staff .. .. .. .. 555 sections £2-36 per section 1,312 10 6 Town, by private surveyors .. . . .. 6 ,, £4-62 ,, 29 15 0 Native Land Court, by staff .. .. .. 33,436 acres 1-02s. per acre 1,713 19 2 Native Land Court, by private surveyors .. 95,154 ,, 1 -91s. ,, 9,116 9 9 Roads, by staff .. .. .. .. 212-25 miles £26-80 per mile 5,689 7 11 Roads, by private surveyors .. .. . . 5-90 ,, £27-56 ,, 162 12 4 Other work, by staff .. .. . . . . .. 8,268 19 4 Total cost of completed work .. .. .. .. 41,019 7 0

Land District, Rural Survey. | \ pTf»a A prpo North Auckland 14,144 790 Auckland .. 19,018 44,256 Gisborne .. .. .. .. j 1,632 23,050 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 1 11,560 35,693 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 856 2,127 Wellington .. .. .. .. 14,995 21,555 Marlborough . . . . 574 178 Nelson .. .. .. .. 15,880 16 Westland .. .. . . . . 593 Canterbury .. .. . . .. 26,671 603 Otago .. .. .. .. 21,333 113 Southland .. . . .. . . 458 209 Totals .. .. 127,714 ! 128,590 I