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1942. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. SURVEYS (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Surveyor-General to the Hon. the Minister of Lands. Sir,— Wellington, Ist September, 1942. I have the honour to present herewith the report on survey operations for the year ending 31st March, 1942. I have, &c., 11. E. Walshe, The Hon. the Minister of Lands. Surveyor-General.

REPORT.

The extension of the war to the Pacific during the last quarter of the year ended 31st March, 1942, caused the Department's activities in surveys and mapping to be primarily devoted to work connected with the defences of the Dominion. The tables appended to this report analysing the work done during the year show this trend, but naturally the full significance will not be seen until next year. Geodetic Triangulation.—This work had reached its closing stages at the end of the year, the horizontal-angle observations being practically completed. Three base-lines and some astronomical work still remain to be done, but this is being deferred during the war period. Meanwhile the provisional results are proving of great value in co-ordinating the surveys. During the year, 3,640 square miles of first order and 4,440 square miles of second and third order triangulation were completed, at a cost of £4,116 4s. lid. General Survey Work. —This shows a decided decrease, due both to a lessened demand and to the more urgent nature of defence surveys. Military Surveys. —During the last quarter of the year greatly increased activity in this work was made, practically our whole field staff being engaged on work of this nature. The work, however, is such that full details of location and scope cannot be published at the present time. Office-work. —The number of plans received for examination show a decrease of nearly 25 per cent, on last year's figures. The examination of these has, in general, been kept up to date, though in some of the smaller offices the greater urgency of other work has interfered with prompt examination at times. No tidal analyses were made, the predictions for the seven standard ports carried out on the machines at the Tidal Institute, Liverpool, being made on the former constants supplied from here. Map drawing and publication have been confined exclusively to the requirements of the Defence authorities. The need for the conservation of paper would, in any case, not have permitted ordinary publication of standard maps unless of military value. In the first part of the year town schemes submitted, were equal to the number submitted last year. Reserves to the extend of 5| perches for each lot were provided. Other Work. —Under this heading £13,374 is returned. Of this, £9,724 is for surveys in connection with defence, £927 for locating pegs and boundaries, £810 for investigational surveys, £186 attendances at Court, while the balance for routine reports, leave, &c. Warrants. —During the year, 217 warrants for certificates of title and 9 proclamations of roadlines under the Native Land Act, 1931, were dealt with. Work in Hand. —The proposed operations for the year 1942-43 comprise almost exclusively work required by the Army, Navy, and Air Services, ordinary routine work being kept to the bare minimum necessary. Staff. —The extreme urgency of much of the work carried out has kept the reduced staff working at pressure the whole of the time, and in many cases long hours have been worked. Their efforts in this direction are greatly appreciated.

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Table 1. —Summary of Field-work.

Table 2. —Summary of Map Sales and Credits for the Year ending 31st March, 1942.

Table 3.— Principal Classes of Office-work done from 1st April, 1941, to 31st March, 1942.

Table 4. —Summary of Town Scheme Subdivisions dealt with under Section 16 of the Land Act, 1924, for the Year ending 31st March, 1942.

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Class of Work. Area or Mileage. Average Cost. Total Cost. £ s. d. Geodetic triangulation (first order) .. 3,640 sq. miles 94s. per sq. mile 1,7L2 9 0 Triangulation (second order) .. .. •• 4,440 sq. miles 10 - 8s. per sq. mile 2,403 15 11 Standard traverses .. .. •• •• 89-8 miles .. £23-73 per mile 2,130 12 8 Topographical survey for settlement .. .. 13,896 acres .. 7-8d. per acre . . 452 12 3 Rural survey .. ■■ •• •• 71,837 acres .. l-4s. per acre .. 4,889 4 7 Village and suburban survey .. 882 acres .. 38-6s. per acre 1,704 9 2 Native land survey .. .. • ■ • • 1,441 acres .. 6-7s. per acre .. 485 19 1 Town survey .. .. ■■ •• ,72-9 acres .. £4-46 per section 787 3 8 Housing survey (section) .. .. •• 258-3 acres .. £2-80 per section 3,105 19 11 Housing scheme (preliminary) .. .. 355-3 acres . . 21-4s. per acre 379 14 9 Road and railway survey .. .. •• 103-2 miles ... £41-61 per mile 4,293 5 11 Other work .. .. • • •• ■■ 13,373 19 10 Total cost of completed works .. .. •• 35,719 6 9

Item. . Ctedits. £ s. d. £ s. d. Sales of lithographs to the public .. .. •• 793 16 0 Sales of lithographs to other Departments .. .. 1,843 2 3 Lithographs issued free to other Departments .. 408 17 6 Lithographs for office use .. .. • ■ • • 586 8 3 3,632 4 0 Sale of publications and plan forms . . • • 340 19 4 Search fees .. ■ • • • • • • • 10 11 8 Boyalty fees .. . • ■ ■ ■ • • • 51 12 2 Total £4,035 7 2

Plans placed on Instruments of Title. Plans examined and passed. ' 1 j^Shography?' Deeds and . , ~ ~ I other w 1 Standard District. Crown. Instruments Publications. . Native Land passed. , Land o a . ■ : § Leases i Land. Transfer. a g Transfer. M § P "8 E and Free- I a "5 •§ o Licenses,| hold. g g o S $ 3 Auckland and North Auckland .. •• 853 1,162 543 9,928 6,343 208 48 592 327 .. 14 Gisborne .. ■ • ■ • • • 189 .. 139 385 349 10 8 27 28 2 Hawke's Bay .. ■ • • • 204 80 415 921 40 12 85 15 Taranaki .. .. • • • • 181 106 4 717 637 16 5 54 35 Wellington .. .. •• •• 426 287 36 3,565 1,821 32 6 223 165 MarJ borough .. • • • • ■ • 75 34 .. 177 138 8 .. 25 13 Ne l son 198 24 713 1 26 .. 97 23 1 2 Westland ..302 24 5 203 226 37 12 23 2 Canterbury 406 42 •• 2 > 628 1 > 389 30 190 68 ota „ 0 J . 310 88 1,600 896 22 .. 104 52 Southland !'! 215 74 .. 741 595 6 .. 29 16 .. 1 .. Totals .. • • 3,359 1,921 727 21,072 13,316 435 79 1,438 765 5 17

Number Nu J» ber Reserve District of a . v,i New Eoads. lleserves. (Percentage of Saleable Lots. Total Aroas. X'lans. Lots Saleable Lots). A. B. P. A. B. P. A. B. P. A. B. P. Auckland and North Auck- 119 996 27 2 36-69 15 0 01-34 4 377 1 16-20 420 0 14-23 land Gisborne .. ..1 2 .. .. ..3 3 00-5 3 3 00-5 Hawke'sBay .. .. 5 54 1 2 09-2 1 3 00 14 12 1 03-82 15 2 3-02 Taranaki . . •. 2 3 .. .. .. 2 1 24 • 95 2 1 24 • 95 Wellington .. .. 32 390 10 1 18-79 27 0 29-81 20 136 1 26-25 173 3 34-85 Marlborough .. •• 8 20 .. .. .. 12 1 25-5 12 1 25-5 Nelson .. 6 29 0 1. 29 0 0 37 2 11 2 09-2 12 0 35-2 Westland - - 6 40 0 2 30-72 0 2 00 5 10 3 22-64 12 0 13-36 Canterbury .. .. 31 290 8 3 21-4 20 2 23 27 74 1 16-1 103 3 20-5 Otago .. -- 10 61 0 0 00-52 0 2 00 2 20 3 29-98 21 1 30-5 Southland Totals.. .. 220 1,885 49 2 26-32 65 3 11-15 10 662 1 15-14 777 3 12-61

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Table 5a.—General Summarized Statement of Salary Expenditure in various Offices from 1st April, 1941, to 31st March, 1942.

Table 5.—General Summary of Salary Expenditure from 1st April, 1941, to 31st March, 1942.

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1 [ <*> i < 2 > < 3 ) (4) (5) ! (8) j (7) j (8) j (9) (10) Survey. Preparation. Examination. Mapping. Records. Diagrams. Tracings. Investigation. General. Supervision. Totals. £ s - d - £ s. d. £ s. d. f s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. General .. .. .. 7,111 5 11 2,261 10 8 1,799 9 9 1,655 0 5 2,736 9 2 1,350 3 2 4,823 15 10 1,959 11 11 7,704 0 10 3,477 8 7 34,878 16 3 Triangulation .. .. .. 4,529 2 0 29 5 1 302 3 1 .. 11 7 11 .. 57 12 1 .. 57 2 7 .. 4,986 12 9 Topographical .. .. .. 6,827 7 11 2,42] 4 6 120 1 0 2,525 18 5 95 19 7 .. 241 0 6 .. 135 3 2 263 4 9 12'629 19 10 Standard traverse .. .. 1,154 6 5 250 10 7 137 14 0 .. .. .. 11 13 3 .. .. 3 15 8 1 557 19 11 Survey maintenance .. .. 193 4 3 5 19 8 .. .. 1 2 9 .. 0 17 10 9 2 4 1! 3 10 9 '213 17 7 Levelling, precise .. .. .. 2 11 8 284 .. .. .. .. .. .. o 10 0 " 5 10 0 Levelling, secondary ....200 .. .. .. .. 200 Inspection and investigation .. 485 8 4 12 5 11 13 16 7 .. .. .. .. 12 6 8 23 io 10 547 8 4 Scheme plans .. .. . . . . 4 13 10 66 0 0 0 4 1 0 8 8 .. 5 11 9 • 170 4 8 !! 48 13 6 296 2 6 Land-development .. .. 785 15 1 5 4 9 6 5 4 .. .. 194 '7 8 36 9 7 .. 33 16 10 1 061 19 3 Tidal survey .. .. .. 7 10 0 .. 570! .. 480 .. .. 17 50 Native Department .. .. 127 18 7 30 8 10 196 8 1 .. 0 16 7 165 11 7 72 i9 10 799 '8 5 14" 4 6 1 1 714 9 6 Land and Deeds Department .. 20 10 0 4 0 10 4,210 0 8 10 8 11 184 19 6 1,818 14 0 40 17 9 948 6 5 599 12 0 1 699 5 11 9 536 16 0 Public Works Department .. 3,940 6 0 431 13 9 971 4 3 .. 0 14 8 0 4 1 247 8 0 177 I 2 13 0 0 250 2 4 6 031 14 3 Housing Department .. .. 1,431 15 4 304 15 11 614 4 4 .. .. .. 183 16 5 64 19 11 93 9 7 424 0 1 3'll7 1 7 Other Departments .. .. 3,277 14 5 173 2 10 1,191 5 0 778 6 2 67 16 1 3 6 8 2,159 16 7 193 11 5 14 11 11 286 8 4 19 5 Totals.. .. .. 29,894 4 3 5,937 8 10 9,636 7 5 4,969 18 0 3,104 2 11 3,337 19 6- 8,040 3 6 4,371 2 6 8,631 4 7 6,821 0 8 84,743 12 2

w < 2 > ( 3 > i (« I (5) (6) (7) I (8) I (9) I (10) Land District. a™-™™ Kan Plan „ . i i survey. Preparation. Examination. | Mapping. Records. Diagrams. Tracings. Investigation. I General. j Supervision. Totals. £ s - d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Head Office .. .. .. 4,137 8 7 1,220 17 10 830 13 4 2,105 16 3 481 16 9 .. 784 14 9 19 5 2 902 6 10 345 5 5 10 828 4 11 Auckland and North Auckland .. 10,417 17 0 2,780 19 0 3,721 1 11 751 16 2 712 9 3 1,321 17 6 2,736 2 2 1,785 2 9 2 762 13 4 2 13 2 29'762 12 3 Gisborne .. .. .. 723 10 11 85 4 9 163 10 6 260 18 5 154 9 3 284 14 0 399 8 7 257 16 5 487 7 5 61 13 7 2'878 13 10 Hawke's Bay .. 1,426 4 10 420 15 9 507 17 10 64 15 7 227 12 10 236 16 6 279 8 11 301 5 11 457 18 2 470 0 0 4 392 16 4 Taranaki .. .. .. 482 12 3 199 4 1 221 2 6 15 4 0 259 6 11 105 17 2 610 5 1 395 11 7 595 0 11 371 15 4 3 255 19 10 Wellington .. .. .. 3,298 2 1 329 8 2 1,618 14 4 352 12 1 163 12 2 541 3 1 915 14 1 1,200 15 1 1,219 7 1 1,022 8 3 10 661 16 5 Marlborough .. .. .. 1,043 11 9 76 8 8 136 19 10 48 4 2 230 17 6 40 12 11 254 4 3 15 10 11 204 5 4 229 0 4 2 279 15 8 Nelson •• •• 1,852 5 5 77 10 0 577 15 0 37 5 0 216 5 0 103 0 0 269 0 0 31 10 0 334 5 0 108 0 0 3 606 15 5 Westland .. .. .. 673 4 0 124 18 11 150 12 9 52 12 3 91 17 0 53 5 8 217 4 10 26 2 1 162 16 0 78 17 11 1 631 11 5 Canterbury .. .. 2,654 4 10 363 2 5 745 6 5 1,145 0 3 278 0 3 146 13 11 712 18 6 135 5 1 799 4 10 979 16 3 7 959 12 9 ota g° 2,472 3 9 247 17 4 60111 4 Q7 16 3 202 3 7 316 0 6 701 4 3 184 8 6 493 17 2 328 6 11 5 615 9 7 Southland .. .. .. 712 18 10 11 1 11 361 1 8 67 17 7 85 12 5 .187 18 3 159 18 1 18 9 0 212 2 6 53 3 6 1,870 3 9 Totals.. •• 29,894 4 3 5,937 8 10 9,636 7 5 4,969 18 0 3,104 2 11 3,337 19 6 8,040 3 6 4,371 2 6 8,631 4 7 6,821 0 8 84,743 12 2

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Table 6.—Return of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by the Lands and Survey Department from 1st April, 1941, to 31st March, 1942.

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Minor Triangulation. Topographical Survey. Standard Survey. Rural Survey. District. , j — j j j " Acres. C Acre. 01 TotaI Cost - Acres - ° Acre ' Total Cost " Miles ' C Mile Total Cost " Acres - °Acre?' | TotaI Cost d. £ s. d. d. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. s. £ s. d. Auckland and North Auckland .. .. 60,000 0-5 120 0 9 1,100 21-5 98 12 3 .. .. .. 10,913 2-3 1,185 0 9 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. •. •• .. .. ■■ •• ■■ 1,347 2-3 15600 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. ■ ■■ .. - • ■■ .. . • 21,806 1-2 1,290 5 11 Taranaki .. .. .. .. . . • • • • . • . - .- •- - - .. .. 1,200 2-2 132 15 11 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,500 1-3 34 12 11 9-0 10-46 94 3 6 1,233 2-3 142 6 4 Marlborough .. .. .. .. ■ - -• .. .. .. 15-0 28-95 434 5 10 1,204 1-1 68 0 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. -- - -- -- -• 22-8 14-91 340 0 0 2,049 7-8 797 0 0 Westland .. .. .. .. .. - - •• -- -. -■ -- -- -■ 899 4-2 190 17 5 Canterbury .. .. .. •• •• •• 3,184 14-6 193 5 9 .. .. .. 4,597 1*3 290 1/ 4 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. -- 1,000 7-6 31 9 4 18-0 33-44 601 19 2 26,727 0-4 523 17 11 Southland.. .. .. .. .. -- ■■ .. 2,112 10-8 94 12 0 25-0 26-41 660 4 2 Totals .. .. .. .. 60,000 0-5 120 0 9 13,896 7-8 452 12 3 89-8 23-73 2,130 12 8 71,575 1-3 4,777 1 7 ViFlage and Suburban Seet.ions. Town Sections. Road Survey. „ 6 J Total Cost District. j j j Other Work. Com p' eted °A«r "SS" SSff Total Cost. Miles. « Total Cost . Work. i ! ! _ J ! i s. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland and North Auckland .. 210-27 34 30-0 314 17 6 7-45 12 7-43 89 3 7 1-92 51-32 98 11 0 6,992 16 7 8,899 2 5 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. - - -- -- .. 1-94 51-64 100 3 8 56 18 8 313 2 4 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• .. .. •• .. .. 92 7 5 1,382 13 4 Taranaki .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-40 119-69 47 16 9 .. , 180 12 8 Wellington .. .. .. 62-28 3 24-8 77 6 7 5-80 6 6-29 37 14 4 0-32 72-41 23 3 6 1,706 1 6 2,115 8 8 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4-50 7 5-69 39 16 9 .. .. .. 76 10 0 618 12 7 Nelson .. .. .. 6-55 9 178-9 58 12 0 8-60 25 1-40 35 0 0 .. .. .. 135 1 0 1,365 13 0 Westland .. .. .. 39-04 9 41-6 81 2 7 8-64 14 7-92 110 17 3 3-30 19-82 65 7 9 125 15 1 574 0 1 Canterburv .. .. .. 36-12 1 24-0 43 18 3 4-06 37 1-61 59 17 4 5-25 12-80 67 3 3 1,446 6 3 2,101 8 2 Otago .. .. .. 103-15 8 24-7 127 7 5 13-55 10 7-24 72 7 2 3-50 34-31 120 1 4 387 14 3 1,864 16 7 Southland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. - - .. .. .. 1-20 4-80 5 15 0 181 0 1 941 11 3 Totals .. .. 457-41 64 30-7 703 4 4 52-60 111 4-01 444 16 5 17-83 29-62 528 2 3 11,200 10 10 20,357 1 1

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Table 7.—Return of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors on Lands administered by other Departments from 1st April, 1941, to 31st March, 1942.

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1942.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (608 copies) ,£l2.

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Rural Survey. Village and Suburban Survey. Town Section Survey. Housing Subdivision Survey. District-. i : j , I Acres ' ! XT Total Cost - Acres " XT I Total Co st - Acres - *£8££\ ToM Cost - | Acres - leSion' ! Totel C" 8 '- s. £ s. d. s. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland and North Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 133-5 91-5 610 18 5 7-71 31 4-38 135 14 6 107-49 467 3-42 1,596 8 4 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9-4 114-8 53 13 0 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8-50 40 2-78 111 4 0 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16-9 28-7 24 6 0 .. .. .. .. 52-41 169 2-39 403 11 1 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31-25 138 2-91 401 15 10 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 59-0 11-6 34 6 8 0-47 1 16-85 16 16 9 3-17 16 1-22 19 11 2 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 50-2 4-6 11 10 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6-35 34 2-46 113 6 0 Westland .. .. .. .. .. 105-7 4-8 25 5 0 .. .. .. 1-25 3 9-20 27 12 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 106-3 14-2 75 8 0 72-2 53-7 193 14 1 0-63 2 4-50 9 0 0 50-26 249 1-72 429 10 7 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14-1 61-4 43 6 8 0-57 2 10-27 20 10 11 5-69 30 3-97 119 111 Southland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 119-6 6-9 41 0 0 1-18 2 10-72 21 9 1 1-70 8 2-84 22 15 0 Totals .. .. .. .. 262-2 8-6 112 3 0 424-7 47-1 1,001 4 10 20-31, 81 4-21 342 7 3 258-32 1,111 2-80 3,105 19 11 Housing Schemes (Preliminary). Native Land Survey. Road and Railway Survey. Total Cost District. : j Other Work. ,, °f , . • ! ; Completed Acres. j Cost per Acre. 1 Total Cost. Acres. Cost per Acre. Total Cost. Miles. Cost per Mile.i Total Cost. "Work. | | I ' s. £ s. d. s. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. : £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland and North Auckland .. .. .. 3-55-3 21-4 379 14 9 1,007-8 5-5 277 18 4 33-75 39-22 1,323 15 0 1,267 1 2 5,591 10 6 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12-0 44-2 26 10 0 .. .. .. C4 6 4 144 9 4 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9-0 70-6 31 10 6 .. .. .. .. 142 14 6 Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 276-1 9-8 135 0 3 5-48 80-67 442 1 5 230 19 11 1,235 18 8 Wellington ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 168 18 2 570 14 0 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-70 67-42 249 9 0 35 6 6 355 10 1 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11-03 48-64 536 10 -5 109 0 0 770 6 5 Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-65 36-98 98 0 2 .. 150 17 2 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21-14 33-68 731 1 11 115 17 6 1,554 12 1 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7-63 50-37 384 5 9 30 0 0 597 5 3 Southland.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 136-0 2-2 15 0 0 .. .. .. 151 19 5 252 3 6 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 355-3 21-4 379 14 9 1,440-9 6-7 485 19 1 85-38 44-10 3,765 3 8 2,173 9 0 11,366 1 6