Survey Cost Schedule




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Except in cases especially excepted by the Government Surveyors, and also the position of
Surveyor-General, the contracting Surveyor will the Block selected by the claimant.
be required to perambulate and describe the The description of the Boundaries and Sketch
boundaries of the entire quantity of land proved of the Land Surveyed, with Notice of the Na-
before the Commissioner to have been purchased ture of the Marks, duly declared to by the
from the Natives: such description to be ac- Surveyor, will be required to be lodged in the
companied by a sketch, shewing the principal Office of the Surveyor-General as a Public
natural features of the country, in such a manner Record.
that they may in future be recognized by the

SCHEDULE shewing the Cost per Acre for different sized Blocks,
averaging the Cutting and Surveying of one Linear Mile, at Three
Pounds, (£3).

Size of Block. Linear Miles of Cutting. Area. Cost. Per Acre.
A. R. P.
1th. by 1th. miles. 1/2 mile. 20 0 0
" 2-8 " 1 " 80 0 0
" 4 " 2 " 180 0 0
" 1 " 3 " 320 0 0
" 10-8 " 3 1/2 " 500 0 0
" 1 " 4 1/2 " 720 0 0
" 1 1/2 " 6 " -1,280 0 0
" 2 " 9 " 2,880 0 0
" 3 " 12 " 5,120 0 0
" 4 " 18 " -11,520 0 0
" 6 " 24 " 20,480 0 0
" 8 " 30 " 32,100 0 0
" 10 " 36 " 46,080 0 0
" 12 " 42 " 62,720 0 0

By Command of His Excellency, the Officer administering the Government,
(For the Colonial Secretary,)
JAMES STUART FREEMAN

Auckland:—Printed at the Government Press.




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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1842, No 41





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  • JAMES STUART FREEMAN, Acting for the Colonial Secretary