Southland Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 13

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✨ Survey and Land Reports



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RETURN OF FIELD WORK FOR NINE MONTHS ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1870.

Locality Surveyor Acreage. Description of Survey Cost. Remarks
Eyre District J. A. M'Arthur 756 0 0 Sectional surveys, including road and river traverses
Taringatura District do 812 3 21 do
Hokanui G. F. Richardson 520 0 0 do
Waiaru do 153 0 4 do
Wairaki F. H. Geisow 2014 0 0 do
Centre Hill do 350 0 0 do
Aparima Hundred do 580 1 0 do Land purchased under "Southland Waste Land Act, 1865."
Jacob's River Geo. Hately 300 0 0 do
New River do 55 3 22 do
Forest Hill do 118 0 0 do
Winton do 80 0 0 do
In the Hundreds do ... 23½ miles road traverse 30l 2 0 Alterations to old road lines in the Hundreds. These surveys being small, detached, and widely separated, proved more than ordinarily costly.
Taringatura District F. H. Geisow ... Erection of Trig. Stations 27 2 4
... Survey of Reserve, Dipton Flat 4 4 0
Eyre District J. A. M'Arthur ... Connecting railway-line with sections 6 6 0

ABSTRACT FOR 1870.

a. r. p.
Section Survey 10,351 0 7
Reserves 14 0 0
Area of Roads Surveyed 458 3 0
Miles. Chains.
Roads Surveyed in Section Surveys 28 67
River Traverses do 15 48
Roads Surveyed in the Hundreds 23 45

Chief Surveyor's Office,
Southland, October 4th, 1870.

RETURN SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF LAND SURVEYED EACH YEAR UNDER THE
" SOUTHLAND WASTE LANDS ACT, 1865."

Year G. F. Richardson J. A. M'Arthur F. H. Geisow Jas. Dundas Geo. Hately Total Road traverse River traverse
Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Miles. Miles.
1866 30,751 16,243 24,700 2,417 ... 74,111 157 116
1867 20,719 35,511 22,261 12,575 ... 91,066 152 150
1868 13,863 11,126 9,185 11,593 ... 45,767 143 62
1869 336 5,983 ... 12,184 ... 18,503 47 12
1870 to Sept 30 1,570 5,200 3,097 ... 504 10,371 29 16
Totals 67,239 74,063 59,243 38,769 504 239,818 528 356

*Mr George Hately only completed the surveys left unfinished by the decease of Mr J. Dundas.
Chief Surveyor's Office,
Southland, October 4th, 1870.



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🗺️ Abstract for 1869 (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 October 1870
Abstract, Surveys, Acreage, Roads, Southland

🗺️ Return of Field Work for Nine Months Ending 30th September, 1870

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 October 1870
Field Work, Surveys, Acreage, Costs, Southland
  • J. A. M'Arthur, Surveyor
  • G. F. Richardson, Surveyor
  • F. H. Geisow, Surveyor
  • Geo. Hately, Surveyor

🗺️ Abstract for 1870

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 October 1870
Abstract, Surveys, Acreage, Roads, Southland

🗺️ Return Showing the Amount of Land Surveyed Each Year Under the Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 October 1870
Land Surveyed, Annual Report, Southland Waste Lands Act, Surveyors
  • G. F. Richardson, Surveyor
  • J. A. M'Arthur, Surveyor
  • F. H. Geisow, Surveyor
  • Jas. Dundas, Surveyor
  • Geo. Hately, Surveyor