✨ Survey Report
RETURN SHOWING AMOUNT OF TRIGONOMETRICAL AND SECTIONAL SURVEY COMPLETED EACH YEAR, WITH COST OF DEPARTMENT.
| Year. | Triangulation. | Sectional Survey. | Total cost of Department to Provincial Government. | Amount paid by purchaser for survey. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (acres) | |||||
| 1861–2 | 2d | 77,089 | £5,470 | ||
| 1862–3 | 174,000 | 2¼d | 108,541 | 10,091 | |
| 1863–4 | 297,000 | 1¼d | 103,010 | 8,678 | |
| 1864–5 | 160,000 | 0d.9 | 2,076 | 3,220 | |
| 26,669 | *£2,670 | ||||
| Total | 631,000 | £317,885 | £30,129 |
In addition to the main work returned, several townships have been subdivided into allotments, railway and road lines surveyed, and other surveys completed every year.
| Year. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1866 | 440,706 | 1d.1 | 74,112 | £3,81 9 |
| 1867 | 91,086 | 981 | ||
| 1868 | 45,766 | 1,503 | ||
| 1869 | 18,603 | 1,024 | ||
| 1870 | 10,871 | 1,013 | ||
| 9 months | £8,154 | |||
| Total | 440,706 | 239,818 |
Total Cost ... £159,94
Amount charged to purchaser being at the rate of 8d. 3 per acre.
*The £2670 shown this year was paid in land—the purchaser getting 10 per cent. on the amount surveyed.
Chief Surveyor’s Office,
Southland, October 4th, 1870.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Southland, by Craig and Co., of Invercargill, N.Z., Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.
Southland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 13
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Return Showing the Amount of Land Surveyed Each Year Under the Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey4 October 1870
Land Surveyed, Annual Report, Southland Waste Lands Act, Surveyors