Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 10

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✨ Land Office Expenditure and Survey Reports

RETURN
of
EXPENDITURE of LAND OFFICE and SURVEYS during the Year ending
March 31st, 1873.

LAND OFFICE—

	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Current Expenditure ...	...	700 17 4
Arrears ...	...	650 0 0
		1350 17 4

SURVEYS—

	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Current Work ...	...	6078 9 7
Arrears ...	...	3869 0 0
		9947 10 4

Native Land Surveys ... ... ...|2148 2 3|2148 2 3
Paid by the General Government
and charged against Immigration
and Public Works Loan.

JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1873.

REPORT OF CHIEF SURVEYOR ON PROGRESS OF SURVEYS, &c.

Survey Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1873.

SIR,—
I have the honor to forward a Report on the progress made in the surveys
of this Province during the past financial year.

There have been fifteen sectional survey parties (including those of two Cadets)
continually employed in the field, which were distributed in the several districts, as
follows:—

Arrears of Survey, Wanganui and Rangitikei Districts ... 2 parties
" Wellington District ... ... ... 3 "
" " for 3 months ... ... 1 "
" Wairarapa District ... ... ... 1 "
" East Coast District ... ... ... 1 "
New Surveys— Manawatu District ... ... ... 4 "
" " for 9 months ... ... 2 "
" Forty Mile Bush District ... ... 1 "
" Wairarapa District ... ... ... 1 "

The areas surveyed in the several districts by the above mentioned parties:—

Arrears of Survey, Wanganui District ... ... 8,813 acres
" Rangitikei District ... ... 2,400 "
" Wellington District ... ... 33,000 "
" Wairarapa District ... ... 40,363 "
" East Coast District ... ... 12,280 "
New Surveys— Rangitikei Manawatu District ... 40,275 "
" Manawatu District ... ... 9,623 "
" Forty Mile Bush District ... ... 600 "
" Wairarapa ... ... ... 1,400 "

148,759 acres

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1873, No 10

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Return of Expenditure of Land Office and Surveys for the Year Ending March 31st, 1873

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated21 April 1873
KeywordsExpenditure, Land Office, Surveys, Financial Report, Wellington
👩‍💼 Officials

JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner Crown Lands

🗺️ Report of Chief Surveyor on Progress of Surveys

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated15 April 1873
KeywordsSurvey Progress, Land Surveys, Wanganui, Rangitikei, Wellington, Wairarapa, Manawatu, Forty Mile Bush, East Coast
👩‍💼 Officials

Chief Surveyor

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