portions; Ohariu, 2nd Valley; Town District, and the Pakaratahi, which have not as yet been entered upon. As so much has been done towards completing these troublesome surveys, I strongly urge that the surveyors now employed upon them be permitted to continue at the several works until such are finally completed, otherwise I fear the ground will have to be travelled over again, a result entailing endless delay, trouble, and expense.

In the Survey Office, Crown Grants for 94,602 acres have been prepared, and the draughtsmen have been actively engaged on the usual office duties; but the want of sufficient office accommodation has very much retarded the progress of compilations. In fact, during the recess from field duties it will be impossible to find space in the office for the accommodation of all the surveyors who will come in to plot their work.

A lithographed map of the Triangulation of the Wanganui and Rangitikei Districts, on a scale of 100 chains to an inch, has been published, as also a map of New Zealand, showing the proposed main lines of railway. Various lithographed plans of lands for sale have also been prepared.

The following works are proposed to be undertaken during the current financial year, ending 31st March, 1875, viz.:—

Acres.

Wanganui District ... 20,000

Rangitikei District ... 15,000

Rangitikei-Manawatu ... 10,000

Wellington Districts ... 18,000

Manawatu District ... 5,000

Wairarapa and East Coast ... 100,000

Total ... 168,000

Before concluding this Report, I desire to say that the gentlemen comprising the present survey staff have been, in an almost unexceptional degree, zealous and energetic in the performance of their several duties. I have much pleasure in bringing this circumstance prominently under the notice of the Government, because I have observed during the past year a greater pride taken by the staff in the accurate performance of the surveys than has generally been exhibited during the previous period that I have had charge of the Department; whilst the return of lands surveyed will also, I trust, show that the several works have been closely and energetically prosecuted.

I have, &c.,

HENRY JACKSON,
Chief Surveyor.

Jos. G. Holdsworth, Esq.,
Commissioner Crown Lands, Wellington.

Appendix B.

REPORT OF THE PROVINCIAL ENGINEER ON THE ROADS, &c., IN THE PROVINCE.

Provincial Engineer’s Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1874.

Sir,—

I have the honor to forward, for your information, a report upon the various public works undertaken by the Province during the financial year ending the 31st March, 1874.

The following bridges, contracted for and in course of erection when I made my last annual report, have now been completed, viz.:—

Ruamahunga Bridge, Waihenga Flood Bridge—Greytown, Waipoua Bridge—Masterton, Rangitikei Bridge—Bull’s, Awahou Bridge—Foxton, Second River Bridge—Lower Hutt, Wainuiomata Bridge, and the whole of the bridges, some fifteen in number, on the line of road from Bull’s to Palmerston.

The Rangitikei Bridge has been screwed up since its completion, and we are now engaged upon the Ruamahanga Bridge; both are being painted. Some of the immigrants, ex “Ocean Mail,” have been employed at the work at day wages, the Government finding the materials. The following roads in hand at the same time have also been completed, viz.:—