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WORKS EXECUTED AND IN PROGRESS.

Acres.
Wanganui, Left Bank ... ... 6,200—Completed.
,, Right Bank ... ... 5,200—Requires plotting.
,, ,, ,, ... ... 6,800—Preliminary traverses.
Turakina ... ... ... ... 15,000—Requires two months to complete field
work and plots.
Rangitikei, Lower ... ... ... 33,000—Completed.
Wellington Districts—
Makara and Karori ... ... 8,000—Plots completed, in course of pegging.
Ohariu ... ... ... ... 4,000—Preliminary traverses.
Upper Hutt and Pakuratahi ... 9,000 " "
Manawatu, Bunnythorpe ... ... 4,100—Requires plot.
Wairarapa, Opaki ... ... ... 1,477—Completed.
East Coast District ... ... ... 71,000—Preliminary traverses.

Total ... ... 163,777 acres.

In the Survey Office, Crown Grants for 117,355 acres have been prepared; beyond the usual office duties compilations of recent surveys have been executed. A lithograph plan of the Wellington triangulation on a scale of 100 chains to an inch, and also several other lithograph plans of lands for sale, have been performed.

The following are the works proposed to be undertaken during the financial year 1875 and 1876:—

Acres.
Wanganui District ... ... ... ... ... ... 15,000
Rangitikei District ... ... ... ... ... ... 20,000
Wellington District ... ... ... ... ... ... 7,000
Manawatu District ... ... ... ... ... ... 10,000
Rangitikei-Manawatu ... ... ... ... ... ... 20,000
Wairarapa District ... ... ... ... ... ... 35,000
East Coast ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45,000

Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 152,000

During the month of February this year the state of Surveys in this Province was inspected by Major Palmer, Royal Engineer. A complete exposition of the systems pursued, both in the Triangulation and in the Sectional Surveys, together with elaborate reports on the past and present conditions of the Surveys were prepared and furnished to Major Palmer; and I also personally afforded him all the information he desired with respect to this Province to embody in his report to the General Government on the condition of the Surveys in New Zealand.

I have, &c.,
HENRY JACKSON,
Chief Surveyor.

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

Appendix C.

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

Provincial Engineer's Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1875.

SIR,—
I have the honor to forward, for your information, a Report upon the various Public Works in progress or undertaken by the Province, during the financial year ending the 31st March, 1875.

The whole of the roads under the control of the Provincial Government have been kept in good repair. Owing to the large additional length of road opened for traffic during the last few years, and increased traffic thereon, the vote of the Council has been exceeded by the sum of £107 13s. 9d. Messrs. Taylor and Jones' contract for repairs of portion of Great North-Western Road terminated on the 2nd instant; it has been very satisfactorily carried out. Mr. Joseph Blackey was the successful tenderer for the continuation of the work, at £800 per annum. Mr. Welch is carrying out his contract for repairs, from Ray's to Masterton, also in a faithful manner. Contracts have been accepted for the necessary re-metalling on the following sections, viz., Wanganui to