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III.

37.

VI.

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FARM LANDS, CONCESSIONS, AND BUILDING PLOTS SURVEYED.

April 1st, 1908, to March 31st, 1909.

Per acre. Pence.

Cents.

Agricultural Areas.

Grazing Arena.

Fibre and Cotton Areas.

Reserves.

Provisional Surveys,

Building Plots.

1. Cost of surveys by licensed surveyors, 1908-09:---

155,440 acres at cost of £1,131

1.74

10.9

Totala.

Month.

Cost of surveys by licensed surveyors, 1907-08:-

511,967 acres at cost of £3,058

1:43

9

&

No.

Acres.

No.

Acres.

No. Aores. No. Acres. No.

Aores,

No. Acres. No,

Acree,

2. Cost of surveys by staff surveyors, 1908-09:-

430,143 acres at cost of £8,009

4:46

28

April Hay

1908.

...

Jana ***

350,793 acres at cost of £6,700

Cost of surveys by staff surveyors, 1907-08:-

4:58

29

---

459

24

116,515

94,523

13

1,502

91,120

July ...

6

2,126

4

12,504

Angust

3

1,846 J

33,080

September

7

1.896

October

6

941

11,839

November

4

3,644 4

18,013

December

6,588

---

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1111

1

92 28

9

291

6

117,088 94,817

3.

Plane-table survey, Kisii and Recon. survey North Kenya:-

576,000 acres at cost of £300

0:13

0.8

186

631 184

95,073

6

24

16

14,664

192,000

1

50 15

229,120

4.

Supervision charges, 1908-09 :-

1

80

8

1,9 6

1,161,583 acres at cost of £1,957

0:44

3

384,000

10

92 20

896,203

Supervision charges, 1907-08:-

8

8

16

19,665

9

6,590

862,760 acres at cost of £1,050

0.29

2

A. E. TOWNSEND,

1909.

January February March

COM

Total

Deputy Director of Surveys,

610 7

19,856

125,120

11

145,617

460

722

8

39,643

[1

5

3

465

-

15

40,365

5 219,643

3

766

2 576,000 174

1,087 294

1,161,583

11!

Cadastral Branch.

The cost of surveys done by the staff is greater than those by licensed surveyors because the latter decline to do the difficult work.

of 12,929 59 931,168

N.B.---The above does not include the rapid allotment surveys, nor the sleeping sickness area, Kisii.

A. E. TOWNSEND, Deputy Director of Surveys.

VIII.

G. S. KNOX,

Captain, R. E.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

PLLC.O. 885

IV.

Comparative Annual Statement of Lands Surveyed.

April 1st, 1908, to March 31st, 1909.

OUTSTANDING SURVEYS, MARCH 31st, 1909.

Cadastral Branch.

44 areas-general

36 areas-Jubaland

45 areas mission land

125 areas

172,505 acres.

97,791 acres

7,991 acres

278,287 acres.

} Instructions issued for

survey.

Total outstanding surveys 31st March, 1908, 350,000 acres.

A. E. TOWNSEND, Deputy Director of Surveys,

Class of Land.

Your.

Total.

Agri- cultural.

Graxing.

Forest and Bubber.

Fibre and

Cotton.

Crown and Provisional,

Residential

and Building.

Acres.

Acres.

Acres.

Acres.

Acres.

Acres.

Acres.

1904-5

49,740

526,802

10,000

32,000

618,542

Details not extracted.

1905-6

23,277

399,413

220,869

101,974

745,533

Areas included in totals.

1906-7

9,667

519,914

64,320

276,366

870,267

1907-8

16,106

504,737

12,946

188,474

138.125

1908-9

12,929

351,158

219,613

576,766

2,372 1,087

862,760 1,161,583

A. E. TOWNSEND, Deputy Director of Surveys,

Cadastral Branch.

V.

RAPID ALLOTMENT. UASIN GISHU.

1st allotment

113 farms

2nd allotment

122 farms

285,995 acres. 403,696 acres.

The first allotment survey was completed during 1907-08.

A. E. TOWNBEND, Deputy Director of Surveys,

Cadastral Branch.

SPECIAL WORK UNDERTAKEN.

Cadastral Branch.

1. Special work in mapping the sleeping sickness area was allotted to a licensed surveyor. The resulting map has been found not wholly satisfactory; and the work presented no features of sufficient interest to call for remarks.

A rapid allotment survey east of the Nandi country was also undertaken. Lack of time and staff, and the death of Mr. H. Cox prevented this plane-table work being based on a good triangulation. Nevertheless, the resulting maps on a scale of 1/62,500 are good, and reflect great credit on lance-corporals Thornton and Durkan, Royal Engineers, who were quite new to the country when they were detailed for this Maps Published During the Year.

work.

1. None have been published, the staff of plane-tablers having only begun to reach this country in January last.

2. On the other hand a great many manuscript plans of isolated areas have been drawn for various departments.

Miscellaneous Matters.

1. I doubt not that many interesting points have occurred during the past year on which the Director of Surveys would have wished to report. In his absence

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