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There were also 29 survey coolies receiving wages at

rates varying from $3 to $11 per month according to service.

Total wages for year $2,928.00.

+ Cost of Department. As the survey office forms part

of the Public Works Department and is accommodated in the sane

building, which is known as the Government Offices, there are

numerous charges, such as those for lighting, heating, slectric

fans, &c., which cannot be stated. Omitting charges of such

a nature, the following is a statement of the cost:-

Salaries

Conveyance Allowances

Teges of coolies

Drawing materials and mounting plang

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$36,651.50

2,578.79 3,928.00

660.36

439.82

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Trigonometrical work. As no survey of the Colony

had been made since that carried out by Lieut. Collingon in

1945 (his plan containg many inaccuracies), it was decided in

1908 that a proper Ordinance Map should be built up on correct

triangulation and this work was commenced early in 1909. The

staff then consisted of six surveyors, exclusive of the Princi-

pal Land Surveyor, three of whom had been appointed during the

two previous years. The necessity for this considerable in-

crease and further additions subsequently made was partly due

to difficulties and delays which had occurred in procuring

qualified men and to sickness among the staff which caused the