THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 139

of
to a parcel of land at
in the district aforesaid, containing
and known by the name of
issued to the Governor.
Witness the hand of
Esquire, Judge, and the Seal
of the Court, the
of
18
day
}
be made and
Judge.

FORM 6.

At a sitting of the Native Lands Court, held at
in the district of
in the Province of
on the
day of
186
Present:
Judge.
Assessor.

In the matter of a parcel of land at
in the
district aforesaid, called
, it was ordered that
the Court do recommend to the Governor that

Witness my hand and the seal of
the Court, this
day of
18
}

FORM 7.
Ki te Kooti whakawa mo nga whenua Maori.

KIA mohio koutou ko
i mate i te
whenua ano tona kei
o nga ra o
tona kainga kei
. Na, he
ko te Karauna Karaati mo
taua whenua kua puta, kihai taua whenua i tukua e
ia ki tetahi tangata. Na, he mea atu tenei naku ki a
koutou, e taka mai ana taua whenua ki au i runga i
tona matenga. Ko tuku kainga kei
ana ki
Naku Na
No te
o nga ra o
186
.
E tata

FORM 8.
"Native Lands Act, 1865."

District of
County of
Province of
}

At a sitting of the Native Lands Court of New
Zealand, held at
in
on the
day of
one thousand eight
hundred and sixty
before
exparte
claimant to succeed to the hereditaments of

Upon hearing the claimant and others, and upon
evidence taken, it appeared to the Court that by a
Crown Grant, duly made and issued, bearing date
the
day of
one thousand eight
hundred and sixty
a parcel of land at
in the district of
containing
acres,
more or less, and called or known by the name of
the boundaries whereof are described on
the back hereof, was granted to
his heirs,
and assigns, and that the said
recently died
intestate, and without having made a valid disposal
of the said land or any part thereof. And it was
ordered that
of
aforesaid, ought to
succeed to the hereditaments aforesaid.
Judge.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1867.

THE following Notice for the guidance of suitors
in the Native Lands Court of New Zealand, and
Instructions to Surveyors under "The Native Lands
Act, 1865," are published for general information.
J. C. RICHMOND.

NOTICE.

PARTIES employing surveyors to survey lands about
to pass through the Native Lands Court are warned
that, after completion of such surveys, the maps
have to be examined by the Inspector of Surveys,
and that if they are defective, the work, or part of
it, will be required to be done over again.

It is necessary also for the surveyor to be present
at the sitting of the Court, to give information as to
boundaries, &c.

The payment for surveys ought therefore never to
be completed until after the hearing of the case and
the final passing of the map.

In large surveys, where the surveyor has to
expend ready money for labor, he may reasonably
demand an advance, but that ought never to exceed
the actual payments, or be more than one-half the
ultimate cost of the survey.

Instructions by the Inspector of Surveys to Surveyors
for the Native Lands Court in the Province of
Auckland.

No survey will be passed which is not properly
closed with any former surveys which abut upon it,
or unless connected by traverse or by convergent
bearings with any other survey within reasonable
distance, or which, in case no former survey exists in
its vicinity, is not so far fixed by bearings on known
hills or other land marks by connecting such lines to
headlands on coasts or known rivers, or by other
suitable means, as will enable the position of the
land to be determined on a general map.

Every surveyor before going into the field must
correct his chains by the Standard, at the Provincial
Survey Office, or by a certified copy of it.

If a surveyor is likely to be engaged for an
extended period, in a remote district, he should
before commencing his work lay down a standard on
some suitable level place, by driving firmly into the
ground two pegs, not less than three inches in
diameter, of section as nearly as possible sixty-six
feet apart between centres, then sawing them off
level with the ground, and marking the exact distance
by driving into them two nails at the extremities of
a tested chain.

Every surveyor, if called upon by the Inspector of
Surveys at any time, or by the Judge of any Land
Court, before which he may appear as a witness,
must certify the date at which the measuring chains
he has used in any survey were compared with any
Government standard, that they then corresponded
accurately with it, and that they have been con-
stantly kept at the same length during the survey,
and must state the means by which he has secured
their correctness.

All the chains used, as well as the theodolite or
other instrument, must be open to examination by
the Inspector of Surveys.

All necessary information as to adjoining surveys,
&c., will be furnished to licensed surveyors about to
survey Native lands on application at the office of
the Inspector of Surveys.

When surveyors are unable to attend at the office
previous to commencing surveys, the necessary
information will as far as practicable be forwarded to
them in answer to their written application, stating
the name and describing the position and supposed
boundaries of the land they are about to survey.

When the land to be surveyed abuts on an old
survey, the work ought always to be commenced by
searching for the old lines and clearing them. If
necessary, their bearings and length should then be
carefully verified, and any serious discrepancies,
either in meridian or standard should be shown on
the map.

When an old survey is near, but not adjoining, at