THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

cally, or from the station, if only one, to the principal
points in the traverse, to be carefully observed and
entered on the map. Secondary stations to be marked
by a post of approved hard wood, not less than six
inches thick and five feet long, to be sunk in the
ground three feet, and a mound to be thrown up one
foot high round it.

4. All boundary lines must be distinctly marked
   on the ground, and where in forest, high scrub, or
   fern, they must be cut and cleared four feet wide.
   All angles to be marked with pegs of approved hard
   wood, squared 3 x 3 and 2 feet long, to be driven one
   foot into the ground, and a trench (lockspit) 2 feet
   long by 9 inches wide and deep, to be cut in the
   direction of each line, commencing one foot from the
   peg. In long lines a peg and lockspit to be placed
   at every ten chains, and large trees standing near the
   boundary to be conspicuously marked with an arrow
   head.

5. When part of the survey is in dense forest, or
   in scrub on the banks of a sinuous river, bearings of
   the lines may be taken with a circumferenter, pro-
   vided that the terminals of the compass traverse are
   accurately closed trigonometrically with the part of
   the traverse made with the theodolite or with the
   triangulation.

6. Any angle points or ten-chain marks in a
   boundary common to the new and to an old survey,
   or only separated from it by a road, to be noted and
   shown in their true positions.

7. The position of remarkable hills within or near
   to the block under survey to be fixed by convergent
   bearings; and the course of rivers, forest margins,
   swamps, or other natural features to be sketched in
   the field book, as seen from different points.

8. The original field book to be kept with a
   metallic pencil, or else in ink, and to be sent in to the
   office with the map.

9. A complete table to be furnished of co-ordinates
   on meridian and perpendicular of every traverse line,
   together with the absolute distances from a Trigono-
   metrical Station of the origin of the survey, and of at
   least three other points in the periphery of the
   block. Forms for this will be supplied from the
   office. All surveys are required to close within ten
   links per mile, as determined by the calculated co-
   ordinates.

10. All plans must be drawn on mounted drawing
    paper. When the area of the claim is under five
    acres, the map must be plotted to a scale of one chain
    to an inch; under one hundred acres, five chains to
    an inch; under two thousand acres, ten chains to an
    inch; above two thousand acres, twenty chains to an
    inch. The plotting, drawing, style of printing, and
    colouring of the map to be in accordance with the
    custom of the office, and to be neat, clear, and
    properly finished.

11. The size of the paper on which maps are drawn
    must be in no case less than fifteen inches square,
    and always be such that a blank space of at least one
    hundred square inches shall be left clear of the
    survey work.

12. The whole boundary of the land forming the
    subject of the claim is to be conspicuously indicated
    by a tint of pink carried all round within it, and the
    area is to be distinctly marked upon the map.

13. All construction lines, bearings on trigono-
    metrical stations, or on other points in the survey to
    be drawn on the map, and their bearings and
    measurements when chained or computed.

14. The native names of all rivers, hills, cultiva-
    tions, and pieces of land are to be distinctly written
    on the map, together with the name and ownership,
    as far as these can be ascertained, of the adjoining
    lands.

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15. When islands lying adjacent to the mainland
    are intended to be included in a claim, they must be
    tinted pink, and their names and areas written on
    them.

16. Hills, rivers, forests, and all natural features of
    the country to be neatly drawn upon the map, in
    accordance with the notes in the field book, and the
    different kinds of vegetation over the block, but
    especially on the lines cut, to be shown by appro-
    priate colours.

17. The meridian used is to be plainly drawn on
    the map, and the scale either drawn or written.

18. Every map must have a plain title, stating the
    name of the block, which must correspond with the
    name stated in the claim, the country or district in
    which it is situated, the name in full of the surveyor,
    and the date of its transmission to the office.

THEO. HEALE,
Inspector of Surveys.

Approved in Council,
13th July, 1875.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Engineer Surveyors and Inspectors of Steamers
appointed.

Customs Department,
(Marine Branch),
Wellington, 14th July, 1875.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE CROLL, and
HENRY ALEXANDER MCGREGOR,
to be Engineer Surveyors and Inspectors of Steamers
for the Colony of New Zealand.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Traffic Returns.

AUCKLAND AND MERCER RAILWAY.

RETURN of Traffic for four weeks ending 22nd
May, 1875.

PASSENGERS.
Passengers ... ... No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
9,339 ... ... 425 14 11
Parcels, &c. ... ... 6 ... ... 8 9 2
Season Tickets ... ... ... ... 9 14 9 443 18 10

GOODS.
Freight ... ... Tons. 585 ... 201 12 11
... ... ... ... ... 201 12 11

Total ... ... ... ... £645 11 9

WELLINGTON AND MASTERTON RAILWAY.

RETURN of Traffic for eleven days ending 30th
June, 1875.

PASSENGERS.
Passengers ... ... No. £ s. d. £ s. d.
3,042 ... ... 111 18 4
Parcels, &c. ... ... ... ... 1 10 4
Season Tickets ... ... ... ... 32 2 10 145 11 6

GOODS.
Freight ... ... Tons. 69 ... 16 3 7
... ... ... ... ... 16 3 7

Total ... ... ... ... £161 15 1