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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

suance of all powers and authorities enabling him in
this behalf, doth hereby extend the operation of the
By-laws, Rules and Regulations published in the
New Zealand Gazette, Nos. 8, 27, 62, of 10th February,
11th May, and 23rd November, 1876, respectively,
to the portion of the line of railway mentioned in
the Schedule hereto; said By-laws, Rules, and
Regulations to be from that date deemed to be the
Regulations and By-laws in force for the portion
of the line of railway mentioned in the Schedule
aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

NAPIER to Waipukurau Railway—Waipukurau to
Takapau.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for the Survey of Native Lands.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of March, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twentieth section of "The
Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876," it
is enacted that, in order to secure a general unifor-
mity of surveys, it shall be lawful for the Governor,
by Order in Council, whenever he shall think it fit to
do so, to order and direct that all surveys of Native
lands for the purposes of "The Native Land Act,
1873," or other Acts relating to Native land, at pre-
sent conducted under the direction of the Inspector
of Surveys, shall, from a day to be fixed in such
Order, be brought under the control and supervision
of the Surveyor-General; and to prescribe regula-
tions under which surveys of Native lands shall
thereafter be conducted; and any such regulations
at any time to alter, amend, or rescind, anything
in "The Native Land Act, 1873," to the contrary
notwithstanding:

And whereas, by an Order in Council of the
twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six, issued in pursuance of the
authority of the aforesaid twentieth section, all
surveys of Native lands were, as from and after the
then next ensuing first day of December, brought
under the control and supervision of the said Sur-
veyor-General:

And whereas it is expedient that all regulations
for the conduct of surveys of Native lands at pre-
sent existing in force in the colony should be re-
voked, and that one uniform system of conducting
such surveys should forthwith be brought into
operation :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in
exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in him by the said twentieth section of the
said Act, and all other powers and authorities en-
abling him in this behalf, doth hereby revoke and
annul a certain Order in Council of the thirteenth
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five, and the regulations for the survey of
Native lands under "The Native Land Act, 1873,"
prescribed in such Order, and doth also revoke and
annul all other Orders and Regulations for the survey
of Native lands at any time existing heretofore; and
with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, and in
exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
aforesaid, doth hereby order and direct that the
regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed |
shall be the regulations and instructions under
which all surveys of Native lands for the purposes
of "The Native Land Act, 1873," or other Acts
relating to Native land, shall be conducted in the
future; and doth order and declare that the said
regulations shall come into force in respect of the
surveys of Native lands, and take effect on and from
the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

1. All surveys must be in the true meridian of the
   circuit placed in correct position within the Survey
   District in which they are situated.
2. Boundary surveys of areas over 3,000 acres in
   extent may be made by the system of converging
   angles observed between fixed and known points, the
   intervening and adjacent features being delineated
   by cross bearings, or theodolite or compass chain
   traverses.
3. Surveys under 3,000 acres in extent must be
   triangulated and traversed, or traversed only if trian-
   gulation be inapplicable by reason of the denseness
   of the forest.
4. When true bearing is not obtainable then only
   may surveys be executed on magnetic bearing, and
   when this is had recourse to the reasons must be
   stated on the face of the plan.
5. All boundaries must be permanently ground-
   marked by pegs, lockspits, mounds, cairns, witness
   marks on trees or on rocks, so that the corners and
   lines may be clearly indicated for future inspection.
6. Field-books must be kept in ink, and delivered
   up to Government when completed, or when the
   Surveyor has done with his work.
7. Plans to be drawn according to specimens to be
   seen in the Inspector or Deputy Inspector's Offices, —
   the scales used being 2, 5, 10, 20, 40, or 80 chains to
   an inch, according to extent.
8. Names of natural features to be given in plan;
   also the names of the owners or occupiers.
9. All theodolite, and chain, triangular, or traverse
   work to be mathematically reduced on the meridian
   and perpendicular, a table of which is to accompany
   each plan.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
persons, viz.,—

H. A. ATKINSON,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).

Inspectors of Weights and Measures appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Inspectors
of Weights and Measures under and for the purposes