636
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Road line and boundary ends of adjacent survey sections and blocks are to be shown. A scale 12in. in length is to be drawn; also an inscription in upright letters denoting block and district, or parish, name of surveyor, date of survey, and number of field-book. The interior detail writing should be clear and distinct. A short description of each section is to be drawn up in the form given in Regulation No. 110.

26. The error attached to traverse survey necessarily varies with the nature of the ground, and, as it is essential for the security of settlers in rural blocks that it should not accumulate above 20 links, it will be advisable to have recourse to triangulation subsidiary to minor, where the country is so rough as to prevent correct chaining. On an average, surveyors can chain a mile within an error of 2 or 4 links; thus, a limit of error in traverse has to be assigned, and here it is so at 8 links to the mile. Should the error in closing exceed this limit the work must be revised. So also, governed by minor triangulation, traverses should close by bearing with an error not exceeding 2 or 3 minutes of arc.

27. Suitable sites for schools are to be reserved, about 10 acres in rural districts and 5 acres in suburban districts. Also at least 100 links frontage to all navigable rivers and coasts, making the traverse lines if possible the boundary of such reservation. Bushes in sparsely-timbered country are to be reserved, and in bush country all clumps of valuable timber; also stone quarries, gravel and sand pits for road-making where conveniently situated, for trunk and district lines.

28. In surveying a spotting or isolated claim, the surveyor must proceed to the nearest geodesical or trigonometrical station and connect his section work by minor triangulation, and he will prepare a plan of the section and its connections on special sheets provided for that purpose. But if the claim be near to a trigonometrical station he may connect by traverse.

29. If no geodesical or trigonometrical station be available for connection, it will be the duty of the surveyor to report the circumstance to the head of his district before executing the survey; and in cases where a broken country is covered with forest, preventing minor triangulation or approved traverse circuit, special direction will be given for the survey and sectionizing of the locality under such conditions.

TOWN SURVEYS.

30. The main streets in all towns shall be laid out of a breadth not less than 150 links; side streets not less than 100 links wide. In open country the sides of the main-street lines shall be pared; in bush, cut. In addition to pegs at the corner of every section, not fewer than four stone blocks or iron trigonometrical stations shall be placed 25 links from the building lines, so that three of them shall be reciprocally visible from each other, and on these the angular measurements of the town will be based. The block or trigonometrical tubes to be flush with the surface of the ground. The point of intersection is to be defined by a tack driven into the top of the peg.

31. Open spaces shall be set apart and reserved for recreation-grounds, the number of such reserves being regulated by the superficial area of the town, being not less than one-tenth of such area, the separate size of such reserves in no case being less than 12½ square chains.

32. No reserve shall be made for cemetery purposes within any town.

33. Municipal reserves shall be made at the rate of 1 acre to every 10 acres of the total area of the town; also one or two school sites of not less than 2 acres each. There should also be laid out sufficient land, either outside or inside such towns, for sites for depositing nightsoil, dirt, and rubbish, and such sites shall be selected on such side of the said towns as shall be opposite to the quarter from which the prevailing summer wind blows; also sufficient land, either outside or inside such towns, for sites for gravel-pits and stone quarries, and for depositing gravel, stone, or other materials required for making and repairing roads within such towns; provided that gravel, stone, or other road materials can be obtained in the locality. On the plans these areas to have their specific purpose written on each, either in full or in abbreviated form.

34. The streets of all towns shall, as nearly as a due regard to the natural features of the country and drainage of the land will permit, be laid off in straight lines and at right angles to each other; and allotments are to be laid off at right angles to the streets which they front when possible.

35. The name and plan of every town or village shall be approved by the Governor prior to any sale.

SURVEY OF NATIVE LANDS.

36. The foregoing regulations apply equally to the survey of Native lands for any purpose whatsoever, and in addition thereto the following rules are to be observed:—

37. Boundary surveys of areas over 3,000 acres in extent for interlocutory orders 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.

38. Surveys under 3,000 acres in extent must be triangulated and traversed, or traversed only if triangulation be inapplicable by reason of the denseness of the forest.

39. Where not otherwise agreed upon, the following are the rates to be paid for the survey of Native lands for the purposes of the Native Land Court:—

(1.) For the survey of any area—

Under 30 acres, £6.

£. s. d.
30 to 50 " 3s. 6d. p. a., but not less than 6 0 0
50 to 100 " 3s. 0d. 8 17 0
100 to 200 " 2s. 6d. 15 0 0
200 to 300 " 2s. 0d. 25 0 0
300 to 500 " 1s. 6d. 30 0 0
500 to 1,000" 1s. 3d. 37 10 0
1,000 to 5,000" 10d. 62 10 0
5,000 to 10,000" 7d. 208 6 8
10,000 to 25,000" 5d. 291 13 4

(2.) Any greater area by special arrangement.

(3.) Where the surveys of two or more blocks adjoin, a deduction will be made at the rate of £5 per mile for forest and £2 per mile for open, on the length of their common boundaries.

(4.) When more than half the length of the boundary lines runs through vegetation less than 4ft. high, one-third the rates will be deducted.

(5.) Travelling expenses will be allowed at the rate of 4s. per mile, one way, to be measured in a straight line from the nearest survey office or residence of surveyor, at the discretion of the Surveyor-General. Where more than one block is surveyed at the same time, such allowance is to be divided amongst them in proportion to the number of the blocks. Should the block under survey lie outside triangulation, the necessary connection thereto will be arranged for specially.

40. Whenever a surveyor or the Native owner shall bring before the Court any question under section 40 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1880,” the party intending to apply to the Court shall give to the other party at least seven days’ notice of his intention so to apply, except in cases where both parties are present. The Chief Surveyor of the district shall give the Native owners notice of the cost proposed to be charged for a survey as soon as it is completed.

41. All surveys undertaken for the purposes of the Court, when not done by the official survey staff, must be made by authorized surveyors employed by the Surveyor-General, who shall issue a specific authority in writing in each case. Assistants employed by surveyors must be approved by the Chief Surveyor.

42. When triangulation is available for ascertaining distances it will not be necessary to chain long lines if the crossings of streams, ridges, or other natural features are fixed by intersections. Where a boundary line abuts on to a stream, lake, or coast line, the length of such line, as well as the traverse length, must be supplied. Swamp or terrace boundaries are inadmissible; they must be shown by right lines.

43. The positions of all remarkable hills, ridges, pas, eel-weirs, Native cultivations, tracks, battle-fields, villages, &c., within or near the block under survey must be fixed by intersections; and the courses of all rivers, forest margins, swamps, lakes, coast lines, or other natural or artificial features must be sketched in for delineation in their proper position on the map.

44. The Native names of all boundaries or natural features within or pertaining to the block must be ascertained, together with the names and position of adjacent lands, and shown on the map.

45. All plans are to be drawn upon mounted paper, to the scales given in clause 71 of these regulations, but they must not be on a less scale than 20 chains to the inch, unless by special permission. It is advisable when possible, but not absolutely necessary, to keep the maps of the uniform sizes of 30in. x 30in., or 18in. x 16in., but in no case must a less space than 100 square inches be left clear of any survey detail. Maps should be neatly drawn, in accordance with specimens to be seen in any of the survey offices. 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, when islands lying adjacent to the mainland are intended to be included in the claim, they must be coloured of the same tint. The map should have a plain title stating the Native name of the block, the survey district, and the provincial district in which the land lies, with the name or names of one or more of the applicants, and the names of those who pointed out the boundaries. The scale to which it is drawn, the meridian of the circuit in which the block is situated, and the area must be plainly stated. In the lower left-hand corner must be quoted the number and date of letter of instructions to the surveyor, with the number and page of the field-book. The map must bear a certificate signed by the surveyor making