Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 391

LAND TRANSFER SURVEY REGULATIONS.

WHEREAS “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” empowers the Surveyor-General of the colony, with the approval of the Governor in Council, to make such regulations as he may think necessary for insuring the accuracy of plans and surveys required under the said Act, and to cancel and alter such regulations when and as necessary: Now, therefore, I, Stephenson Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General of New Zealand, do, in pursuance of the said power, and with such approval as aforesaid, hereby revoke the regulations made by the Surveyor-General on the nineteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twentieth May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and in lieu thereof I do hereby make the regulations following, that is to say:—

1. The regulations numbered 1 to 91 of even date herewith, made under “The Land Act, 1892,” shall apply equally to surveys made under “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” wherever they are not inconsistent with these rules.

2. Any plan purporting to be a survey, resurvey, or subdivision of any land is to be signed by the surveyor who actually made the measurements in the field, and shall also be verified by statutory declaration of the licensed surveyor employed to make such survey, in the following form, or to the like effect so far as applicable:—

DECLARATION.

For Subdivision of or bringing Land under the Act.

I hereby certify that this plan has been made from surveys executed by me, and that both plan and survey are correct, and have been made in accordance with the regulations of the Surveyor-General dated , 1896.
A.B., Licensed Surveyor.

Such plan shall be sent through the District Land Registrar for approval by the Chief Surveyor or officer acting for him, and when so approved shall be deemed to be accurate for all purposes of the Land Transfer Act.

3. The surveyor will be expected to disclose all doubts, discrepancies, and difficulties, and to afford all such other information obtainable by him relating to the property and the application for certificate of title or transfer as will aid in securing accuracy and completeness in the business of the Land Transfer Department. A regard to the interests of his employer will not be considered as excusing in any degree the withholding of any information affecting the merits of the application, even though the description supplied may be literally and technically correct.

4. In districts where triangulation exists, and where the triangulation points have not been obliterated, if a resurvey or subdivision of the whole of a rural section is made for the purposes of the Land Transfer Act the survey must be connected by traverse or by a subsidiary triangle with the nearest trig. station. If only a portion of a section is being dealt with this may be dispensed with at the option of the Chief Surveyor, but the survey must be connected with at least two of the corners of the original section. If only part of a section on an already deposited plan is being dealt with, then such survey need only be connected with two or more points of that section; provided always that the section has been previously properly connected with two or more points of the original section in such a manner as to definitely fix the position thereof. In districts and cities where permanent standard points have been placed, then the survey must be connected both by angular and linear measurement with such bench-marks, and the surveyor must, in his traverses, use the standard points as his initial for bearing and distance.

5. All measured lines and distances must be shown in red, all observed bearings in blue, all calculated bearings or distances in black, the same being written along the lines. Included angles will only be admissible in such districts where minor triangulation does not exist, or where the original stations have been lost, and where the standard points for obtaining the meridian have not been re-established, or in the subdivision of small allotments. All work adopted from a previous survey must be shown in black.

6. Tie-lines in lieu of angles will only be admissible in the subdivision of very small pieces of land.

7. The true meridian bearing between two or more trig. stations or bench-marks will be always obtained by reference to the survey office of the provincial district.

8. Where the boundary consists of natural features they must be traversed unless they form the boundary of the original section, and have been traversed by the Government surveyor. A retraverse of such boundaries may, however, be required in cases where the original survey appears to be faulty.

9. When an irregular boundary is defined by offsets measured thereto from one or more survey lines the surveyor must furnish the distances along such line or lines at which offsets have been taken, and the length of such offsets.

10. Should a property be bounded on one or more sides by natural features, of which a retraverse is not required, the survey must be closed by traverse-lines or tie-lines in such a manner as will enable the work to be thoroughly checked.

11. All traverse-lines to be numbered, and mathematically reduced on the meridian and perpendicular of the initial station of the circuit, or, if that is not required to be connected with in the survey, on the starting or initial point of the survey, and tables are to be deposited with maps.

12. In the subdivision of small areas or town lands 2 links to the mile will be the maximum error allowed, and in the case of the survey of rural land 4 links to the mile; bearings must close to two or three minutes, according to the nature of the survey. Recent approved surveys adjacent should be connected with the survey being made.

13. All bearings must be observed with a serviceable and adjusted theodolite; the steel measuring-band must be tested and corrected before survey to the Government standard.

14. Deposited plans must be on mounted drawing-paper cut to 30in. by 30in., or 20in. by 20in., cut so that due north is perpendicular to the paper, which must be the exact size named, to fit the office portfolios.

15. The smaller sizes protracting sheets can be obtained at the survey office of the provincial district. Plan to accompany application, transfer, lease, or mortgage to be 15in. by 10in., or on the larger size mentioned above if necessary.

16. Plans of allotments containing 1 to 10 perches should be drawn to a scale of not less than ½ chain to 1in.; 10 to 20 perches, 1 chain to 1in.; 20 perches to 1 acre, 2 chains to 1in.; 1 acre to 10 acres, 5 chains to 1in.; 10 acres to 320 acres, 10 chains to 1in.; 320 acres and above, 20 chains to 1in. In cases where details are numerous, plans