✨ Land Survey Regulations
Numb. 9. 223
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1897.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1897.
Regulations for conducting the Survey of Land in
New Zealand.
GLASGOW, Governor.
IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers and
authorities conferred upon me by the fourth
section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl
of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby make the regulations hereinafter
set forth for the purposes of the said Act, and I do
also hereby revoke the regulations heretofore in
force for like purposes made on the nineteenth day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
of the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-six.
REGULATIONS.
- In these regulations, if not inconsistent with
the context,—
"Chief Surveyor" means the officer in charge of
the surveys in any land district of the colony :
"Inspecting Surveyor" means a surveyor ap-
pointed to carry out the duties of inspection speci-
fied in these regulations :
"Surveyor" means a surveyor authorised by
the Surveyor-General, or the Board of Examiners, to
execute surveys within the Colony of New Zea-
land :
"Chief Draughtsman" means the officer having
charge of all indoor operations in any land dis-
trict.
SETTLEMENT SURVEYS.
Survey Districts and Blocks.
- Survey districts shall each comprise an area
of 12½ miles square or thereabouts, which are ap-
portioned on the maps of the standard survey of
the colony. In numbering the blocks within sur-
vey districts, the numbers are to commence at the
north-west corner, and be numbered from I. to IV.
No. V. will come immediately to the south of No. I.,
and so on throughout the district, except in irregu-
lar districts, where the same order of numbering
must be followed so far as the area will allow, care
being taken to use up the whole of the numbers
consecutively. The lines dividing districts and
blocks shall be straight, unless in irregular country,
where road-lines, rivers, or section boundaries
should be used as nearly approximating the right
line as can be made. No survey block shall exceed
in length or breadth the distance of 250 chains (3½
miles) unless under special circumstances, however
much less, or whatever form it may be.
BASE LINES.
- In triangulating a survey district or a portion
thereof, where it is necessary to start a fresh series
of triangles, a level piece of ground must be chosen
in a central and convenient place for the measure-
ment of a base. The line should be chipped or
otherwise prepared, and should be about 2 miles
in length. Before commencing the measurement of
the base, a standard must be laid down on the
ground by standard steel band, adjusted to 62°
Fahr., for reference. The band should be tried on
this at the commencement and ending of each
actual measurement. During measurements, tem-
peratures are to be observed (the co-efficient to be
used may be ·0000062 for each degree) for correc-
tion of expansions and contractions of band, which
have to be applied in calculations to deduce the
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🗺️ Regulations for conducting the Survey of Land in New Zealand
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Survey Regulations, Land Act 1892, Survey Districts, Base Lines
- David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor