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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Schedule Rates per Acre.

(a.) Where two or more surveys adjoin, a deduction from the sum total arrived at by the above rates is to be made as follows:—

Where two sides adjoin, deduct 25 per cent. of total, or
" three " " 37½ "

(b.) If the surveyors’ camp is situated over 10 miles from the nearest store, in the discretion of the Chief Surveyor, there may be added to the above rates 5 per cent.; if 20 miles, 10 per cent.; if 30 miles, 15 per cent.; if 40 miles, 20 per cent.; and above that by special arrangement.

(c.) Subdivisional surveys will be allowed at mileage rates, except in very exceptional cases, when the Chief Surveyor may allow the above acreage rates or a modification of them.

(d.) Schedule Rates per Mile.

Rough bush-country—
Road surveys ... ... per mile £ s. d.
20 0 0
Traverse- or boundary-line
14 0 0
Ordinary bush-country, with scrub—
Road surveys ... ... 16 0 0
Traverse- or boundary-line 13 0 0
Hilly, open country, with scrub—
Road survey ... ... 10 0 0
Traverse- or boundary-line 8 0 0
Open country—
Road surveys ... ... 8 0 0
Traverse- or boundary-line 6 0 0

(e.) Wherever deductions are made for contiguity, an allowance of £1 per mile will be given for plotting and calculating adopted work; the same will apply when mileage rates only are allowed. For topographical and other internal work, where acreage rates are not used, a payment of 10s. per square mile will be allowed if, in the opinion of the Chief Surveyor, the work is worth it.

(f.) In travelling to the work, by railway or coach, the surveyor will be allowed £2 a day, and four men at 7s. a day, with rail- and coach-fares added. For pack-horse work, 7s. 6d. a mile will be allowed up to 40 miles, which includes surveyor and men’s pay.

(g.) It shall be competent for the Chief Surveyor of any district to make special arrangements with respect to any block, and to fix rates by the mile, or by a daily rate or other equitable rate, for surveys which do not come strictly under any of the above descriptions.

41. All claims to be made for charging orders under section 65 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” must be made in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Native Land Court. No Chief Surveyor is bound to certify to costs which exceed, in his opinion, what is a fair charge, even in cases where arrangements have been previously made as to such costs.

42. Charges acquired by the Crown for the survey of Native lands under section 37 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896,” are to be drawn in the Form I. given in Schedule.

43. All surveys undertaken for the purposes of the Court, when not done by the official survey staff, must be made by authorised surveyors, specially authorised by the Surveyor-General, who shall issue a specific authority in writing in each case. Men employed by surveyors to take charge of survey parties must be approved by the Chief Surveyor of the district in which the land lies; and not more than two parties shall be employed by any authorised surveyor, unless they are under the charge of authorised surveyors.

44. 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; but the crossings over ridges must be cut and cleared, and direction-pegs there placed. 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.

45. The positions of all remarkable hills, ridges, pas, eel-weirs, Native cultivations, tracks, battlefields, villages, rahuis, boundary-stones, &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. All legal roads traversing a block must be properly shown on map, and in cases where unsurveyed formed roads intersect such a block they must also be shown.

46. 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 be shown on the map.

47. All plans are to be drawn upon mounted paper, to the scales given in clause 62 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 land 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 of the map, the meridian of the circuit in which the block is situated, and the area must be plainly drawn. 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 the survey, in the form or to the effect marked H in the schedule hereto. After examination, the map, if in order, is to