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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

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 may be enlarged to 10 or 20 links to an inch. Marginal diagrams of intricate portions may be used. All plans should bear the surveyor’s name and address; they should be drawn in a neat, plain, and professional manner, in accordance with examples, which will be shown to surveyors on application.

17. Where the land forms a part of two or more original sections the boundaries of such sections must be shown by a distinguishing colour.

18. The sectional numbers, or names of Native blocks, with the names of the owners or occupiers of the land represented by the plan, and also the names of the owners or occupiers of adjoining lands, whenever obtainable, should be written on the plan, and inquiries, if necessary, must be made for that purpose by the surveyor. Names of adjoining proprietors may be dispensed with in surveys for subdivisional purposes.

19. If the boundary is a wall, it must be shown whether it is a party wall, and whether the line runs through the centre or otherwise. The true position of all boundary-fences must be shown, and the nature of the boundary of the land, whether wall, house, fence, ditch, hedge, stream, road, or undefined, should be stated. The position of a traverse line relative to the hedge, ditch, or fence should be clearly stated (or shown by enlarged marginal plan), whether the line measured is inside or outside or in the middle of the boundary. Swamps, terraces, or irregular fences are inadmissible as boundaries. These must be reduced to straight lines, having defined bearings and distances.

20. Every plan of any survey made under the Land Transfer Act must exhibit, distinctly delineated, the adjacent and included natural features, all the sides of roads, streets, passages, thoroughfares, fences, squares, reserves appropriated or set apart for public use, and also show all allotments into which the land may be divided, marked with distinct numbers. In towns, all the buildings on the section dealt with, and the buildings abutting on the boundaries of adjoining lots, are to be shown on the plan. All plans of private townships, or of extensions of private townships, which require to be submitted to the Governor under sections 17 and 18 of “The Land Act, 1892,” are to conform in all particulars with that Act, the 10th section of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1895,” and these regulations.

21. The nature of the boundary—namely, roads, reserves, sections, natural features, together with all easements, such as eaves, light-rights, drainage-rights, whether on, over, or under the surface, and all claims by adjoining owners over the property under survey, &c.—should be shown.

22. All measurements must be given in links.

23. In case of intricate boundaries an accurate description of them must be furnished with the plan.

24. Roads, streets, and rights-of-way to be coloured with burnt sienna; edge of land to be dealt with, green; water, Prussian blue. Where natural features, such as terraces, are shown as the boundary of an allotment or section, they should be coloured with sepia.

25. If required, the licensed surveyor must produce his actual field-book for the inspection of the officer checking his work.

26. The actual measurements made in the field must be given, notwithstanding that they may not agree with the Crown grant or public map, and should the difference be material, the measured distance and bearing to the next adjacent Crown-