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grant boundary is to be furnished, in order to deter-
mine whether there is any real encroachment, or
whether the differences arise from former defective
surveys. The license of any surveyor will be can-
celled if it is found that the measurements or
bearings certified by him as correct differ materially
from those which exist on the ground. And, in
dealing with this subject, the surveyor must adhere
to the principle of the unchangeableness of original
lines and corners, established by Government or
other duly-authorised surveyors, done in good
faith; in other words, where the lines and corners
are originally established on the ground by a proper
officer, in pursuance of the survey system ordered
by the law of the time, they must be regarded as
the true lines and corners which they represent,
even if subsequent surveys indicate that the posts,
pegs, or marks are out of line, and that the corners
are out of position, according to the original de-
scription thereof. Surveyors should also bear in
mind that the Act prohibits the District Land
Registrar from issuing a title to land held in adverse
occupation.

27. When an existing fence or building is relied
    on as the boundary of a property the surveyor
    should state in a note on the plan the evidence he
    can obtain as to the erection of such boundary, and
    the date on which it was erected; and also, in cases
    where such boundary is departed from, the same
    information and the reasons for the same should be
    given.

28. When a survey made under the Land
    Transfer Act differs materially from the Crown
    grant or public map the Chief Surveyor, before
    altering or rectifying the records of his department
    to enable a correct certificate of title to be issued,
    will, if he deem it necessary, require a verifying
    survey to be made by another surveyor, to be
    approved of by him, or by the Inspector, to deter-
    mine the correctness or otherwise of the deposited
    or of the original survey.

29. The required declaration shall be made on
    the margin of large plans, and may be on the back
    of those of a small size.

30. All surveys under the Land Transfer Act are
    to be substantially pegged on the ground, such pegs
    to be not less than 3in. by 2in. scantling of the
    heart of totara, kowhai, blue-gum, kauri, matai
    (black-pine), puriri, or hinau, not less than 18in. or
    24in. long, to be driven 15in. or 21in. into the
    ground, according to the nature of the soil, the hole
    having first been driven by an iron jumper; the
    pegs to be branded with the allotment number,
    with not less than 1in. figures branded one-eighth
    of an inch into the wood. At frontage-pegs of
    rural and suburban lands, when practicable,
    trenches at least 2ft. long, 9in. deep, and 9in.
    wide, and not less than 2ft. therefrom, to be cut
    in the direction of boundary-lines. Where wooden
    pegs cannot be driven, as in cities, iron bolts or
    spikes are to be used instead. Boundary pegs must
    wherever possible be inserted on the boundary, and
    not at stated distances therefrom.

31. The position of every peg is to be shown on
    the plan by a red circle; old pegs, when found, by a
    black circle; the position of lockspits or other
    original marks to be shown on plan if necessary.
    In all cases in which lands are subdivided for
    townships at least four iron pegs, not less than 1in.
    square and 18in. long, reciprocally visible from one
    another, should be driven in the street 25 links off
    the section lines, to which reference may be made
    in cases of dispute. Where the boundaries on the
    ground differ materially from the Crown-grant
    boundaries such Crown-grant boundaries to be
    shown by dotted black lines.

32. Plans returned to surveyors for correction
    are to be at once amended as directed, and be re-
    turned to the Chief Surveyor.

33. All plans for use under the Land Transfer
    Act are to be signed by the proprietor of the land, or
    by his lawfully-authorised attorney or agent.

34. All plans shall show on the face of them
    the town district, borough, or road district within
    which the land is situated.

35. These regulations shall come into force on
    and after the day of , 1896.

As witness my hand, this seventeenth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-six.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Surveyor-General of New Zealand.

In pursuance of the provisions of "The Land
Transfer Act, 1885," His Excellency the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
approves of the foregoing regulations.

Approved in Council, this eleventh day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

GLASGOW.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
For Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.