July 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1443

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

SAMUEL HUNTER,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster, under “The Post Office Act, 1881, at Kenepuru, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

As witness my hand, this second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one.

RANFURLY, Governor.

Trustee for the Fortrose Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

KENNETH GEORGE MCKENZIE

to be a Trustee, in the place of Kenneth McKenzie, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Fortrose Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Regulations under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900.”

EXAMINATIONS for licensed surveyors:—

I. TIME AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.

Meetings of the Board shall be held at the Surveyor-General’s office in the months of January and July of each year, and at such other times as may be considered necessary by the Chairman or two other members of the Board.

II. ORDER OF BUSINESS.

(a.) Minutes of previous meetings to be read and confirmed.
(b.) Correspondence.
(c.) Consideration of applications for licenses.
(d.) Any other business.

III. DUTIES OF SECRETARY.

To convene meetings; to keep a minute-book and duly enter the names of members present, and record business transacted at every meeting; to receive all fees and deal with the same as prescribed by the said Act; to keep account-books showing all receipts and payments; to keep a register in which shall be entered the names of all licensed surveyors; to conduct correspondence; and to transact such other business as may be directed by the Board.

IV. MODE OF CONDUCTING EXAMINATIONS.

Meetings of the Board for the examination of candidates for licenses shall be held in March and September of each year in the City of Wellington, and at such other times and places as may be notified.

An intending candidate shall forward to the Secretary of the Board—

(a.) Notice of his intention to present himself for examination, with documentary evidence of having complied with the preliminary conditions specified hereunder, all of which must reach the Secretary at least thirty days before the date fixed for examination.

(b.) A fee of £1 ls., which must be paid to the Secretary on or before the date of examination.

V. Each candidate for examination shall provide himself with a book of logarithms, a 40-20 scale, a parallel ruler, protractor, and all necessary appliances for plan-drawing, except paper.

VI. Preliminary Conditions.—Every candidate shall satisfy the Board that he is of the full age of twenty years at the time of examination, but no certificate or license will be issued until the candidate has reached the age of twenty-one years.

VII. Every candidate shall produce satisfactory evidence as to character.

VIII. (1.) No candidate shall be eligible for examination unless he satisfies the Board that he has passed at a recognised university the matriculation examination, including English, geography, arithmetic, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and physics, or such other examination as shall, in the opinion of the Board, be equivalent thereto, and shall have been professionally employed with some qualified surveyor or surveyors for not less than three years, two of which must have been in the field; or

(2.) Shall have served under articles or other similar agreement with some qualified surveyor or surveyors for a period of four years, two of which must have been in the field, and shall further produce satisfactory evidence of having received such education as will qualify him for the proper exercise of his profession; or

(3.) Shall have completed a course of the degree of Bachelor in Engineering at a recognised university, and have been professionally employed in the field for a period of two years with a qualified surveyor or surveyors.

Documentary evidence will be necessary in support of these conditions.

IX. Every candidate shall be required to produce, in the form given hereunder, or to the like effect, a certificate from a qualified surveyor or surveyors with whom he has served that he is qualified to undertake surveys, viz.:—

CERTIFICATE OF FIELD-SERVICE AND COMPETENCY FOR PRESENTATION TO THE SURVEYORS’ BOARD.

I, A.B., of __, a qualified land-surveyor of the
of __, hereby certify that C.D. has been professionally and continuously employed with me as __ in the practice of land-surveying for the period of __, viz., from __ to __ [or has served me under articles or other similar agreement for a period of four years, two of which have been in the field], and that he is fully competent to conduct surveys.

The nature of his employment during the period specified is indicated hereunder.

Signature:
Date:

X. Every candidate shall forward with the notice referred to in Section IV., (a), of these regulations,—

(a.) A plan and particulars of the measurement of a base-line not less than 80 chains in length connected by a series of at least three triangles with the triangulation of the district.

(b.) A plan of a topographical survey of the area triangulated.

(c.) A plan of at least 100 acres of rural land, contained within not less than ten sides.

(d.) A plan of an area, having buildings thereon, in illustration of a town survey under the Land Transfer Act.

(e.) The original field-books, tabulations, and all calculations connected with the above surveys.

The plans must be drawn and plotted on paper 18in. by 18in. from surveys made in accordance with the Survey Regulations, and shall be signed, dated, and certified as the work of the candidate.

XI. If the foregoing preliminary conditions are complied with to the satisfaction of the Board, the candidate will be admitted to examination.

XII. DETAIL OF SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION.

1. MATHEMATICS.—Trigonometry (plane and spherical), geometry, and algebra, so far as applicable to surveying.

2. COMPUTATION.—Triangulation, including polygonal and raytrace computations; reduction of traverses; computations connected with the setting-out of roads and curves; adjustment of discrepancies in surveys; computations of areas, including such as have irregular and curved boundaries.

3. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SURVEYING.—Details of field practice, including the keeping of field-notes; topographical surveying; cutting off given areas; redetermination of boundaries; laying out roads; setting out curves; plotting from field-notes; stadia surveying; barometric and other measurements of heights; surveys under “The Land Transfer Act, 1885.”

4. LEVELLING, ETC.—Levelling; measurement of earthworks.

5. PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Adjustment and use of the following instruments—viz., steel band, theodolite, level, sextant, compass, plane table, clinometer, telemeter, barometer, and thermometer.

6. FIELD ASTRONOMY, GEODESY, ETC.—Determination of latitude, azimuth, and time; reduction of star-places; elementary geodesy; spherical excess; convergence of meridians; and declination of the magnetic needle.

7. DRAWING.—Plan-drawing; compilation of plans; projection of maps and charts, and description-writing.

8. MISCELLANEOUS.—Physics, and geology (elementary); and survey regulations.