Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3497

(b.) Or under articles with some qualified surveyor or surveyors
in private practice for not less than three years, two of
which must have been spent in survey field practice, and
such articles must be registered with the Board within
six months of the date of signing them: Provided that
any candidate who before the 1st January, 1908, shall have
entered his course in surveying may continue it under the
regulations hitherto in force, upon submitting to the Board
satisfactory documentary evidence to that effect before the
31st March, 1908, and may apply to sit at any examination
not later than that to be held in March, 1912.

(2.) Or he shall have taken a degree in civil or mining engineer-
ing at any university recognised by the University of New Zealand,
and shall have been professionally employed in the field for a period
of two years with a qualified surveyor or surveyors. [Field service
with a Government surveyor cannot be recognised as complying
with this regulation, except in the case of a duly appointed field
cadet.]
Documentary evidence will be necessary in support of these
conditions.

VII. 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 been professionally em-
ployed that he is qualified to undertake surveys, viz. :—

Certificate of Field Service and Competency for Presentation to the
Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand.

I, A. B., of , a qualified land surveyor of the Dominion
of New Zealand, hereby certify that C. D. has been professionally
and continuously employed with me as in the practice of
land-surveying for the period of years months—
viz., from to —and that he has served me under
articles [or as a field cadet in the Lands and Survey, or in the
Public Works Department,] for a period of three years, two of which
have been spent in field service, and that he is fully competent to
undertake surveys in accordance with the Survey Regulations.
The nature of his employment during the period specified is
indicated hereunder :—

Summary :—
In the field, years months.
In the office, " "
Total service, " "
Date : . (Signature.) A. B.

NOTE.—A “qualified surveyor” shall mean any person entitled to
practise as a land surveyor in any part of the British Empire where
the standard of examination is, in the opinion of the Board, equi-
valent to that prescribed by these regulations.

VIII. Every candidate shall forward with the notice referred to
in Regulation II, (a),—

(1.) 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.

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

(3.) A plan of at least 40 acres of rural land showing stream and
road traverses.

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

(5.) The original field-books, traverse tabulations, and all calcu-
lations connected with the above surveys.

The plans must be plotted and drawn by the candidate on
drawing-paper 20 in. by 20 in., from surveys made in accordance
with the Survey Regulations, and shall have a certificate attached
that both field-work and plan are executed by himself. Sufficient
notice must be given to the Board by the candidate to enable an
inspection of the field-work to be made if considered necessary.

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

SUBJECTS FOR EXAMINATION.

X. The examination shall embrace the following subjects :—