approval of the survey by the Chief Surveyor, and the production of
a voucher, shall pay out of his deposit account the balance, or full
amount due, as the case may be. Such payment shall be made
into the Public Account, or to the surveyor entitled to receive, as
the case may require. Should there be a balance, he shall repay it
to the depositor or to the Public Account, as he may be specially
instructed.

SCALE OF FEES FOR SURVEYS OF CROWN LANDS SELECTED BEFORE
SURVEY.

36. The charges for the survey of unsurveyed forest-covered
    rural lands open for purchase or selection are,-
    Not exceeding 30 acres, £6.
    Exceeding 30 and up to 50 acres, 3s. 6d. per acre, but not
    less than £6.
    Exceeding 50 and up to 100 acres, 3s. per acre, but not
    less than £8 15s.
    Exceeding 100 and up to 200 acres, 2s. 6d. per acre, but
    not less than £15.
    Exceeding 200 and up to 300 acres, 2s. per acre, but not
    less than £25.
    Exceeding 300 and up to 500 acres, 1s. 8d. per acre, but not
    less than £30.
    Exceeding £500 and up to 1,000 acres, 1s. 4d. per acre, but
    not less than £41 13s. 4d.
    Exceeding 1,000 and up to 2,000 acres, 1s. per acre, but not
    less than £66 13s. 4d.

37. For the survey of any area of open rural land the scale
    of charges shall be two-thirds the foregoing rates.

38. In case any question shall arise as to what lands are included
    in the expression "open land," the same shall be settled by the
    Surveyor-General, whose decision shall be conclusive.

39. The Chief Surveyor may vary the above charges by substit-
    tuting a charge per mile, or per day, for such work as may not come
    under the foregoing scale, but in no case may the charges be
    exceeded without proper authority first obtained.

GENERAL.

40. One officer under the control of each Chief Surveyor shall
    be named by him to be entirely responsible for the preparation
    of the draft plans for certificates of title, Crown grants, leases,
    licenses, or other instruments of title, and the same officer should
    compare the fair copies, and certify to the correctness of the plans
    thereon.

41. When a plan is placed on a Crown grant or other deed, the
    name of the Chief Surveyor, the name of the surveyor who executed
    the survey, and the name of the draughtsman who prepared the
    plan should be placed thereon. The names of the two former
    should be printed, and the draughtsman should sign his name.

42. Surveyors in the employment of Government, or executing
    any surveys which are to be approved by the Surveyor-General, a
    Chief Surveyor, or an Inspecting Surveyor, are to report to the
    Chief Surveyor of the district monthly, in the Form A given in
    the schedule hereto. Government surveyors shall also furnish, on
    the 31st March in each year, a report and summary of work done,
    cost, &c., for the past twelve months, in the Form B given in the
    said schedule.

43. Chief Surveyors will report to the Surveyor-General as soon
    as possible after the termination of each month, but not later than
    the 15th of the following month, giving a summary of work executed
    by the surveyors acting under their supervision, the arrears, or work
    on hand, and proposed course of duty for the following month,
    according to the Form C in the schedule hereto. They shall also,
    as soon as possible after the 31st March in each year, furnish a
    statement of the work, and its cost, executed during the past year,
    and the expenditure in the district, in the Form D given in the said
    schedule.

44. With the monthly report Chief Surveyors will send diagrams
    of field inspections that have been made in the actual surveys then
    going on.

45. In land districts having not more than ten parties at work,
    field inspection is to be done by the Chief Surveyor; but if there