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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

is to be furnished, in order to determine whether there is any real encroachment, or whether the differences arise from former defective surveys. The license of any surveyor may be cancelled 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 description 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.

Information not to be withheld.

117. The surveyor will be expected to disclose all doubts, discrepancies, and difficulties, and to afford all such other information obtainable by him relating to the property and the application for certificate of title or transfer as will aid in securing accuracy and completeness in the business of the Land Transfer Department. A regard to the interests of his employer will not be considered as excusing in any degree the withholding of any information affecting the merits of the application, even though the description supplied may be literally and technically correct.

Private townships.

118. All plans of private townships or of extensions of private townships, outside of boroughs, require to be submitted for the approval of His Excellency the Governor. (See Regulations 53, 54, 55, and 56.)

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Chairman, Surveyors’ Board.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of August, 1907.

[Regulations 69, 84, and 85.]

SCHEDULE A.

SIZE AND SCALE OF PLANS.

The following are the scales and sizes to be used :—

Working-plans.

Town sections, or sections under
half an acre ... ... 1 to 2 chains to an inch.
Suburban sections ... ... 3 to 5 " "
Rural sections ... ... 10 " "
Minor triangulation ... ... 40 " "
Topographical ... ... 40 " "

Working-plans of minor triangulations or block and section surveys are to be drawn on Whatman’s best hand-made mounted antiquarian drawing-paper cut to 30 in. square. Isolated sections may be drawn on sheets 18 in. by 16 in.

Land Transfer Plans.

1 to 10 perches, not less than ... ½ chain to an inch.
10 to 20 " ... ... ½ " "
20 perches to 1 acre ... ... 1 to 2 chains "
1 acre to 10 acres ... ... 3 to 5 " "
10 acres to 50 acres ... ... 5 to 10 " "
51 acres to 3,000 acres ... ... 10 " "
3,000 acres and over ... ... 20 " "

Land Transfer surveys are to be plotted on similar mounted paper, and must measure 30 in. by 30 in. or 20 in. by 20 in.