Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2879

licensed surveyor of New Zealand, and that the course of
instruction has the approval of the Surveyors’ Board ;
And in either case shall have been professionally em-
ployed for a period of two years with a qualified surveyor
or surveyors entirely in survey field practice to the satis-
faction of the Board.

(2.) Evidence of the commencement of the professional service
referred to in paragraphs (c) and (d) of the last preceding subclause
must be supplied to the Board by the candidate within six months
of the beginning of such service.

7. (1.) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding
   regulations, a candidate may be admitted to examination if he has
   been engaged for six years in professional field service to the satis-
   faction of the Board, and produces certificates to that effect from the
   licensed surveyor or surveyors with whom he served ; and also satisfies
   the Board that he has received such education as will qualify him
   for the proper exercise of his profession : Provided that such six
   years’ service was commenced before the date of the publication of
   these regulations in the New Zealand Gazette.

(2.) For the purposes of this regulation “ professional field service ”
means general assistance and practice in the use of surveying instru-
ments and measuring-bands, and in the ordinary field computations.

8. (1.) Every person intending to become a candidate for ex-
   amination under these regulations, in pursuance of paragraph (b) of
   Regulation 6 hereof, shall,—

(a.) Within six months of the date of the commencement of his
service, submit to the Board for registration the articles
under which he is serving ; and

(b.) Within three months of the date of the transfer (if any) of
his articles from one surveyor to another, notify the Board
of such transfer, for the purposes of registration.

(2.) The Board may, if it thinks fit, refuse to register any articles
which have not been submitted to it for registration within the said
period of six months, or may refuse to register any such transfer as
aforesaid of which it has not duly received notice within the said
period of three months.

9. 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 employed
   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 surveyor, 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 that he has served as a
field cadet in the Lands and Survey Department or in the Public
Works Department, or that he has served me in professional service]
for a period of years months, of which
years and months 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 :—

[Here give full particulars of his field service under such of the
following heads as he has had experience in : Minor triangulation,
topographical surveying, settlement surveying, Land Transfer town
and rural surveying, road surveying and grading, or any other branches
of survey work.]

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

10. For the purposes of these regulations a “ qualified surveyor ”
    means a licensed surveyor of New Zealand, or any person entitled to
    practise as a land surveyor in any part of the British Empire where