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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

ADVERTISEMENTS.

INTENTION TO TAKE LAND.

In the matter of the Public Works Act, 1908.; and in the matter of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Wairoa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board proposes, under the provisions of the above-mentioned Acts, to execute a certain public work—namely, the providing of land for the purposes of a hospital or other institution; and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that a plan of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the office of Arthur Henry Hibbard Unwin, the Assistant Secretary of the said Board, situate in Marine Parade, Wairoa, and is open for inspection (without fee) by all persons during office hours. All persons affected by the taking of such lands, who have any well-grounded objections to the taking of the said lands, must state their objections in writing, and send the same, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Secretary of the said Board at Wairoa.

THE SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, containing fifty-seven acres one rood and twenty-four and two-tenths perches, more or less, being parts of Paeroa Number 1E Number 2 and Number 1E Number 6 Blocks, comprised in Block One, Clyde Survey District, and Block Seventeen, Opoiti Survey District.

Dated this 20th day of May, 1919.

W. A. McGREGOR, Secretary,
Wairoa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

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COUNCIL OF THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF SURVEYORS.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities vested in it by the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities, the Council of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors hereby makes the following scale of charges, which shall come into force on the ninth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

All previous scales of charges are hereby revoked.

The charges which it shall be lawful for any licensed surveyor to make for work as such licensed surveyor shall be regulated by the following rates and conditions:—

1. BOROUGH AND TOWN SURVEYS.

(a.) The charges for Land Transfer boundary surveys (not exceeding 1 acre) requiring a plan within borough and town limits are:—

For each survey of land not exceeding in value £10 per ft. frontage .. .. .. 8 8 0
For each survey of land from £10 per ft. up to £50 per ft. frontage .. .. .. 12 12 0
For each survey of land exceeding in value £50 per ft. frontage .. .. .. 15 15 0

Where land has more than one frontage, the charge to be based on the most valuable frontage.

(b.) The charges to be added for subdivisions are:—

For Land built upon.

For each separate lot, one-third of the above rates.
For subdivisions other than the foregoing:—

Each Subdivision. £ s. d.
For flat country—
When not exceeding three .. .. .. 1 5 0
When exceeding three and not more than ten .. 1 2 0
When exceeding ten and not more than twenty 0 18 9
When exceeding twenty .. .. .. 0 15 9

For hilly country—
Per subdivision, extra .. .. .. 0 9 4

2. ACREAGE RATES.

(a.) The charges for boundary surveys, whether inside or outside borough and town limits, are:—

For Flat Open Country. £ s. d.
Areas not exceeding 3 acres .. .. .. 7 17 6
For each acre over 3 acres up to 10, 9s. 4d. per acre, making 10 acres .. .. .. 11 2 10
For each acre over 10 acres up to 20, 5s. 8d. per acre, making 20 acres .. .. .. 13 19 6
For each acre over 20 acres up to 50, 3s. 9d. per acre, making 50 acres .. .. .. 19 12 0

For each acre over 50 acres up to 100, 1s. 10d. per acre, making 100 acres .. .. .. 24 3 8
For each acre over 100 and up to 200 acres. 1s. 7d., making 200 acres .. .. .. 32 2 0
For each acre over 200 and up to 500 acres, 11d., making 500 acres .. .. .. 45 17 0
For each acre over 500 and up to 1,000 acres, 9d., making 1,000 acres .. .. .. 64 12 0
For each acre over 1,000 and up to 2,000 acres, 6d., making 2,000 acres .. .. .. 89 12 0
For each acre over 2,000 and up to 5,000 acres, 5d., making 5,000 acres .. .. .. 152 2 0
For each acre over 5,000 and up to 10,000 acres, 4d., making 10,000 acres .. .. .. 235 8 8
For each acre over 10,000 acres .. .. .. 0 0 3

(b.) When subdivisions containing sections not exceeding 10 acres each are included as part of the survey, add the following subdivisional rates:—

Flat Open. £ s. d.
For each subdivision under ¼ acre .. .. .. 0 15 0
For each subdivision, ¼ acre to ½ acre .. .. .. 0 17 6
For each subdivision, ½ to 1 acre .. .. .. 0 19 6
For each subdivision, 1 to 2 acres .. .. .. 1 2 6
For each subdivision, 2 to 4 acres .. .. .. 1 5 6
For each subdivision, 4 to 6 acres .. .. .. 1 8 9
For each subdivision, 6 to 8 acres .. .. .. 1 13 0
For each subdivision, 8 to 10 acres .. .. .. 1 17 6

For Hilly Open Country.

An addition of 20 per cent. to be made to the rates in (a) and (b).

(c.) When the sections in a subdivision exceed 10 acres each, the additional charge for the extra survey necessitated is to be at mileage rates (Class 3).

(d.) Three shillings and threepence per chain to be added to rates in (a) and (b) for all bush lines cut and observed, with vegetation over 10 ft. high, and 2s. 6d. per chain for lines with vegetation under 10 ft. requiring clearing.

(e.) When a surveyor charges full rates for a survey containing adopted work, he becomes responsible to his client for the correctness of the whole work; otherwise the value of adopted work, computed at mileage rates, less £2 10s. per mile, must be deducted from the charges.

3. MILEAGE RATES.

(a.) Rough country having average slopes over twenty degrees from the horizontal, under forest— £ s. d.
Road surveys .. .. .. 43 15 0
Traverse and boundary lines .. .. .. 26 5 0

(b.) Ordinary hilly country under forest—
Road surveys .. .. .. 37 10 0
Traverse and boundary lines .. .. .. 22 10 0

(c.) Hilly open country—
Road surveys .. .. .. 22 10 0
Traverse and boundary lines .. .. .. 12 10 0

(d.) Easy and flat open country—
Road surveys .. .. .. 16 5 0
Traverse and boundary lines .. .. .. 10 0 0

(e.) Equitable arrangements to be made for road or railway legalizing surveys.

(f.) “Forest” includes all vegetation over 10 ft. Any clearing of lines in surveys under (c) and (d) to be charged at same rates as in (d) of Class 2.

(g.) The above rates apply only to lines cut and observed, but adopted work from prior surveys is to be charged at the rate of £2 10s. per mile.

4. TRAVELLING-EXPENSES.

When working under Class 1 actual travelling-expenses is to be charged. Under Classes 2 and 3 a commuted allowance of 3s. 9d. per mile by road, or 2s. per mile by railway (reckoned one way) from the place of business of the surveyor, or in special cases by mutual agreement.

5. DAILY RATE.

When employed in the field by daily rate the surveyor’s fee is to be £4 4s. per day, inclusive of the time taken in going to and from work, but exclusive of cost of labour, travelling, and other necessary expenses; and the rate for office work shall be £2 12s. 6d.

6. ENGINEERING CHARGES.

(a.) These charges apply to the road-construction required by subsection (2) of section 116 of the Public Works Act, 1908:—

On work not exceeding £100 in value, 12½ per cent., but not less than £6 5s.
On work over £100 up to £300 in value, 9½ per cent., but not less than £12 10s.