1794
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Surveyor to comply with Requisition for Amendment of Survey.

9. On receipt of a requisition from the Chief Surveyor to amend a survey or to supply more information concerning it than is contained in the field notes or shown on the plan, the surveyor concerned shall promptly comply with the requisition.

Disputes in relation to Conduct of a Survey.

10. In the event of a dispute arising between the Chief Surveyor and a surveyor as to whether any survey made under these regulations has been properly effected, the matter may be referred to the Surveyor-General, who shall inquire into it and advise the Chief Surveyor and the surveyor of his finding.

FIELD NOTES OF SURVEY.

Size of Field-books.

11. Field notes shall be recorded in a book of regulation size suitable to the extent of the survey of which it is a record.

Field-books issued by the Chief Surveyor are the Property of the Crown.

12. Field-books will be issued on request to the surveyor by the Chief Surveyor, who shall give a number to each field-book issued, and enter it in his Register of Field-books; such field-books are and remain the property of the Crown.

To be carefully kept.

13. Field-books shall be so clearly kept as to enable a qualified draughtsman, without other information than it affords, to draw a true plan of the survey.

The First Page.

14. The first page of each survey in every field-book shall contain the title of the survey, with particulars of the block, district, town, &c., in which it is situated; the date of the commencement of the survey; and the signature of the surveyor.

Certificate that Tapes used have been compared with Standard.

15. Field-books shall contain a statement by the surveyor that the tapes used on the survey have been compared with one of the authorized standard bands, and that they are correct under a tension of 15 lb. at a given temperature.

Method of Entry in Field-books.

16. The notes shall be recorded in the field-book with a sufficiently hard black-lead pencil. In no case shall the original pencil notes be obliterated or erasures be allowed; every alteration made by the surveyor must be clearly shown. Erroneous entries should be crossed out and rewritten.

Field Notes to give Full Information.

17. The notes shall show everything that the surveyor does in the field, and what he finds to exist on the ground, such as bearings, distances, old pegs tied on to or replaced, offsets, position of fences, buildings, walls, roads, rights-of-way, subdivisions, &c.

Measurements to be in Links.

18. Lengths shall be entered as read in links and decimal parts of a link; corrections for hypotenusal measurement, sag, and temperature shall be noted, and the lengths deduced therefrom clearly shown.

Offsets to be taken.

19. Offsets shall be taken to natural or other features. The geological features of the land, the nature of the water-supply, soil, and timber along and adjacent to the lines of survey shall be recorded.

Names to be recorded.

20. All known names of rivers, creeks, hills, lakes, &c., shall be recorded.

Field Notes to be certified to.

21. Each page of a field-book where notes appear shall be initialled by the surveyor, and shall bear the date on which the survey was made.

Field-book shall accompany Plan.

22. In respect of all surveys, plans of which are to be deposited either with the District Land Registrar or the Chief Surveyor, in every case the field-book shall accompany the plan of survey.