Survey Regulations




Bush and Timber.

  1. Bushes in sparsely timbered country and areas in forest country containing milling or valuable timber are to be reserved.

Gravel or Road-metal.

  1. Areas in suitable situations and distances apart where rocks outcrop or gravel-beds are exposed are to be reserved to provide stone, gravel, and sand for roadmaking purposes.

Tops of Wooded Hills.

  1. The tops of all high ranges, when wooded, more especially at the sources of streams, are to be reserved.

Sites to be recommended for Reservation.

  1. The following sites are to be recommended for reservation in suitable localities :—
    (a.) Camping-sites for stock, in suitable situations on main or other roads :
    (b.) Places of historical and of scenic interest :
    (c.) Outcrops of building-stone, coal, or other minerals :
    (d.) Sites for rifle ranges adjacent to towns, villages, and railway-lines :
    (e.) Reserves for all or any of the purposes mentioned in section 321 of the Land Act, 1908.

The specific purpose of each reserve shall be written on the plan.

PART III.—SURVEYS OF NATIVE LANDS.

Foregoing Regulations apply.

  1. The foregoing regulations apply equally to the survey of Native lands for any purpose whatsoever, and, in addition thereto, the following regulations are to be observed.

Boundary-lines to be cut.

  1. All boundary-lines of original blocks shall be distinctly marked on the ground by lines cut through all vegetation above 2 ft. in height, and must also be thoroughly pegged, observed, and measured. Subsequent subdivisions may, in the discretion of the Chief Surveyor, be marked in the same manner as sections of Crown lands, except in the case of poor and remote lands, when the Chief Surveyor may modify these requirements.

Boundary-lines, General.

  1. When triangulation is available for ascertaining distances it will not be necessary, provided the Chief Surveyor consents, to chain long lines if the crossings of streams, ridges, or other natural features are fixed by intersections ; but the crossings over ridges must be cut and cleared and well pegged with direction pegs. Where a boundary-line abuts on a stream, lake, or coast-line, the length of such line, as well as the traverse-length, must be supplied. Swamp or terrace boundaries are inadmissible ; they must be shown by right lines.

Features and Roads.

  1. The positions of all remarkable hills, ridges, pas, eel-weirs, graves, Native cultivations, tracks, battlefields, villages, rahuis, boundary-stones, &c., within or near the block under survey shall be correctly fixed, and the courses of rivers, forests, margins of swamps, lakes, coast-lines, or other natural or artificial features shall be delineated in their proper position on the plan. All legal roads traversing a block must be properly surveyed and shown on plan, coloured in burnt-sienna, and in cases where unsurveyed formed roads intersect such a block they shall be surveyed and shown on plan but left uncoloured. Where road-lines have been constituted by Court order and have not been made legal public roads they must be shown coloured pink.

Native Names.

  1. The Native names of all boundaries or natural features within or pertaining to the block shall be ascertained, together with the names and positions of adjacent lands, and be shown on the plan.


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1923, No 54


NZLII PDF NZ Gazette 1923, No 54





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🗺️ Regulations for conducting the Survey of Land in New Zealand (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Survey regulations, Land survey, Bush and Timber, Gravel or Road-metal, Tops of Wooded Hills, Sites to be recommended for Reservation, Camping-sites, Historical sites, Scenic interest, Building-stone, Coal, Minerals, Rifle ranges, Reserves, Native lands, Boundary-lines, Triangulation, Features and Roads, Native Names