June 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1805

Mapping.

120. Plans shall be neatly drawn, in accordance with specimens to be seen in any of the Survey Offices, to the sizes and scales given in Appendix G hereto. The whole boundary of the land forming the subject of the claim is to be conspicuously indicated by a tint of permanent red colour carried all round within it, and when islands are intended to be included in the claim they must be distinguished by the same tint. The plan should have a plain title stating the Native name of the block, the survey district, and the land district in which the land lies. The boundaries of the survey districts and blocks, and also the number of the latter, must be shown upon the plan, and in the case of papatupu lands the names of the applicants and of those who pointed out the boundaries.

The scale of the plan, the meridian of the circuit in which the block is situated, and the area shall be plainly shown. In the lower left-hand corner shall be quoted the number, and the date of letter of instructions to the surveyor, and the number of the field-book. The plan shall bear a certificate signed by the surveyor making the survey in the form shown in Appendix K or L hereto, or to the like effect. After examination the plan, if in order, shall be approved by the Chief Surveyor of the district. A copy of the plan, or a mounted cloth tracing omitting survey detail, shall be furnished by the surveyor, to be used for the purpose of the Native Land Court; and payment for the tracing, to be fixed by the Chief Surveyor, will be a charge upon the block. The Chief Surveyor's approval of a Native survey shall include a statement of the date of completion of survey. (See Appendix R.)

No Additions to be made to Approved Plans.

121. Original plans of blocks which have been approved by the Chief Surveyor shall not have further survey work or detail of a permanent character added to them. Subdivisions of such original blocks as ordered by the Native Land Court, or made at the instance of the owners of the land, shall be on separate plans.

Surveyors to be authorized.

122. All surveys undertaken for the purposes of the Court, or for lands dealt with under any Act affecting Native lands, when not done by the official staff, shall be made by licensed surveyors specially authorized by the Chief Surveyor, who shall issue a specific authority in writing in each case.

Adjustment of Areas.

123. When an original area is found on subdivision to be more or less than as stated, either on account of defective prior survey or other causes, the area of the new subdivisions shall be adjusted pro rata in every case.

PART IV.--SURVEYS OF RAILWAYS, ROADS, ETC., UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER ACTS.

124. Regulations 1 to 108 shall equally apply to surveys and plans of land taken for roads, railways, or other public purposes under the provisions of the Public Works Act or any other Acts wherever they are not inconsistent with the following regulations.

Railway and Road Land Plans.

125. Special instructions issued by the Public Works Department for the preparation of land plans shall be strictly adhered to. (See Appendix O.)

Local Authority to be notified.

126. Road surveys through leasehold and freehold lands are generally initiated at the instance of local authorities, to whom surveyors should give due written notice of the date on which it is proposed to commence the survey, so that the local authority may, if desired, send an officer to inspect the proposed route with the surveyor.

Traverse Connections.

127. The traverse of the survey shall be connected to the corners of the sections or properties through which the road passes and, at intervals not greater than five miles, to the trig. stations of the district. The regulations for ordinary road-surveys, already prescribed, will equally apply in these cases.

Reference-marks.

128. Where no triangulation exists the traverse shall be checked and, if possible, connected at about one-mile intervals to some permanent topo-