THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 45

Regulation 164 is amended, and shall read—

164. Reserves for public purposes suitable to all towns, such as are enumerated in section 359 of the Land Act, 1924, are to be recommended. On the plans these areas to have their specific purposes written on each, either in full or in abbreviated form. The undermentioned reserves shall be laid off as directed hereunder :—

(a.) Cemetery Reserves.—The cemetery must be outside the town limits; as a general rule the distance should not exceed two miles from the probable nucleus of town settlement. The position should be remote from the noise and interruption of traffic, but easy of access; the site should be elevated, and not in close proximity to a watercourse; the soil should be friable, and should be tested by digging a pit at least 6 ft. deep, such pit to be shown on plan.

(b.) Recreation Reserves.—Open spaces shall be set apart and reserved for recreation-grounds as the Minister of Lands may direct.

(c.) Municipal Reserves, &c.—Municipal reserves shall be provided, also one or two school-sites of not less than 2 acres each. There shall also be laid out sufficient land, either outside or inside such towns, for sites for depositing nightsoil, dirt, rubbish; and such sites shall be selected on such side of the said towns as shall be opposite to the quarter from which the prevailing summer wind blows; also sufficient land, either outside or inside such towns, for sites for gravel-pits and stone-quarries, and for depositing gravel, stone, or other materials required for making and repairing roads within such towns: Provided that gravel, stone, or other road materials are obtainable in the locality.

Regulation 170 is amended, and shall read—

170. The forms and appendices hereinafter set forth shall be used for the purpose of the foregoing regulations in the several cases to which they are applicable, and shall be deemed to be part of the said regulations, and may be modified in each case as the circumstances require. In the interpretation of these regulations whenever the plans, plates, or diagrams attached thereto are referred to, the reference shall be construed as being to the originals deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General under No. 2111.

In all or any of these regulations, wherever the word “allotment” occurs, the said regulation is amended by substituting the word “lot” in place thereof.

In each and every one of the Appendices K, L, M, N, to the regulations, wherever the words “or under my personal supervision, inspection, and field check,” or like words occur, the said appendix is amended by the deletion of the said words.

Appendix A is amended by the deletion of all words in lines 13, 14, and 15 thereof, and the substitution of the following words in place thereof: “The surveyor should take care that the latest enactment in each case is consulted by him.”

Appendix O is amended, and shall read—

APPENDIX O.

[Regulation 125.]

LAND PLANS.

In preparing land plans for the Public Works Department, the following instructions must be strictly adhered to:—

1. In the case of railway surveys the uniform scale of 3 chains is to be used, except for necessary enlargements showing details. The work is to be plotted lengthways of paper, irrespective of north point, from left to right, and advancing in accordance with the engineering survey chainage. Each sheet is to commence and end, if possible, at a mile peg, thus containing an even mile.

2. The engineering-survey chainage is to be shown on each sheet in red, each chain-peg to be marked and every tenth peg numbered, the original marks to be adhered to, and any discrepancies to be shown as long or short chains. Where on account of defective original survey or of deviations subsequently decided on the length of the engineering survey is incorrect, there shall also be shown on each sheet, in black or blue, at every 10 chains, the correct through mileage from the commencing-point. The exact relationship between the land-plan survey chainage and the engineering-survey chainage shall be clearly indicated at intervals of not more than half a mile. The surveyor will require, to the extent necessary for the