2784
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

Division of Examination.

3. The examination shall be divided into three parts:—
   Part I : Preliminary.
   Part II : Written.
   Part III: Oral and practical.

Each candidate must fulfil the requirements of Part I before admission to Part II; and must pass in Part II before admission to Part III; but the Board may in its discretion examine in Part III during the currency of Parts I or II, but the results thereof shall not be available or disclosed until the candidate has complied with the rules.

PART I.

Preliminary Conditions.

4. Each candidate shall submit certificates to show—
   (a) That he has passed the Matriculation Examination at a University; or a test accepted by a University as being of Matriculation standard, provided that such examination includes a pass at the Matriculation standard in English and mathematics.
   (b) That, in addition to the above pass, the candidate has passed in the special trigonometry paper for the Engineer’s Preliminary of the Matriculation Examination of 1926 or subsequent date; or instead thereof in the subject “pure mathematics” of Part III of the Examination for Class “C” conducted by the Education Department.
   (c) That he has served professionally under articles with a registered surveyor or surveyors for a period of not less than four years, three of which must have been in the field and one year in office, and that he is competent to effect surveys on his own responsibility. The last-mentioned certificate shall be in Form I in the First Schedule hereto.

Registration of Articles.

5. All articles of indenture or other similar agreement, duly completed, and accompanied by evidence that the applicant has attained the educational requirements prescribed in rule 4 (a), shall be forwarded to the Secretary for registration within three months after the commencement of the term of the articles. Similarly, notification of transfer of such articles shall be forwarded for registration within three months of the date of such transfer. In each case the application must be accompanied by the prescribed fee set out in the Third Schedule.

Original Field Notes and Plans to be submitted.

6. Each candidate shall submit with his application for examination—
   (a) His original field notes, and plan drawn by him therefrom, of the survey of an area of not less than 40 acres, one of the boundaries of which shall be a watercourse or other natural feature, or an irregular road.
   (b) His original field notes, plan, and technical description of a survey of a town lot built upon, as made for the purpose of an application under the provisions of the Real Property Acts.
   (c) His original field notes, plan, and section of a proposed road, railway or drainage work, of a length of not less than ten chains.
   (d) A plan and particulars of the measurement of a base line, not less than 80 chains in length, connected by a series of at least three triangles with the triangulation of the district.
   (e) A plan of a topographical survey of not less than one square mile of hilly country.

Each plan shall bear the following certificate, signed and dated by the candidate:—

“I hereby certify that this survey was made by me personally, and that this plan and the accompanying field notes are entirely my own work.”

Date ;

Signed L.M.