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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

(b) Evidence as to identity and character.
(c) Provided that should such certificate or license have been issued upon examination prior to September, 1895, he shall further produce a letter or certificate or letter of recommendation, dated not more than twelve months previously, from the Board of the State in which the certificate or license applies; and
(d) Should the applicant be prevented by absence from the State in which the certificate or license was granted, from obtaining such letter of recommendation, he shall pass such examination under these rules as the Board may require.

Subject to compliance with the foregoing provisions and such statutory requirements as may be necessary, together with payment of the prescribed fee set out in the Third Schedule, he shall be entitled to registration as a surveyor in the Dominion of New Zealand.

REGISTRATION UPON QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED ELSEWHERE.

18. A surveyor who applies to the Board for registration on qualifications obtained in any other country, being part of the British Empire, prepared (in the opinion of the Board) to reciprocate in this particular with the reciprocating States, shall submit—
    (a) His credentials or qualifications as a surveyor;
    (b) Evidence that such document is still in force;
    (c) Evidence as to identity and character;
    (d) Evidence that he has completed not less than six months’ service in the field with a practising registered surveyor in New Zealand; and
    (e) A certificate of competency from that surveyor.

If the Board is satisfied with the evidence submitted and that the qualifications covered by the credentials are equivalent to those prescribed under these regulations he shall pass such further examination as the Board may require, and upon compliance with the provisions of the Act and payment of the prescribed fee set out in the Third Schedule shall be entitled to registration as a surveyor in the Dominion of New Zealand.

REGISTER TO BE KEPT.

19. The Secretary shall keep a register of—
    (a) The names, qualifications, and addresses of all persons registered by the Board as surveyors, together with the dates of registration, and where necessary, records of their careers as surveyors.
    (b) All letters of recommendation with dates of issue.

20. In addition to the register required by the Act, the Secretary shall also keep lists respectively of—
    (a) The names and addresses of all articled pupils who have complied with the requirements herein set forth, together with the names of the surveyors to whom they are articled, and a complete record of all transfers of such articles.
    (b) The names, addresses, and qualifications of all persons to whom certificates of competency have been issued, together with the dates of issue.

RECORD OF CHARGES AGAINST SURVEYORS.

21. The register shall also contain a brief record of any charge that may be laid against a surveyor, together with the finding of the Board.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

FORMS.

[Form I.

I, A.B., a registered surveyor of the Dominion of New Zealand, hereby certify that C.D. has been professionally and continuously employed under articles, or other similar agreement, with me in the practice of land surveying from __ to __, that is, for a period of __ years __ months, of which __ years __ months have been occu-