SURVEYS OF SOUTHERN TO WNS .
, . • - ; m THE "LONG CHAIN SYSTEM." \, .. ' ' •' ji . % [ijy TKLKURAPK. — PRESS ASSOCIATION*.] i p- """■ I •ie! Wellington, Wednesday. \ " " jDt;r.Jx<; a discussion*at the meeting of;], j jthe , .Surveyors' Institute it was stated „ that (,'hristchurch and Waugauui were ori- ° -e' ginalJy surveyed with what was known as ! ; le a long chain, which contained an extra Ite link, so that when a considerable front- ' id age came to be cut up the owner found j [e he had so many links more than he st thought, and difficulties arose. An agreeh. ment was afterwards come to, which relicv- L ie ed officers of this hindrance. It was also t-(stated that in view of the haphazard wayL itl in >vhich town acres had been surveyed in ,: sell Wellington, it was > remarkable that the', ie I surveys here had closed up so well. i le . i ■ :. . i.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13481, 4 July 1907, Page 6
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145SURVEYS OF SOUTHERN TOWNS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13481, 4 July 1907, Page 6
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