SURVEYORS' INSTITUTE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7871, 5 August 1911, Page 6

SURVEYORS' INSTITUTE.

MONTHLY MEETING. The Surveyors' Institute met yesterday. Present—Messrs T. Humphries' (president), H. J. Wyltlc, J. E. Fuiton, J. W. Davis, J. McKerrow, M. C. Smith, and IL Sladdcn. A letter was received from Mr -L. Cgladden (New Plymouth), stating that he had taken steps to call members together in order to form a local committee, and hoped shortly to hold a meeting to arrange matters. The president reported that he had just returned from Nelson, where ho had a very satisfactory meeting with the Nelson local committee. Further, that he had made arrangements to start next week on. a round of visits to the Auckland, New Plymouth, and War nganui local committees, with • a possibility also of going to -Napier. It was decided to send a letter to tho Surveyor-General in reference to complaints made of certification of plans of work done by authorised assistants, by licensed surveyors, who, it was believed, had not been on the ground, and suggesting that the Chief Surveyors bo authorised to demand tho field-book records of tho inspection, to be lodged with the plans, if considered necessary. SUEVEYOES FOE BAST AFEICA. Phe acting-Dcputy Director of Surveys for East Africa, Mr T. H. Galbraith, Nairobi, sent an interesting communication stating that there was sullicicnt work in his protectorate for two licensed surveyors, and that he would bo glad to get applicants from two of tho Now Zealand licensed surveyors to do work there. Ho pointed out that there were at present fourteen Government ffnTf surveyors and five licensed surveyors in the protectorate- They had an area of 1100 square miles of healthy, open country, about 0000 feet altitude, which was now being surveyed by tho Topographical Survey Department. The Director of Surveys was willing to entrust the survey of tho whole of this area to two or more qualified New landers nominated by tho institute, provided they could start work before November 15th of this year. The object of tho close survey was to subdivide this area into farms varying from 2500 to 5500- acres. The survey regulations are not yet. published, but are very similar to those of New Zealand.' A surveyor usually takes from fifteen to twenty porters and a headman with him, and Indian or native chainmen. Living is cheap, and, when camping away from settlements, there is generally sufficient game to live on. He considered that tho prospects were good for a young New Zealand surveyor who could land there with instruments and .£IOO in his pockets.