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diagrams were placed on certificates of title for Land Transfer purposes, and diagrams on 1,192 Land Transfer instruments of title were examined and passed ; 363 working, 79 ordinary, 4 poster, and 105 valuation tracings were made, being a total of 551 tracings ; 13 Survey Office plans were compiled ; 15 plans, 12 tracings, and 207 lithographs were mounted, and 117 lithographs coloured ; 4 workingplans were redrawn; 15 Land Transfer record maps were drawn, and 115 plans recorded on various maps ; 6 maps were drawn for publication, and 9 standard publications were revised ; 7 application maps were drawn and checked, and 15 standard plans were drawn ; a large wall map, 9 ft. by 9 ft., of the Southland Land District and two wall maps 6 ft. by 4 ft. of the Chattels Registration District all on 80-chain scale, were mounted ; 6 town-scheme plans were received for the Governor-General's approval. Stock was taken of technical stores, lithographs, stationery, &c., and entered in the ledgers.

APPENDIX 111. SURVEYORS BOARD. The Board held two examinations as required by the Act —in September, 1926, and March, 1927. At the former eleven new and nineteen partial-pass candidates sat, of whom five passed. At the March examination, when only candidates with partial passes are accepted, twenty-two presented themselves, of whom sixteen passed. A matter of importance dealt with during the year was the submission to the Senate of the University of New Zealand of a syllabus, and request for a course and degree in surveying. This matter is now in process of consideration and report by the University Boards. The papers for the next September examination are to be prepared by tbe New Zealand Board in its turn. W. T. Neill, Chairman. M. C. Smith, Secretary.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (1,025 copies). £30.

Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 927.

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