SURV207 Questions with Complete Solutions.

Give an example of a customary right which preceded any formal cadastral system. Correct Answer take tupuna - ancestry take raupatu - conquest take taunaha - discovery take tuku - gift What survey system was the NZ Cadastral system modelled on, and when did this take effect? Correct Answer Land Registration Ordinance modelled off Britain, and took effect in 1841. Name the 4 duties of Felton Matthew when he was appointed the first Surveyor-General of New Zealand in May 1841? Correct Answer To acquire land from the Maori Investigate prior claims Keep and make available diagrams of surveyed lands Keep a public register of appropriated lands Name the five features of the Land Registration Ordinance of 1841. Correct Answer Deeds registry offices established Surveyor General of the Colony and Registrar of Lands signed maps Survey regulations established Licensed surveyors (kairuri) Monuments placed How many links form a chain? Correct Answer 100 links. How many square chains make an acre? Correct Answer s In what year did the colonial government assume control of the New Zealand Company's survey operations? Correct Answer 1850. What was the purpose of the Native Lands Act in 1862, and what were the implications for surveyors (kairuri)? Correct Answer Established Native Land Court to investigate Maori customary title. Surveyors were required to carry out surveys in Maori land before a certificate could be issued by the Court. Who introduced meridional circuits (MC's) to Otago and Southland? Correct Answer John Turnbull Thompson. How were bearings obtained for MC's? Correct Answer True north was obtained astronomically, and measurements were then carried out with respect to true north.