Which features are scored first in Carcassonne?
According to the Carcassonne Wiki here the rule is :-


  When players tie on a feature or when multiple features are scored together, gold is distributed to the involved players one bar at a time, beginning with the active player.


This view is also backed up by the complete annotated rules.  This document also says Rio Grande Games (RGG) and Hans Im Gluck versions both printed the rules slightly differently.


  The RGG version of the rules states “all players who score completed features with gold bars
  take one gold bar for each feature they score and that has gold bars.” This seems different from the
  HiG rules, where the rule is to only take one gold piece at a time.