Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 8

Page 23

✨ Provincial Government Notices

NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 23

The holders of any plots of burial ground shall observe such rules with regard to enclosing, fencing, and decent maintenance of the same, as shall from time to time be laid down by the Trustees.
The top of any coffin deposited in any part of the cemetery shall not be less than five feet below the natural level of the soil.
All graves shall be dug by some person duly appointed by the Trustees.

Approved by the Superintendent and Executive Council, this 18th day of March, 1873.

OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

AT a Meeting of the Moutere Road Board held at the Moutere this 7th day of December, 1872, it was ordered that the several works and undertakings described in the Nelson Provincial Government Gazette of the 28th day of September, 1872, hereunto annexed and numbered respectively 2, 3, 4, and 5, should be executed according to the Specifications, Maps, Plans, Sections, and elevations, also hereunto annexed.

JAMES DRUMMOND,
Chairman of the Moutere Road Board.

Crown Lands' Office, Nelson,
February 20, 1872,

IN accordance with the provisions of "The Nelson Waste Lands Act, 1863," section 9, Notice is hereby given that the undermentioned portion of the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Province of Nelson, have been Reserved by the Waste Lands Board, for purposes of public utility.

DISTRICT OF GOLDEN BAY.

All that allotment of land situated at Parapara, containing by admeasurement seventeen acres and two roods, being Section Numbered 103, on Square 14 of the Plan of the Province. Bounded on the northward, eastward, and westward by highwater mark, Parapara Mud-flat, and on the southward by a Native Reserve.

Also, all that other allotment of land situated at Parapara, containing by admeasurement one acre and two roods, being Section Numbered 104, on Square 14 of the Plan of the Province. Bounded on the northward by highwater mark, Parapara Mud-flat; eastward, partly by Section Numbered 63, Milnthorpe Suburban, partly by public road; westward, by Section Numbered 71, Milnthorpe Suburban.

H. C. DANIELL,
Commissioner.

BALANCE SHEET OF THE MOTUEKA CEMETERY,
TRUSTEES ACCOUNTS UP TO JULY, 1872.

1871	DR.	£ s. d.	1872.	CR.	£ s. d.
September.	To Grant from Provincial Government paid into Union Bank	50 0 0	March.	By Minute and Account Books	0 2 9
				Davey for Fencing Posts	4 7 10
			June.	Buxton and Co. for Fencing Wire and Staples	2 18 0
				Edwards & Co. for Fencing Wire and Staples	11 12 0
				Cheque Book	0 4 2
			July.	Alley and Lund Fencing Cemetery	3 10 0
				" Carting Wire	0 2 0
				" Clearing Ground	0 10 0
				Balance to next Year	26 13 3
		£50 0 0			£50 0 0

HENRY ALEX. TARRANT,
Treasurer.

Audited and found correct,
H. D. JACKSON,
Provincial Auditor.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Nelson, by R. LUCAS & SON,
Bridge Street, Nelson, Printers for the time being to the said Government.

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PDF — Nelson Provincial Gazette 1873, No 8

The Nelson Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed beginning with the laying of the foundation stone on 26 August 1859, with the first Council meeting held there on 30 April 1861.

The buildings served Nelson for over a century before being demolished on 12 September 1969.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Rules for interment in the Westport Cemetery (continued from previous page)

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated18 March 1873
KeywordsCemetery, Burial, Regulations, Westport
👩‍💼 Officials

Oswald Curtis, Superintendent

🏘️ Moutere Road Board meeting notice

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated7 December 1872
KeywordsRoad Board, Moutere, Public Works, Meeting
👩‍💼 Officials

James Drummond, Chairman of the Moutere Road Board

🗺️ Land reserved for public utility in Golden Bay

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated20 February 1872
KeywordsCrown Lands, Golden Bay, Parapara, Land Reservation
👩‍💼 Officials

H. C. Daniell, Commissioner

🏘️ Balance sheet of the Motueka Cemetery

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsBalance Sheet, Motueka, Cemetery, Accounts
👱🏽 Names

Davey, Fencing posts supplier
Alley, Fencing cemetery
Lund, Fencing cemetery

👩‍💼 Officials

Henry Alex. Tarrant, Treasurer
H. D. Jackson, Provincial Auditor

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