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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Section 7. The name, age, the late place of residence, and the probable cause of the death of the deceased, and any other necessary information, must be stated at the time of giving the order.

Section 8. The time fixed for the funeral must be the time when the procession is to be at the Cemetery, and the same must be punctually observed.

Section 9. Until otherwise ordered, the usual hours fixed for funerals will be from 8 o’clock a.m. to 5 o’clock p.m. during the months intervening between the 1st September and the 30th day of April, and from 8 o’clock a.m. to 4 o’clock p.m. in the other four months in the year, except on Sunday, when the usual and only funerals will be from 2 o’clock to 5 p.m. throughout the year. No funerals will be allowed to take place between the hours of 7 o’clock p.m. and 7 o’clock a.m.

Section 10. All monuments, vaults, graves, and gravestones must be kept in repair and condition by and at the expense of the owners.

Section 11. Every coffin in a vault or brick grave must be bricked in, cemented, and covered by a slab of stone, slate, or iron.

Section 12. The ground will be open to the public daily from sunrise to sunset.

Section 13. A drawing of every stone, tomb, pedestal, and plan of every fence, monument, or tablet proposed to be erected, and a copy of every epitaph or inscription must be submitted to the Managers for approval.

Section 14. A plan of the Cemetery, showing the situation of the graves, is kept by the Secretary, and may be inspected at the charge set forth in Schedule A, and registers of all grants are kept by the Secretary.

Section 15. The Sexton is instructed to turn out or take in custody, as the case may require, any person who shall behave indecorously, or commit any trespass or injury to the trees, shrubs, flowers, or erections, or otherwise infringe the Ordinance relating to the Cemetery, or the regulations for the protection of the same, and such person shall be proceeded against according to the provisions of “The Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864.”

Section 16. The Sexton will prevent the entrance, turn out or impound, as the case may be, any horse, cattle, sheep, or swine that may be found trespassing in the Cemetery, and no dogs will be suffered therein.

Section 17. No funeral will be allowed to take place in the Cemetery without a certificate from a Registrar, Deputy Registrar, or Coroner holding an inquest or inquiry, or a Magistrate; such certificate must be delivered to the Sexton at the Cemetery before the funeral enters the gates.

Section 18. All ordinary meetings of the Managers shall be held on the first Saturday of each quarter, at 4 o’clock p.m. Special meetings may be at any time called by the Secretary.

Section 19. The Managers reserve the right to make any alterations or amendments from time to time in these charges and regulations, in conformity to “The Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864.”

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SCHEDULE A.

SCALE of Fees made by the Managers of the Fortrose Cemetery, Toi Tois, under the provisions of section 8 of “The Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864.”

Single interment in open ground … 0 15 0
„ of children under 5 years 0 7 6

PRIVATE GRAVES.

Special Land for Family Graves.

£ s. d.
Each block 8 feet by 8 feet, as per plan … 2 2 0
„ 8 feet by 4 feet … … 1 1 0
Sinking each grave 6 feet … … 0 10 0
„ for each additional foot … 0 2 6
„ graves for children under 6 years 0 7 6
Reopening each grave or vault… … 0 10 0
Certificate of right of burial in all private graves … … … … 0 1 0

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MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.

For all interments that take place not in the usual hours, or of which six hours’ notice has not been given,—

£ s. d.
An extra charge of … … … 0 5 0
If either a public or private grave, an extra charge of … … … 0 5 0
Charge for copy of register … … 0 1 0
Charge for inspecting plan or register … 0 1 0

JOHN EDWARD ATTWOOD,
JOHN RIDDLE,
GEORGE HUNT ATTWOOD,
KENNETH MACKENZIE,
J. W. MITCHELL,
H. CARSWELL.
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Managers.

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In pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Ordinance of the Province of Otago intituled “The Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864,” and “The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” I do hereby consent to the above Rules and Regulations, and the scales of fees thereby made.

As witness my hand this twenty-second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.

NORMANBY,
Governor.

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Diseased Cattle Act Importation.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th December, 1877.

THE following Proclamations relating to the importation of diseased cattle, and the withdrawal of the prohibitory Proclamations as regards New Zealand by Tasmania and South Australia, are published for general information.

J. T. FISHER,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

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CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIGS IMPORTATION PROHIBITION.

By His Excellency FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD, Esquire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Tasmania and its Dependencies.

A PROCLAMATION.

I, FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD, Esquire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief as aforesaid, by virtue of section 23 of “The Customs Act” (25 Victoria, No. 3), and with the advice of the Executive Council, do, with a view to prevent infectious and contagious distempers and diseases among cattle, sheep, and pigs, hereby prohibit the importation into every port and place, save and except such as appertain and belong to the