New Zealand Gazette – 1878 – No. 10

Page 140

✨ Cemetery Accounts and Highway By-laws

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Abstracts of Cemeteries Accounts.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1878.

THE following abstracts of accounts of the Fairfax Cemetery, Tokomairiro, and of the Mount Ida
Cemetery, Naseby, are published in accordance with section 14 of "The (Otago) Cemetery Reserves
Management Ordinance, 1864."

G. S. WHITMORE.

INCOME and EXPENDITURE of Fairfax Cemetery, Tokomairiro District, Provincial District of Otago, for
the Year 1877.

Date	Description	£	s.	d.	Description	£	s.	d.
1877. Jan. 1.	To Balance forward	89	12	10	By Gravedigger for interments of eight adults	5	0	0
Dec. 31.	Interment Fees, five adults	5	7	6	thirteen children	5	10	6
	Three Free Interments				Labour and Fencing in Cemetery	12	10	0
	Interment, eleven children	9	1	6	Surveys, Management, and Stamps	2	16	0
	Two Free Interments				Balance forward	88	15	4
	Land sold, ten lots	10	10	0
Total		114	11	10	Total	114	11	10

Jan. 1. To Balance forward | ... | £88 | 15 | 4

We, the undersigned Managers of Fairfax Cemetery, declare the above to be a true statement of
accounts for the year 1877.

JAMES ELDER BROWN,
JAMES STRAIN,
WILLIAM BLACK,
Managers.

Declared before me at Milton, this nineteenth day of January, 1878—R. W. Capstick, J.P.

BALANCE-SHEET of the Mount Ida Cemetery, for the Year ending 31st December, 1877.

Receipts	£	s.	d.	Expenditure	£	s.	d.
1877. Jan. 1. By Balance	39	13	6	Sexton's Fees	8	15	0
,, Receipts	28	5	0	Printing Account, 1876	3	5	6
				Tools, including pump	3	1	6
				Fencing Material	19	5	3
				Wages for fencing	13	2	6
				Thorn-quick Seeds	5	6	6
				Trenching, planting same	7	13	0
				Advertising	1	0	0
				Stamps and Telegrams	0	6	0
				Balance	6	3	3
Total	67	18	6	Total	67	18	6

We, the undersigned Managers of the Mount Ida Cemetery, hereby declare that the above account is
true and correct.

L. W. BUSCH,
MICHAEL BROOKES, } Managers.
G. F. ROWLATT,

Taken before me this 21st January, 1878—William Grumitt, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of
New Zealand.

By-laws of Coromandel Highway District Board
approved.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1878.

THE following By-laws of the Coromandel High-
way District Board are published in accordance
with section 19 of "The Highway Boards Empower-
ing Act, 1871."

G. S. WHITMORE.

BY-LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF OMNIBUSES,
CABS, CARS, WAGONS, DRAYS, AND ALL OTHER
VEHICLES PLYING FOR HIRE WITHIN THE CORO-
MANDEL HIGHWAY DISTRICT.

NOTICE. To all persons whom it may concern.--In
pursuance of the seventh section of "The Auckland
Municipal Police Act, 1866," we, the Coromandel
Highway Trustees, being the local authority for the
time being, do hereby agree and proclaim as follows:----
That all owners of omnibuses, cabs, cars, wagons,
drays, and any other vehicles plying for hire within
the proclaimed district, shall obtain from the High-
way District Board a license permitting such omni-
buses, &c., to carry a certain number of passengers
either inside or outside. Said license to be in force,
only for any part of the year ending on the 30th
day of June following the date for which it is issued.
For every such license there shall be paid to the
District Board-For an omnibus, cab, car, &c., set on
four wheels, one (£1) pound; and for an omnibus,
&c., set on two wheels, ten (10s.) shillings. For a
wagon, dray, &c., set on four wheels, one (£1)
pound; and for a wagon, dray, &c., set on two
wheels, ten (10s.) shillings.
That any driver of a public vehicle for conveyance

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🏘️ Abstracts of Accounts for Fairfax Cemetery and Mount Ida Cemetery for 1877

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated28 January 1878
KeywordsCemetery accounts, Financial statement, Otago, Fairfax Cemetery, Mount Ida Cemetery, Tokomairiro, Naseby
👩‍💼 Officials

G. S. Whitmore
JAMES ELDER BROWN, Managers
JAMES STRAIN, Managers
WILLIAM BLACK, Managers
R. W. Capstick, J.P.
L. W. BUSCH, Managers
MICHAEL BROOKES, Managers
G. F. ROWLATT, Managers
William Grumitt, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand

🏘️ Approval of By-laws for Licensing Vehicles for Hire in Coromandel Highway District

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated30 January 1878
KeywordsBy-laws, Coromandel Highway District Board, Vehicle licensing, Cabs, Omnibuses, Fees
👩‍💼 Officials

G. S. Whitmore
Coromandel Highway Trustees

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