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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the same by leaving such notice at the last-known
place of abode of the owner or his agent. If the
address of the owner or his agent is not known, or if
the owner fails to do or cause to be done the
required repairs within the fourteen days above men-
tioned, the Trustees may at any time cause all such
necessary repairs to be done, and no interment shall
thereafter be allowed in such vault until all costs
and charges of such repairs have been paid to the
Trustees.

THE within grant of exclusive right of burial in perpetuity, in
the public cemetery at Picton, has been duly transferred to
the undermentioned parties, by permission of the Trustees of
the said cemetery, on the days and dates hereunder written.

Earth and Rubbish to be removed by Applicants.
32. All earth and rubbish thrown out when
excavating for vaults must be removed by the
person who applies for permission to construct such
vault. If not at once removed when required by the
Trustees, they may cause the said earth and rubbish
to be removed, and the costs and charges of so doing
may be recovered from the person applying for per-
mission to construct such vault.

No Interment to take place in Vaults without Warrant.
33. No interment shall be permitted in any vault
until the party requiring to open such vault for
interment has obtained a burial warrant, as provided
for ordinary burials, which warrant shall be sufficient
authority for the vault named therein to be opened.

All Charges and Fees to be paid in Advance.
34. All charges made for any matter or thing
relating to the cemetery shall be paid in advance.

Fences may be removed.
35. In the case of all persons interred in the
Picton Cemetery previous to the 1st day of January,
1878, and whose surviving relatives or friends have,
previous to the above date, fenced in portions of land
round the graves of persons so interred, it is hereby
provided that, in all cases where the grant of exclu-
sive right of burial in perpetuity is not acquired, it
shall be lawful for the Trustees at any time to
remove or alter the position of any of the said fences
whenever it may be found necessary to do so.

Bodies not to be disinterred.
36. No body shall be disinterred or removed from
the said cemetery, except by order of a Coroner,
without express permission in writing from the
Trustees.

A. P. SEYMOUR,
Chairman of Trustees, Picton Cemetery.

A.—NUMBER OF GRANT.
COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, COUNTY OF MARLBOROUGH,
TO WIT.

GRANT of exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in the public
cemetery at Picton, in the said county, issued under the pro-
visions of "The Public Cemeteries Act, 1868," and subject to
the provisions of any rules and regulations now or that may
hereafter be passed and gazetted relating to the said cemetery.

In consideration of the sum of pounds
shillings and pence sterling, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, the undersigned , Trustee , of
, hereby grant unto parcels of
the exclusive right of burial in perpetuity, in
ground in the said cemetery numbered on the plan of
the said cemetery, and containing by admeasurement
Witness hand this day of , one
thousand eight hundred and

B.—FORM of BURIAL WARRANT for Interment of Persons
in the Public Cemetery at Picton, in the County of
Marlborough, New Zealand.

To the Sexton.

You are hereby authorized to prepare a grave according to the
following particulars, viz. :--

Name of deceased:
Age:
Denomination:
Officiating Minister:
Day and hour of funeral:
Class of burial:
Required length, breadth, and depth of grave:
Name of person furnishing above particulars :
Number of lot:
Position of grave:

Dated this day of , 187 . Trustee.

PICTON CEMETERY.
Authority to construct Vault.

To the Sexton.

THIS is to authorize , of , to excavate ground
and to construct a vault on plot of land in the Picton Ceme-
tery numbered on the plan of the said cemetery, in
accordance with the rules and regulations for the time being in
force relating to the construction of vaults.

Dated this day of , 187 . Trustee.

PICTON CEMETERY.
Authority to reopen a Vault.

To the Sexton.

THIS is to authorize , of , to reopen vault
number situated on plot of ground numbered
on the plan of the Picton Cemetery, for the purpose of inter-
ment of deceased person named in the accompanying burial
warrant.

Dated this day of , 187 . Trustee.

I hereby approve these Rules and Regulations, this
sixteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.

NORMANBY,
Governor.

Despatches from Secretary of State.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1878.

THE following despatches from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
are published for general information.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Downing Street, 12th April, 1878.

SIR, —I have the honor to transmit to you a copy
of a letter from the Foreign Office, enclosing a copy
of a letter from the Chinese Minister at this Court,
relative to the appointment by the Emperor of China
of Chinese Consuls to reside in various parts of the
Queen's dominions, and the draft of a proposed