✨ Cemetery Regulations and Schedules




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 495

be allowed to take place between the hours of 7|
o'clock p.m. and 7 o'clock a.m.
10. All monuments, vaults, graves, and gravestones
must be kept in repair and proper condition by and at
the expense of the owners.
11. Every coffin in a vault or brick grave must be
bricked in, cemented, and covered by a slab of stone,
slate, or iron; and every coffin in a private grave
must have on the lid a metal plate, with the name of
the deceased stamped or painted thereon.
12. 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 Trustees for approval.
13. No servant or any other person employed by or
engaged in any duty on behalf of the Trustees will be
permitted to receive any gratuity for the discharge
thereof.
14. The ground will be open daily to the public
from sunrise to sunset.
15. A plan of the cemetery, showing the situation
of the graves, is kept by the Secretary, and may be
inspected at the charge set out in Schedule A; and
registers of all grants are kept by the Secretary.
16. The sexton has orders to turn out or take into
custody (as the case may require) any person who
shall behave indecorously, or commit any trespass or
injury to the trees, 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 Cemeteries Management
Act, 1877."
17. All ordinary meetings of the Trustees shall
be held on the first Monday in each month, at 3
o'clock p.m. Special meetings may at any time be
called by the Secretary.
18. The Trustees reserve the right to make any
alterations from time to time in these charges and
regulations.

CHARLES HOUGHTON MILLS,
WILLIAM BROWNLEE,
GEORGE EDWARD LEVIEN,
JOHN STEVEN PEZANT,
WILLIAM DOUSLI N,
Trustees.

SCHEDULE A.-CHARGES.

Public Graves.
Single interment in open ground
Single interment of children under 5 years
Single interment of still-born children
Β£ s. d.
1 0 0
0 10 0
0 5 0

Private Graves.
Special land for family graves, for each
block of 8 feet by 4 feet, as per plan
2 2 0
Sinking each grave 6 feet
1 0 0
Sinking for each additional foot
0 5 0
Sinking for children under 6 years
0 10 0
Reopening each grave or vault
1 0 0
Certificate of right of burial in all private
graves
0 2 6

Miscellaneous Charges.
For all interments that take place not in
the usual hours, or of which six hours'
notice has not been given, an extra
charge of
0 10 6
If a public grave, an extra charge of
0 10 6
If a private grave, an extra charge of
1 1 0
Charge for copy of register
0 1 0
Charge for inspecting plan of register
0 1 0

SCHEDULE B.-FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RIGHT OF
BURIAL IN THE HAVELOCK AND NORTHERN KAI-
TUNA CEMETERIES.
On the application of
, and upon the pay-
ment of the sum of
, which is hereby ac-
knowledged to have been received, the Trustees of
the Havelock and Northern Kaituna Cemeteries, in
terms of and as authorized by "The Cemeteries
Management Act, 1877," have agreed to grant, and do
hereby grant, unto the said
permission to dig
or make a grave or vault on that piece of ground
feet long by
feet broad, lying
within that portion of the said cemetery, appropriated
for
burials, and marked No.
partment on the plan of the said cemetery, kept by
the said Trustees, with permission to erect or place
on the said piece of ground a monument or tomb-
stone on payment of such charges as may from time
to time be established. And it is hereby declared
that the said
shall be entitled to have,
maintain, and keep up such vault, monument, or
tombstone, according to the terms of this permission,
to and for the sole and separate use of the said
and his or her or their heirs and near
relations for ever: Provided always, and it is hereby
declared, that this grant is made subject to the terms
and conditions following, viz.: First, that the said
piece of ground shall be kept and used by the said
, his heirs, near relations, and friends, solely
as a burying-place, and that no other use shall be
made thereof. Second, that no enclosing wall, fence,
building, monument, or tombstone shall be erected or
placed on said piece of ground until a plan thereof
shall have been exhibited to the said Trustees, and
their authority given for the erection thereof.
Third, that the said grave or vault, and the said wall
or fence, building, monument, or tombstone, shall be
maintained and kept up by the said
, and his
or her heirs, relatives, and friends, in proper repair,
to the satisfaction of the Trustees. Fourth, that the
said
, and his or her heirs and near relatives
and friends, shall, in the use of the said piece of
ground and access thereto, be subject in every
respect to such rules and regulations as the Trustees
of the said cemeteries may from time to time make,
and shall not be entitled to exercise the right to bury
or inter therein, except on payment of such charges
as shall from time to time be established by the said
Trustees.
Dated this
day of
, 18
(Signatures of Trustees.)

SCHEDULE C.-FORM OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR
GRAVES.
[Answers to be written opposite to the following
questions at the time of giving orders.]

  1. What denomination :
  2. Name of the deceased:
  3. Late place of residence of deceased:
  4. Rank of deceased:
  5. Age of deceased:
  6. Where born:
  7. Minister to officiate:
  8. Day of funeral:
  9. What hour:
  10. Number of grave on plan issued:
  11. If a public grave:
  12. If special land for private graves, what width:
  13. If a family vault or brick grave, what width:
  14. What depth :
  15. If first or second interment:
  16. Nature of disease or supposed cause of death:
    (Signature of Representative or
    Undertaker.)

Orders received this
day of
, 18
, at
o'clock.
(Signature of Trustees.)

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.



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🏘️ Rules and Regulations of the Havelock and Northern Kaituna Cemeteries (Continued) (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
10 April 1879
Cemetery rules, Burial charges, Interment fees, Grave certificate, Trustees, Havelock, Kaituna
  • CHARLES HOUGHTON MILLS, Trustee
  • WILLIAM BROWNLEE, Trustee
  • GEORGE EDWARD LEVIEN, Trustee
  • JOHN STEVEN PEZANT, Trustee
  • WILLIAM DOUSLIN, Trustee
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council