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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

11. The Treasurer to the cemetery for the time
    being shall receive the purchase-money for the sale
    of such lots, and shall give the following receipt for
    the same, which receipt shall be held conclusive
    evidence of the purchase of the lot mentioned
    therein :-

Alexandra Cemetery.
Received from A.B., of
, the sum of
for that piece of ground, part of
the Alexandra Cemetery at Alexandra, num-
bered
, class
, on the plan of
the cemetery in the custody of the Trustees,
the said piece of ground to be held by the
said A.B. for the purpose of burial only, and
subject to the rules and regulations then in
force for the management of the said ceme-
tery.

12. In all cases of intended interment the person
    having the management or control of the same shall
    apply to the Treasurer of the cemetery for the
    time being for a warrant or an authority for such
    interment, which warrant or authority the Treasurer
    is hereby authorized to issue upon payment to him
    of the following fees, viz. :-

13. The whole or part of the costs and charges of
    the burial of any person in such cemetery will be
    remitted on proof being given to the satisfaction of
    the Trustees that such a person was a pauper or in
    poor circumstances at the time of his death, and
    that no person is liable for the payment of costs and
    charges.

14. Orders for interment must be given to the
    sexton at least twenty-four hours prior to the hour
    fixed for the funeral, otherwise an extra charge of
    5s. will be made. No free interment will be allowed
    without the above notice of twenty-four hours.

15. No one but the person authorized by the
    Trustees, being the sexton for the time being, will
    be permitted to dig graves in the said cemetery, and
    then only upon receipt of warrant before men-
    tioned.

16. Unless otherwise ordered, funerals will only
    be allowed between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

17. 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 trespass-
    ing in the cemetery, and no dogs will be suffered
    therein.

18. The record-book shall be open for the inspec-
    tion of the public on paying a fee of 1s. 6d. for each
    grave or vault, 20s.
    inspection; for a copy of register, 1s.; reopening

19. The Trustees reserve the right to make any
    alterations or amendments from time to time in these
    charges and regulations.

L. C. BRADY,
G. C. V. TISDALL,
JOHN AUBIN,
ROBERT ORMSBY,
R. L. MILLAR,
WILLIAM KINNEARNEY,
JOHN ALLAN, Sen.,
Trustees.

GORDON C. V. TISDALL,
Chairman and Secretary.

Approved in Council, 27th May, 1879.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules and Regulations of the Kowai Cemetery,
Balcairn.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1879.

THE following rules and regulations of the Kowai
Cemetery have been submitted to His Excel-
lency the Governor in Council, and are published in
accordance with "The Cemeteries Management Act,
1877."

G. S. WHITMORE.

REGULATIONS.

1. The price of a burial-plot 9 feet by 4 feet shall
   be 10s.

2. The cemetery shall be placed under the care of
   a sexton, who shall be appointed by the Board, and
   who shall give or receive a month's notice before re-
   tirement from office. The following shall be con-
   sidered his duties:-
   (a.) Digging and excavating every grave.
   (b.) Keeping in order the cemetery.
   (c.) Receiving moneys for plots sold, marking
   off said plots on plan, paying in receipts
   from plots sold once a month to the Chair-
   man.
   (d.) Being present, properly habited, at every
   funeral.

3. The sexton's fee for digging a grave to the
   depth of 6 feet shall be 10s., and an extra charge of
   2s. 6d. per foot shall be made for every grave beyond
   the depth of 6 feet. Fees to be paid to the sexton at
   time of notice for burial.

4. Burial-plots may be transferred on payment of
   a fee of 2s. 6d.

5. No memorial of any kind shall be erected, or
   any plot deemed sold, until payment at the rate
   charged by the Trustees shall have been made.

6. No monument, memorial, railing, or erection of
   any kind shall be put up, or inscription placed on
   any memorial, or trees planted, without permission of
   the Trustees.

7. Persons wishing to have the turf, shrubs, or
   flowers around any grave kept trimmed and in good
   order may do so on payment to the Board of 5s.
   per annum, or by one sum of £2 10s.

F. C. WILLIAMS, Chairman,
Kowai Cemetery Board.

Approved in Council, 27th May, 1879.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Australian International Exhibition.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1879.

R EFERRING to the notice published in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 36, of the 26th of April,
1878, relative to the Australian International Ex-
hibition to be held in Sydney, New South Wales, in
August, 1879, it is hereby further notified that the
Government of New Zealand will be prepared to
receive and to forward to Sydney any articles for
exhibition which may be prepared by persons resi-
dent in this colony.

A Royal Commission will be appointed immediately,
who will prepare and publish regulations under which
they will receive exhibits for transmission.

As articles for exhibition should be shipped from
Wellington not later than June next, persons wish-
ing to exhibit are invited to communicate with Dr.
Hector, the Chairman of the Royal Commission,
without delay.

All expenses of transmitting and exhibiting ap-