THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1055

Rules and Regulations for Opotiki Cemetery, County | Trustees for such transfer on payment of a fee of
of Whakatane.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1879.

THE following rules and regulations for the
of Whakatane, have been submitted to His Excellency
the Governor in Council, and are published in
accordance with "The Cemeteries Management Act,
1877."

G. S. WHITMORE.

RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE OPOTIKI
CEMETERY.

Cemetery divided.

1. Such portions of the Opotiki Cemetery as may
   from time to time be fenced in shall be laid out into
   blocks and divided into burial-plots measuring 10
   feet by 5 feet. The following to be the scale of
   burial charges, viz. :-

For every single interment in ordinary
grave or vault, adults
For every single interment in ordinary
grave or vault, children under 12 years
For reopening grave or vault for any in-
terment, adult or child

5s., on production of the original grant, and on
their producing sufficient and satisfactory evidence of
their authority to apply for the said transfer.

Loss or Destruction of Grants.
7. If at any time a grant of exclusive right of
burial should be lost or accidentally destroyed, a
duplicate grant may be obtained on application in
writing made to the Trustees, and on payment of a
fee of 10s. Persons applying for a duplicate
grant must give satisfactory written evidence of the
loss or destruction of the original grant, and of their
authority to apply for a duplicate grant. Should the
original grant be at any time found after the issue of
a duplicate, the duplicate must be at once returned
to the Trustees.

Duty Stamps for Grants, &c.
8. Parties applying for grants of exclusive right of
burial, or for transfers or duplicates of the same,
must, at their own cost, provide all necessary duty
stamps.

Flat Tombstones.
9. Relatives or friends of persons thus interred
will be allowed, on payment of 10s. in addition
to the usual burial fees, to place flat tombstones
on these graves. Provided always that plans of such
stones, together with copies of epitaph or other in-
scription, shall first be submitted to the Trustees and
be approved by them.

Sexton appointed.
10. A sexton will from time to time be appointed
by the Trustees, whose duty it will be to dig all
graves required in the cemetery; and no other
person will be allowed to dig any grave therein with-
out express permission in writing from the Trustees.

Depth of Graves.
11. All graves must be dug at least 6 feet deep;
but, in the event of any person requiring a greater
depth, an extra charge of 2s. will be made for every
additional foot.

Records and Books to be kept.
12. The Trustees shall keep or cause to be kept a
book, in which shall be entered from time to time the
number of every lot disposed of for the exclusive
right of burial, the name of the purchaser, and date
of disposal. They shall also keep a record of every
lot of ground used for the purpose of interment, the
name of the person interred, and date of burial.

Plan of Cemetery to be made.
13. As soon as possible after any portion of the
cemetery is laid out for the purpose of interments, a
complete plan thereof shall be made. The plan shall
be marked out in lots, and each lot shall be numbered,
and such lots shall be marked out by pegs in the
ground.

Plan and Record open for Inspection.
14. The record-book and plan of cemetery, when
prepared, shall be open for inspection to the public
any day, Sundays and holidays excepted, between
the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., on payment of a
fee of 1s. The fee for inspection will be remitted in
the case of persons applying for and taking out a
burial-warrant.

Burial-warrants to be issued.
15. In all cases of intended interment, the person
having management or control of the same shall
apply for a burial-warrant to the Trustees or other
person appointed to issue the same. The warrant
shall be in the form marked B annexed to these
regulations, and shall be given to the party applying
for the same upon payment of the fees before men-
tioned in rule 1.

£ s. d.
0 15 0

0 10 0

0 15 0

Any person desiring to have the exclusive right of
burial in perpetuity in any plot or plots can have the
same on the payment to the Trustees of the sum of
£1 sterling per plot, measuring 10 feet by 5 feet, for
such right over and above the burial charges.

Fences, Tombstones, &c., may be erected.
2. Persons purchasing the exclusive right of burial
may, by permission of the Trustees, fence in the
plots of ground allotted to them, and may erect tomb-
stones, headstones, or other monuments thereon.
Provided always that before any such fence, tomb-
stone, or other monument be erected, a plan thereof
and a copy of every proposed epitaph or other
inscription be submitted to the Trustees, and be duly
approved by them.

Trees and Shrubs to be planted only by Permission.
3. No person shall be allowed to plant in any
portion of the cemetery, or on any ground on which
the exclusive right of burial has been thus acquired,
except by express permission in writing from the
Trustees, any tall-growing shrub or tree; and any
shrub or tree planted in any portion of the cemetery,
or on any ground acquired for the exclusive right of
burial as aforesaid, may at any time be trimmed,
removed, or cut down by order of the Trustees.

Grants of exclusive Right of Burial.
4. Grants of exclusive right of burial in perpetuity
shall be made out in the form marked A. annexed to
these regulations, and shall only be made out in the
name of one particular person, to be named therein.

Transfers of Grants.
5. Any purchasers of exclusive right of burial in
perpetuity in any particular plot of ground in the
said cemetery, in which no interment shall have
taken place, may, by permission of the Trustees,
transfer his or her interest in the said plot of ground
to any other person upon payment being made to
the Trustees of a transfer fee of 5s. for every such
transfer, and on production to the Trustees of the
original grant.

Transfer of Grants on Death of Owner.
6. On the death of any person holding a grant of
exclusive right of burial in perpetuity, the grant may
be transferred to any other person applying to the