Cemetery Rules and Regulations




1058
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

  1. In all cases of intended interment, the person
    having the management or control of the same shall
    apply to the Clerk to the cemetery for the time being
    for a warrant for such interment, which warrant the
    Clerk is hereby authorized to grant, upon payment to
    him of the following fees, viz.:—
Above 10 Years. Under 10 Years.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Digging grave 0 12 6 0 7 6
Attendance and
dressing grave 0 5 0 0 4 0
Warrant 0 5 0 0 2 6
Recording 0 2 6 0 2 6
£1 5 0 £0 16 6

The said warrant, when received by the grave-digger,
shall be sufficient authority to him for each in-
terment.

  1. The cost 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
    there are no funds applicable, and no person liable
    for the payment of costs and charges.

  2. Orders for interment must be given to the
    sexton at least six working 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 six hours. The following
    particulars must accompany the order :—

Name of deceased:
Age:
Denomination:
Officiating minister:
Day and hour of funeral:
If unpurchased ground:
Number of plot (if private ground) :
Required depth (if more than 6 feet):

  1. That, until otherwise ordered, funerals will only
    be allowed between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
    except on Sundays, when the hours will be from
    2 p.m. till 5 p.m.

  2. All monuments, graves, and gravestones must
    be kept in repair and proper condition by and at the
    expense of the owners.

  3. The record-book shall be open for the inspection
    of the public on paying a fee of 1s. for each in-
    spection.

Adopted this 18th day of January, 1879.

For the Trustees,
W. L. WILLIAMS,
Chairman.

Approved in Council, 29th July, 1879.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules and Regulations for Kirwee Cemetery,
County of Selwyn.

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

THE following rules and regulations of the Kirwee
Cemetery, County of Selwyn, have been sub-
mitted to His Excellency the Governor in Council,
and are published in accordance with "The Cemetries
Management Act, 1877."

G. S. WHITMORE.

RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE KIRWEE
CEMETERY.

The following rules and regulations made under the
provisions of "The Cemeteries Management Act,
1877," have been adopted by the Trustees of the
Kirwee Cemetery, this 8th day of July, 1879:—

  1. Such portions of the Kirwee Cemetery as may
    from time to time be fenced in for that purpose shall
    be divided as follows, viz.: First into portions of the
    said cemetery in which the exclusive right of burial
    in perpetuity may be acquired, in plots of ground 9
    feet by 4 feet superficial measurement, marked out
    for that purpose, and approved by the Trustees. The
    exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in such plots
    of ground may be sold by the Trustees to persons
    applying for the same at 10s. per plot.

  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, headstone, or other monument be erected, a
    plan thereof and a copy of every epitaph or other
    inscription be submitted to the Trustees and be duly
    approved by them.

  3. No person shall be allowed to plant, in any por-
    tion of the cemetery, or on ground on which the ex-
    clusive right of burial has been thus acquired, except
    by express permission in writing from the Trustees,
    any tall-growing shrub or tree; or any shrub or tree
    planted in any portion of the cemetery, or on 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.

  4. Grants of exclusive right of burial in perpetuity
    shall be made out in the form marked A annexed to
    these regulations, on payment of a fee of 1s., and
    shall only be made out in the name of one particular
    person, to be named therein.

  5. Any purchaser 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.

  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
    Trustees for such transfer, on payment of a fee of
    1s., on production of the original grant, and on their
    providing sufficient and satisfactory evidence of their
    authority to apply for the said transfer.

  7. If at any time a grant of exclusive right of burial
    should be lost or accidentally destroyed, a duplicate
    grant can be obtained on application in writing made
    to the Trustees, and on payment of a fee of 5s. Per-
    sons applying for a duplicate grant must give satisfac-
    tory 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.

  8. Parties applying for grants of exclusive right of
    burial, or for transfer or duplicate of the same, must
    at their own cost provide all necessary duty stamps.

  9. The second division of the cemetery shall
    comprise plots of land set apart for the inter-
    ment of such persons whose surviving relations or
    friends are unable, in the opinion of the Trustees,
    to purchase the exclusive right of burial in perpetuity
    in any part of the cemetery. No grave of this
    description shall, under any circumstances, be opened
    for any new interment sooner than after the expira-
    tion of at least five years from the date of last
    interment. Surviving relations or friends of those
    interred in such plots of ground may at any time
    purchase exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in
    such plots under clause 4.



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Cemetery management, Fees, Interment, Grave digging, Trustees, Poverty Bay
  • W. L. Williams, Chairman
  • FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
30 July 1879
Kirwee Cemetery, Selwyn County, Burial rights, Fees, Trustees, 1877 Act
  • G. S. WHITMORE