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Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and other monuments must be kept in proper order and repair by the surviving holders of the grant or relatives of the deceased. All wooden or other fences left in a state of decay or broken down may at any time be removed from the cemetery by the order of the Trustees within a reasonable time after notice of the same has been given to the holder of the grant.

Vaults.

21. Vaults may be constructed by special arrangement with the Trustees.

Fences may be removed.

22. In the case of all persons interred in the Little Akaloa cemetery previous to the 1st June, 1880, and whose surviving relatives and 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 exclusive 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 the Trustees may think it necessary to do so.

JOHN BEILBY BARKER, Chairman,
HENRY MCINTOSH,
GEORGE ASHTON,
HENRY BENNETT,
Trustees.

A.

(Number of grant).
Colony of New Zealand, ) GRANT of exclusive right of burial in
County of Akaroa, ) perpetuity in the public cemetery at
to wit. ) Little Akaloa, in said county, issued
under the provisions of "The Cemeteries Management Act, 1877," 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
Trustees of Little Akaloa Cemetery, hereby grant unto
of , the exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in
pareol of ground in the said cemetery, numbered
on the plan of the said cemetery, and containing by
admeasurement
Witness our hands this day of
one thousand eight hundred and eighty

The within grant of exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in the public cemetery at Little Akaloa has been duly transferred to the under-mentioned parties by permission of the Trustees of the said cemetery on the days and the dates hereunder written :—

B.

FORM of burial-warrant for interment of persons in the public cemetery at Little Akaloa, County of Akaroa, 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 , 188 .
Trustee.

Approved in Council, 16th November, 1880.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Certificate of Execution.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th November, 1880.

THE following certificate and declaration are published in conformity with the provisions of "The Execution of Criminals Act, 1858."

WM. ROLLESTON.

Certificate.

I, ROBERT BURNS, the Medical Officer in attendance at the execution of Ah Lee, at the Gaol of Dunedin, do hereby certify and declare that I have this day witnessed the execution of the said Ah Lee at the said gaol; and I do further certify and declare that the said Ah Lee was, in pursuance of the sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand, this fifth day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, at the Gaol at Dunedin.
ROBERT BURNS, F.R.C.S. Edin.

Declaration.

We do hereby testify and declare that we have this day been present when the extreme penalty of the law was carried into execution on the body of Ah Lee, convicted at the criminal session of the Supreme Court, held at Dunedin on the fourth day of October last, and sentenced to death; and that the said Ah Lee was, in pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Dated this fifth day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, at the Gaol of Dunedin.

Colin McK. GORDON, Sheriff.
James CALDWELL, Gaoler.
Robert CONEYS, Turnkey.
Joseph BAXTER.
Michael DONNELLY.
W. A. LIGHTBOURNE, M.B., &c.
W. WINCHESTER.
W. S. ROBERTS, M.R.C.S. Eng.
Wm. STUART.
John CURLE.
Thomas MARTIN.
J. NEWTON WATT, Visiting Justice.

Altered Rates of Commission on Money Orders issued on United Kingdom.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1880.

IN virtue of the powers delegated by His Excellency the Governor to the Postmaster-General under "The Post Office Act, 1858," notice is hereby given that, on and after the 1st December next, the commission on Money Orders issued in New Zealand on the United Kingdom will be charged according to the following scale :—

JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.