β¨ Cemetery Rules and Elections
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Time of Funerals.
17. 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 to 5 in the afternoon.
Fences, Headstones, &c., to be kept in repair by surviving
Owners.
18. All fences, enclosures, tombstones, headstones,
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 order of
the Trustees.
Vaults.
19. Persons purchasing the exclusive right of burial
in perpetuity in any plot of ground in the cemetery
may, by permission of the Trustees, excavate the
same within 1 foot of their outside boundaries for
the purpose of constructing a vault. Before any
work is commenced towards the construction of any
vault, the plan and specification of the work con-
nected therewith shall be submitted to the Trustees
for approval, and no work shall be commenced until
such approval has been obtained.
Construction of Vaults.
20. All vaults shall be lined throughout with brick-
work or concrete, and covered in with arched brick-
work, concrete, or stone set in cement. The depth,
length, and breadth of vault shall be according to
agreement with the Trustees. The entrance to the
vault shall be either by a stone at the top or by an
iron door. In all cases entrances shall be securely
fastened, and all work done to the satisfaction of the
Trustees.
Coffins for Vault.
21. Coffins for vaults must be lined with lead or
other approved metal, to be firmly and securely
soldered. Coffins may be laid in vaults and covered
in with concrete or cement, so as to prevent the
escape of any noxious vapour.
Labour, &c., to be approved by Trustees.
22. All labour, materials, and tools required for
constructing vaults, or for excavating for vaults, must
be provided by the parties applying for the same.
Work, &c., of reopening Vaults to be approved by Trustees.
23. All labour, materials, and tools required for
reopening vaults for interments, and for reclosing
the same, must be provided by the party owning the
vault, and must be approved by the Trustees.
Vaults must be kept in repair by surviving Owner.
24. All vaults must be kept in proper order and
repair by the surviving owner. If at any time they
become out of proper order and repair, the Trustees
may give the owner fourteen days' notice to repair
the same, by leaving such notice at the last known
place of abode of the owner or his agent; and if the
owner fails to do or cause to be done the required
repairs within the fourteen days above mentioned,
the Trustees may at any time cause all the necessary
repairs to be done, and no interment shall thereafter
be allowed in such vault until all costs and charges
of such repairs have been paid to the Trustees.
No Interment to take place in Vault without Warrant.
25. No interment shall be permitted in any vault
until the party requiring to open such vault for in-
terment has obtained a burial-warrant as provided
for ordinary burials, which warrant shall be sufficient
authority for the vault named therein to be opened.
All Charges and Fees to be paid in advance.
26. All charges made for any matter or thing con-
nected with or relating to the cemetery shall be paid
in advance.
Fences may be removed.
27. In the case of all persons interred in the Wai-
nui Cemetery previous to the 1st day of January,
1882, 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 exclu-
sive right of burial in perpetuity is not required, it
shall be lawful for the Trustees at any time to
remove or alter the position of any of the said fences
whenever it may be found necessary to do so.
Bodies not to be disinterred.
28. No body shall be disinterred or removed from
the said cemetery, except by order of a Coroner,
without express permission in writing from the
Trustees.
A.
FORM OF GRANT. (Number of grant.)
Colony of New Zealand, } GRANT of exclusive right of burial in
County of Waitemata, } perpetuity in the public cemetery at
to wit. Wainui, 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 ceme-
tery :-
In consideration of the sum of pounds shillings and
pence sterling, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
the undersigned Trustees of the Wainui Cemetery hereby grant
unto , of
the exclusive right of burial in per-
petuity in plot of ground in the said cemetery, numbered
on the plan of the said cemetery, and containing by admeasure-
ment
, one thousand
eight hundred and
.
Witness hand this day of
FORM OF TRANSFER.
THE within grant of exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in
the public cemetery at Wainui has been duly transferred
to the under-mentioned parties, by permission of the Trus-
tees of the said cemetery, on the days and dates hereunder
written :-
Transferred from
Name in full.
Residence.
Transferred to
Name in full.
Residence.
Date of Transfer.
Signatures of Trustees.
Folio in Record-book.
B.
FORM of burial-warrant for interment of persons in the public
cemetery at Wainui, County of Waitemata, New Zealand :-
To the Sexton.
You are hereby authorized to prepare a grave according to
the following particulars, viz. :-
Adopted this 15th day of January, 1882.
For the Trustees,
WILLIAM WATKINSON, Chairman.
Approved in Council, 19th June, 1882.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Licensing Committees elected.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th June, 1882.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the several Returning Officers, that
the under-mentioned persons have been duly elected
to be the Licensing Committees for the districts set
opposite their names respectively :-
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Rules for the Management of the Wainui Cemetery, County of Waitemata
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ποΈ Provincial & Local Government19 June 1882
Cemetery, Wainui, Waitemata, Rules, Vaults, Burials, Fences, Forms
- William Watkinson, Chairman
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
ποΈ Notice of elected Licensing Committees for various districts
ποΈ Provincial & Local Government19 June 1882
Licensing Committees, Elections, Returning Officers
NZ Gazette 1882, No 57