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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 80
with the rules and regulations for the time being in force
relating to the construction of vaults.
Dated this day of , 18
Trustee.

TAURANGA CEMETERY.-AUTHORITY TO REOPEN A VAULT.
To the Sexton.
THIS is to authorize , of , to reopen vault numbered
, situated on plot of ground numbered on the
plan of the Tauranga Cemetery, for the purpose of interment
of deceased person named in the accompanying burial-warrant.
Dated this day of , 18
Trustee.

For the Trustees,
SAMUEL L. CLARKE, Chairman.

Approved in Council, 25th September, 1882.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules for the Management of St. Mary's Roman
Catholic Cemetery, Wanganui.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1882.
THE following rules for the management of St.
Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, having been
submitted to His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government in Council, are published in accordance
with "The Cemeteries Management Act, 1877."
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ST. MARY'S ROMAN
CATHOLIC CEMETERY, WANGANUI.

(Framed in accordance with "The Cemeteries Man-
agement Act, 1877.)

The cemetery for the use of Roman Catholics, &c. Division
of it.

1. St. Mary's Cemetery is for the exclusive use of
   members of the Roman Catholic religion, and is go-
   verned and managed in accordance with the teachings
   and laws of the Roman Catholic Church. A map of
   the cemetery has been drafted. It is laid out in
   numbered blocks. Particular portions of the ground
   are set apart-(a.) For those wishing to have exclu-
   sive right of burial in a purchased plot; (b.) For
   infants not baptized; (c.) For baptized infants; (d.)
   For Catholics who die without right to Christian
   burial.

Grave-plot. Grave.
2. An ordinary grave-plot shall mean a piece of
ground 9 feet long by 4 feet wide, over all, i.e., mea-
sured outside of any concrete or stone or other
block, or bottom plate of fence. A mere grave shall
mean a parcel of ground 2 feet wide, by sufficient
length for the coffin for which it is intended.

Exclusive right of burial.
3. Persons wishing to have the exclusive right of
burial, in the portion of cemetery open from time to
time for this purpose, can purchase a grant for such
grave-plot as may be chosen. All grants shall be
made out in the form marked A annexed to these
rules, and shall be issued subject to these rules and
the conditions stated on grant.

Price of grave-plot.
4. The price of a grave-plot, for which a grant is
obtainable, shall be £2 5s. sterling, over and above
burial-fees, &c. Any ground required more than the
4 feet allowed for an ordinary grave-plot shall be paid
for at the rate of 15s. per foot (in width, by the usual
length of 9 feet over all).

Grant of grave-plot can be transferred.
5. A grant of grave-plot, if there has been no in-
terment in such plot, may be transferred by the owner
to another person, on obtaining the consent of the
Guardians of the cemetery, and paying the transfer
fee of 5s. In every such case the original grant is to
be handed over to the Guardians.

Transfer of grant in case of death.
6. On the death of any person holding a grant the
relatives or friends of the deceased may obtain a
transfer of the grant to another person, on handing
over the original grant, and showing to the Guardians
satisfactory proof of their authority to apply for such
transfer, and paying a fee of 5s.

Loss of grant.
7. In the case of destruction or loss of a grant,
a written application is to be made to the Guardians
for a new grant, which will be issued, if sufficient
written proof of the loss or destruction has been
given, on payment of a fee of 5s.

Fencing, tombstones, &c., when to be erected.
8. Any person who shall purchase a grant of grave-
plot is expected to fence such grave-plot within
twelve months from time of purchase thereof. A
tombstone, or headstone, or other suitable monument,
or a vault, may be erected within the boundaries of
purchased grave-plots, provided always that, before
any such tombstone, headstone, suitable monument,
or vault be erected, a plan thereof, and a copy of
every proposed text, epitaph, or other inscription,
intended to be put or cut thereon, shall be submitted
to the Guardians, and be duly approved by the parish
priest and the said Guardians.

A grave may be obtained.
9. When a grave-plot is not taken a grave may be
opened in the portion of ground allotted for use in
cases of this kind, provided the usual rules as to fees
to sexton, warrant, &c., are complied with.

Grave may be afterwards purchased.
10. When a person with authority for so doing
wishes to purchase a grave some time after the inter-
ment of a body in it, a grant may be obtained on
payment of the same fees as before stated as required
to be paid for a grant of grave-plot, and on the same
conditions. In such a case, if there is sufficient
ground to spare, 2 feet more may be added to the
size of grave, which is only 2 feet wide, thus making
a grave-plot 4 feet wide by usual length.

No fence, tomb, &c., allowed when there is no grant.
11. In the case of any grave for which a grant has
not been obtained, it is forbidden to erect any head-
stone, monument, fence, or anything of the kind.
Even on the grave of a very poor person a small iron
cross cannot be erected, except when written permis-
sion has been given by the Guardians.

No trees, plants, &c., to be planted.
12. It is strictly forbidden to plant shrubs or trees,
&c., in any part of the cemetery, or on any grave-
plot or grave, except when express permission in
writing has been obtained, and, in the case of grave-
plot, this permission has been indorsed on back of
grant; and every tree and shrub, &c., even when
planted with permission, in the cemetery, may at any
time be trimmed, cut down, or removed, by order of
the Guardians.

Record kept.
13. A record of all grants of grave-plots issued,
and of all graves in which interments have taken
place, with the number of block, &c., in which grave-
plot or grave is to be found in cemetery, shall be
kept.

Burial-warrant required for sexton, &c.
14. No grave or vault shall be opened except by
the sexton appointed by the Guardians, or by a person
by their special written permission. Neither the
sexton nor any other person shall open a grave or