Otago Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 69

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✨ Cemetery Regulations



  1. The Clerk to the Town Board for the time being shall keep a Book; in which he shall enter, from time to time, the number of every lot sold, the name of the purchaser thereof, together with the date of the sale of the same, and shall keep a Record of the Burials in the Cemetery.

  2. The Clerk to the Town Board for the time being shall receive the purchase-money for the sale of such lots, and shall give a receipt for the same, which receipt shall be held conclusive evidence of the purchase mentioned and selection of the lots therein.

  3. In all cases of intended interment the person having the management or control of the same shall apply to the Clerk of the Town Board for the time being for a warrant for such interment, which warrant the said Clerk is hereby authorised to grant upon payment to him of the following fees, viz.:

In 1st Class Private or Purchased Ground—

Above 10 years of Age. Under 10 years of Age.
Digging Grave £0 15 0 £0 7 6
Attendance and
Dressing Ground 0 7 6 0 4 0
Warrant 0 5 0 0 2 6
Recording 0 2 6 0 2 6
£1 10 0 £0 15 6

In 2nd Class Private or Purchased Ground—

Above 10 years of Age. Under 10 years of Age.
Digging Grave £0 10 0 £0 5 0
Attendance, &c. 0 5 0 0 2 6
Warrant 0 5 0 0 2 6
Recording 0 2 6 0 2 6
£1 2 6 £0 12 6

In the 3rd Class, or Public Ground, the same Fees will be charged as in 2nd Class Purchased Ground.

  1. The said warrant, when received by the Gravedigger, shall be sufficient authority to him for such interment.

  2. The monies arising from the sale of such lots, and the said Fees, shall (after deducting thereout all necessary expenses incurred, and to be incurred) be expended in improving the Cemetery.

  3. The Town Board shall publish a statement once a year, shewing the amounts received and paid by them on account of the Cemetery.

  4. The said Record Book shall be open for the inspection of the public, on paying a fee of 2s. 6d. for each inspection.

J. M’GLASHAN,
Deputy-Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 20th March, 1858.

Printed for the Provincial Government by D. CAMPBELL, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.




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🏘️ Rules and Regulations for Dunedin Southern Cemetery (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
20 March 1858
Cemetery, Regulations, Dunedin, Burial, Management, Fees, Interment
  • J. McGlashan, Deputy-Superintendent