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3. Class II., being ground of which the perpetual and exclusive right may be acquired; but the purchaser shall not have right to enclose the same, or to erect a monument thereon other than a flat stone laid horizontally, with inscription, or marked out by corner stones with initials or figures; provided that these horizontal or corner stones do not rise more than six inches above the surface of the adjoining ground. A portion of land of this Class shall be staked off into Lots for single graves, 8 feet by 6, having a frontage to the road, and directly opposite the Lots of the 1st Class. The price of each Lot shall be—for one Lot 15s.; two Lots, £1 5s.

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

4. Class III., being a portion of ground which has been set aside for the interment of such persons as are not purchasers of, and have not acquired, a right to private ground. On ground of this Class no monuments or memorials whatever shall be allowed, and no grave shall, under any circumstances, be opened for any new interment sooner than after the expiry of Five Years from the time of the first or last interment, as the case may be.

General Regulations.

5. All graves to be six feet deep, but in the event of the purchasers of private ground desiring a greater depth, an extra charge of 3s. shall be made for every foot more than 8 feet deep.

6. The Managers shall provide all necessary furniture and attendance for properly conducting interments.

7. Any purchasers of private ground, in which no interment shall have taken place, may transfer his or her interest in said ground to any other person, upon payment being made to the Clerk for the time being, of a fee of 5s. for such transfer.

8. A Plan of the Cemetery shall be prepared, showing particularly the Lots so laid off, together with the numbers thereof.

9. The Clerk 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.

10. The Clerk 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 and selection of the Lots mentioned therein.

11. In all cases of intended interment the person having the management or control of the same shall apply to the Clerk 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—

In 2nd Class Private or Purchased Ground—

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

12. The said warrant, when received by the Grave-digger, shall be sufficient authority to him for such interment.

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

14. The Manager shall publish a statement once a year, showing the amounts received and paid by them on account of the Cemetery.

15. The said Record Book shall be open for the inspection of the public, on paying a fee of 1s. for each inspection.

For and by authority of the Manager,

William Martin.

ELECTION NOTICE.

ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF THE GOLD FIELDS.

In pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,” I, Henry Wipper Robinson, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of the Gold Fields of Otago, do hereby give notice that by virtue of a Writ bearing date the twenty-eighth day of April, 1865, issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, an Election will be held for the return of a qualified person to serve as a Member of the House of Representatives for the said Electoral District, and that the said nomination of Candidates will take place at the Court House, Lawrence, Tuapeka, on Monday, the twenty-second day of May, 1865, at 12 o’clock noon, and that the Poll (if necessary) will be taken on Monday, the twenty-ninth day of May, 1865.

Dated this ninth day of May, 1865.

H. W. Robinson,

Returning Officer.

The following places are Polling Places for the Electoral District of the Gold Fields of Otago:—

• The Court House, Clyde
• Lawrence
• Queenstown
• Waitahuna
• Waipori
• Mount Benger
• Arrow
• Alexandra
• Hamilton
• Mount Ida
• Maori Point
• Hindon
• Cromwell
• The Camp, Dunstan Creek
• Nokomai
• Cardrona
• Nevis
• Hyde
• Blackstone Hill