HIS Honor the Deputy-Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Mr. Henry Manders

to be a Manager of the Public Cemetery at Queenstown, vice John William Pritchard, deceased.

Frederick J. Moss,
For Provincial Secretary.
24th August, 1866.

HIS Honor the Deputy-Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint the following persons, viz:—

Adam Begg,
Wm. Sanderson,
James Henry Popham,
Thomas White,

to be Managers of the Reserve set aside for the purpose of a Public Cemetery in Anderson’s Bay District, by the “Cemeteries Reserves Ordinance, 1864.”

Frederick J. Moss,
For Provincial Secretary.
28th August, 1866.

GAZETTE.—There was a Gazette, No. 435, published on Friday last.

THE following Rules and Regulations have been submitted to the Superintendent and Executive Council, in terms of the “Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864,” and are published for general information.
28th August, 1866.

QUEENSTOWN CEMETERY—RULES AND REGULATIONS.

1. All charges must be paid when orders are given.

2. Any person or persons making a vault, or erecting and placing a monument in the Cemetery, by and with the permission of the Trustees, under these Rules, and upon the payment of the charges therein mentioned, is entitled to have, maintain, and keep up such vault, monument, or tombstone, according to the terms of such permission, to and for the sole and separate use of such person or persons, heirs, near relations, and friends, for ever.

3. Application for such permission must be made to the Secretary, or one of the Trustees. A certificate of such permission, in the form set out in Schedule B, will be granted to the party applying for such permission, on payment of the charges in Schedule A.

4. The costs and charges will be remitted on the burial of any poor person in such Cemetery, on the certificate of a minister of religion, or other evidence, proving to the satisfaction of the Trustees that such person was a pauper, or that the relations and friends of the deceased were unable to pay the costs and charges.

5. Orders for interment must be given to the Sexton at least six working hours prior to the hour fixed for the funeral, otherwise an extra charge will be made (see Schedule A). No free interment will be allowed without the above notice of six hours.

6. The Trustees will cause all ordinary graves to be dug, but parties wanting brick graves or vaults will be required to construct them under the direction of a Surveyor (appointed by the Trustees), and in case interment is to be made in any private grave or vault, the consent (in writing) of the party entitled thereto must be left with the order.

7. The name, age, the late place of residence, and probable cause of death of the deceased, and other information, as per Schedule C, must be stated at the time of giving the order.

8. The time fixed for the funeral must be the time when the procession is to be at the Cemetery, and the same must be punctually observed.

9. Until otherwise ordered, the usual hours fixed for funerals will be from 8 o’clock a.m. to 5 o’clock p.m., from the first day of September to the 30th day of April, and from 8 o’clock a.m. to 4 o’clock p.m. in the other four months of the year, except on Sundays, when the usual and only funerals will be from 2 to 5 o’clock p.m. throughout the year. No funeral will be allowed to take place between the hours of 7 o’clock p.m. and 7 o’clock a.m.

10. All monuments, vaults, graves, and gravestones must be kept in repair and proper condition by and at the expense of the owners.

11. Every coffin in a vault or brick grave must be bricked in, cemented, and covered by a slab of stone, slate, or iron, and every coffin in a private grave must have on the lid a metal plate with the name of the deceased stamped or painted thereon.

12. A drawing of every stone, tomb, pedestal, and plan of every fence, monument, or tablet, proposed to be erected, and a copy of every epitaph or inscription must be submitted to the trustees for approval.

13. No servant or other person employed by, or engaged in any duty in behalf of the Trustees will be permitted to receive any gratuity for the discharge thereof.

14. The ground will be open daily to the public from sunrise to sunset.

15. A plan of the Cemetery, showing the situation of the graves, is kept by the Secretary, and may be inspected at the charge set out in Schedule A; and registers of all grants are kept by the Secretary.

16. The Sexton has orders to turn out or take into custody (as the case may require), any person who shall behave indecorously, or commit any trespass or injury to the trees, flowers, or erections, or otherwise infringe the Ordinance relating to the Cemetery, or the Regulations for the protection of the same; and such person shall be proceeded against according to the provisions of the “Cemeteries Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864.”

17. No funeral will be allowed to take place in the Cemetery without a certificate from a Deputy-registrar or Coroner holding an inquest or inquiry, or a Magistrate. Such certificate must be delivered to the Sexton at the Cemetery, before the funeral enters the gates.

18. All ordinary meetings of the Managers shall be held on the first Monday of each month, at 8 o’clock p.m.; special meetings may at any time be called by the Secretary.

19. The Trustees reserve the right to make any alterations from time to time in these charges and Regulations.

Denis Powel,
Samuel Worth,
Bendix Hallenstein,
Duncan Matheson,
Hendry Manders,
Managers.

Schedule A—Charges.

Public Graves.

Single interment in open ground ... £1 0 0
Do. do. of children under 5 years ... 0 10 0
Do. do. of still-born children ... 0 5 0

Private Graves.

Special land for family graves, for each block of 8 feet by 4 feet as per plan ... £2 2 0
Sinking each grave 6 feet ... 1 0 0
Do. for each additional foot ... 0 5 0
Do. for children under six years ... 0 10 0
Re-opening each grave or vault ... 1 0 0
Certificate of right of burial in all private graves ... 0 2 6

Miscellaneous Charges.

For all interments that take place not in the usual hours, or of which six hours’ notice has not been given, an extra charge of ... 0 10 6
If a public grave, an extra charge of ... 0 10 6
If a private grave, an extra charge of ... 1 1 0
Charge for copy of register ... 0 1 0
Charge for inspecting plan or register ... 0 1 0

Schedule B—Form of Certificate of Right of Burial in the Queenstown Cemetery.

On the application of ... and upon payment of the sum of ...