Otago Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 436

Page 169

✨ Cemetery Regulations and Land Sales



[Queenstown Cemetery Grant]

is hereby acknowledged to have been received, the Trustees of the Queenstown Cemetery, in terms of and as authorised by the “Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864,” have agreed to grant, and do hereby grant unto the said

permission to dig or make a grave or vault on that piece of ground, feet long by __ feet broad, lying within that portion of the said Cemetery, appropriated for burials, and marked No. __ compartment on the plan of the said Cemetery, kept by the said Trustees, with permission to erect or place on the said piece of ground a monument or tombstone, on payment of such charges as may be from time to time established: And it is hereby declared that the said shall be entitled to have, maintain, and keep up such vault, monument, or tombstone, according to the terms of this permission, and for the sole and separate use of the said and his or her or their heirs and near relations forever; provided always, and it is hereby declared, that this grant is made subject to the terms and conditions following, viz.:—First, that the said piece of ground shall be kept and used by the said his heirs, near relations, and friends, solely as a burying place, and that no other use shall be made thereof. Second, that no enclosing wall, fence, building, monument, or tombstone shall be erected or placed on said piece of ground until a plan thereof shall have been exhibited to the said Trustees, and their authority given for the erection thereof. Third, that the said grave or vault, and the said wall or fence, building, monument, or tombstone, shall be maintained and kept up by the said and his or her heirs, relations, and friends, in proper repair, to the satisfaction of the Trustees. Fourth, that the said and his or her heirs and near relatives and friends shall, in the use of the said piece of ground, and access thereto, be subject in every respect to such Rules and Regulations as the Trustees of the said Cemetery may from time to time make; and shall not be entitled to exercise the right to bury or inter therein, except on payment of such charges as shall from time to time be established by the said Trustees.

Dated this __ day of __ 186__.

[Signature of Manager or Managers.]

SCHEDULE C.—Form of Instructions for Graves.

Answers to be written opposite to the following questions at the time of giving orders:

  1. What Denomination ?
  2. Name of the deceased ?
  3. Late place of residence of deceased ?
  4. Rank of deceased ?
  5. Age of deceased ?
  6. Where born ?
  7. Minister to officiate ?
  8. Day of funeral ?
  9. What hour ?
  10. Number of grave on plan issued ?
  11. If a public grave ?
  12. If special land for private graves, what width ?
  13. If a family vault or brick grave, what width ?
  14. What depth ?
  15. If first or second interment ?
  16. Nature of disease, or supposed cause of death ?

Signature of __
Representative (or undertaker).

Orders received this __ day of __ 186 at ____ o’clock.

[Signatures of Manager or Managers.]

RETURN OF THE SALE OF RURAL LANDS IN THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1866.

Hundreds. No. of Section No. of Purchasers Acreage. Amount Realised. Average Price per Acre. Average Acreage per Purchaser. Remarks.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. A. R. P.
Oamaru 29 8 1735 1 20 1293 17 6 1 0 0 216 3 7 1 purchase above 500A.
Otepopo 76 29 4558 0 12 9602 17 6 2 2 1 157 0 28 2 purchases above 500A.
Moeraki 7 4 989 0 23 989 0 0 1 0 0 232 1 5
Hawksbury 2 1 81 0 0 81 0 0 1 0 0 81 0 0
Dunedin 3 3 140 0 0 140 0 0 1 0 0 46 2 26
East Taieri 1 1 40 0 0 40 0 0 1 0 0 40 0 0
Waihola 2 2 151 2 20 151 10 0 1 0 0 75 3 10
South Tokomairiro 11 3 577 2 16 577 2 6 1 0 0 144 1 24
North Tokomairiro 4 4 170 2 0 170 10 0 1 0 0 56 3 13
West Clutha 1 1 67 0 27 67 2 6 1 0 0 67 0 27
Pomahaka 8 2 162 2 3 169 7 6 1 0 6 81 1 3
Waitahuna 4 2 205 3 30 205 17 6 1 0 0 102 3 33
Total 149 60 8279 0 3 13921 5 0

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin,

W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.



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🏘️ Queenstown Cemetery Grant (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Cemetery, Grant, Burial, Monument, Trustees
  • Signature of Manager or Managers

🏘️ Schedule C—Form of Instructions for Graves

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Cemetery, Burial, Grave, Instructions, Undertaker
  • Signature of Manager or Managers

🗺️ Return of the Sale of Rural Lands in the Province of Otago

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Rural Lands, Otago, Acreage, Revenue
  • W. H. Cutten, Chief Commissioner