[ANDERSON'S BAY CEMETERY REGULATIONS]

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 Managers, and approved of by them.

13. No servant or any other person employed by or engaged in any duty on behalf of the Managers, shall receive any gratuity, under penalty of dismissal.

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, shall be kept by the Secretary, and may be inspected on payment of the charge mentioned in Schedule A; and registers of all grants shall be kept by the Secretary.

16. The Sexton shall have power to expel from the cemetery, or to 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 Reserve Management Ordinance, 1864.”

17. No funeral will be allowed to take place in the Cemetery without a certificate from a Deputy Registrar of Deaths, or the Coroner holding the inquest or inquiry, or a Magistrate; and 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, and two of the Managers shall form a quorum, who are empowered to do all matters and things which the Managers are authorised to do.

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

ADAM BEGG,
WILLIAM SANDERSON,
THOMAS WHITE,
J. H. POPHAM,
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 6 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 0 0
• Charge for copy of Register ... 0 1 0
• Charge for inspecting plan of Register ... 0 1 0

SCHEDULE B—FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RIGHT OF BURIAL IN THE ANDERSON'S BAY CEMETERY

On the application of and upon the payment of the sum of , which is hereby acknowledged to have been received, the Managers of the Anderson’s Bay Cemetery, in terms of and as authorized 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 Managers, with permission to erect or place on the said piece of ground a tombstone or monument on payment of such charges as may from time to time be established.

And it is hereby declared that the said shall be entitled to have, maintain, and keep up such vault, tombstone, or monument, according to the terms of this permission, to and for the sole and separate use of the said and his or her 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, tombstone, or monument shall be placed or erected on said piece of ground until a plan thereof shall have been exhibited to the said Managers, and their authority given for the erection thereof.

Third, that the said grave or vault, and the said wall or fence, building, tombstone, or monument, shall be maintained and kept up by the said ___, and his or her heirs, relatives, and friends, in proper repair, to the satisfaction of the Managers.

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 Managers of the said Cemetery may from time to time make with the consent of the Superintendent, 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 fixed by the said Managers.

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 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. No. 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.

[Signature of Manager or Managers.]