BLACKS CEMETERY RULES AND REGULATIONS.

The following Rules and Regulations have been submitted to the Superintendent and Executive Council, in terms of the Cemeteries Reserves Ordinance, 1864, and are published for general information, 28th August, 1874:—

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 monument, vault, or tombstone, according to the terms of such permission, and for the sole and separate use of such person or persons, heirs, near relations, and friends, for ever.

3. Applications for such permission must be made to the Secretary, or one of the Trustees. A certificate of such permission 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 cost 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 any other necessary information, 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 1st 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 funerals will be allowed to take place between the hours of 7 o’clock p.m. and 6 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.

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

14. 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.

15. 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 same; and such person shall be proceeded against, according to the provisions of the “Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864.”

16. 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.

17. All ordinary meetings of the managers shall be held on the first Wednesday of each quarter, at 7 o’clock p.m.; special meetings may at any time be called by the Secretary.

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

Managers:
John KITCHENS,
Michael FITZGERALD,
Robert RYAN,
Samuel LEASK.

SCHEDULE A.

CHARGES.
PUBLIC GRAVES.

• Single interment in open ground ... 1 0 0
• Do. do. of children under 5 years ... 0 10 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 or register ... 0 1 0

SUPREME COURT.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that a Sitting of the Supreme Court, for the despatch of Criminal and Civil Business, will be held at the Supreme Court House at Dunedin, on Monday, the Fifth day of October next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons bound by recognizances to appear as prosecutors, plaintiffs, defendants, or witnesses, are required to give their attendance.

EDWARD H. WARD,
Registrar.
Supreme Court Office, Dunedin,
1st September, 1874.

SUPREME COURT CIRCUIT SITTING.

NOTICE is hereby Given, that a Circuit Court Sitting of the Supreme Court for the despatch of Criminal and Civil business, will be held in the Court House at Lawrence, on Tuesday, the 15th day of September next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon; at which time and place all persons bound by recognizances or otherwise to appear as prosecutors, plaintiffs, defendants, or witnesses are required to give their attendance.

A MENDED NOTICE.

WHALING BONUS, £500.

Open until the first day of Nov. 1874.
THE Provincial Government will pay £250 by way of Bonus to the first vessel which leaves the Province fully equipped for a whaling cruise, provided such vessel shall leave on or before the 1st day of November 1874; also £250 on her returning to the Province with a cargo of oil; provided that such vessel is owned in, and sails from a port within the Province. Vessel not to be under 150 tons. Provided also that she carries at least five boys as apprentices. Bonus will be paid on production of certificate from the Harbour Master that these provisions have been complied with.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.
Dunedin 7th July 1874.

NOTICE.—ATHENEUMS.

A SUM of £1500 having been voted by the Provincial Council to assist in providing buildings to be used as Athenæums in localities where no such buildings have as yet been erected.

It is hereby notified to those desirous of participating.