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RULES AND REGULATIONS

Made in pursuance of Section III. of the “Cemeteries Ordinance, 1863,” for the management of the

INVERCARGILL CEMETERY.

1. A portion of the cemetery shall be divided into three Classes, viz.—

2. CLASS A. being ground of which the perpetual and exclusive right may be acquired, with the privilege of inclosing the ground, and of erecting headstones or other monuments thereon. A portion of ground of this class shall be staked off into lots of 8 feet by 10. These lots shall be sold for £1 10s. each.

3. CLASS B. These lots shall be 8 feet by 4, and shall be sold for 20s. each; permission shall be given to fence the lots in either of those classes on payment of a fee of £1 10s. for each lot, or to erect a memorial stone on any of them on payment of a fee of 10s.

4. CLASS C. 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 fencing or other obstruction rising more than 1 foot above the surface 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. Flat tomb stones will be allowed on payment of a fee of 5s.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

5. All graves to be 6 feet deep, but in the event of the purchasers of private ground desiring a greater depth, an extra charge of 3s. 6d. shall be made for every foot more than 6 feet deep in 1st class graves, and 3s. per foot in 2nd class graves.

6. The Clerk 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 of the Cemetery, for the time being, of a fee of 2s. 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 to the cemetery 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 sale of the same, and shall keep a record of the burials in the Cemetery.

10. The Clerk to the Cemetery 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 of the Cemetery 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 Classes A. and B. Private or Purchased Ground.

In Class C. Public Ground.

For Paupers no charge shall be made for the Warrant or for Recording.

12. The said warrant, when received by the gravedigger, 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 thereout all necessary expenses incurred, and to be incurred) be expended in improving the Cemetery.

14. The Clerk shall publish a statement once a year, shewing the amounts received and paid by him on account of the Cemetery.

15. The said Record Book shall be open for the inspection of the public, on paying a fee of 2s. 6d. for each inspection.

J. A. R. MENZIES,
Superintendent
Of the Province of Southland.
Superintendent’s Office,
Invercargill, 24th November, 1864.