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189
Report of the Burial Board
The Board report that the total number of interments
for the year 1888-9 was 3690. The appendix is a detailed
account of such interments.
private graves, etc.
In consequence of the great increase in the number of
interments, both Parishioners and non-Parishioners, and the
purchase of private graves by the latter, the Board, after
much consideration, deemed it expedient to pass a resolution
that the Cemetery should, for the future, be reserved for
the exclusive use of the Parishioners ; the resolution not to
effect the right to interment of non-Parishioners in graves
previously purchased.
roads and pathways.
The road and pathways requiring considerable repairs,
the Board advertised for tenders, and that of Messrs.
Mowlem & Co. for £411 being the lowest was accepted, and
the work has been completed to the satisfaction of the
Board; the drains, being found insufficient to carry off the
water, have been replaced by larger ones, where required, and
thoroughly repaired throughout, at a cost of over £300.
The Board have had to meet the precept from the
Vestry for £770 3s. for the paving of Underhill Road.