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APPENDIX D.
COPY OF ORDER IN COUNCIL CLOSING PARISH CHURCHYARD
AND CHAPEL-OF-EASE BURIAL GROUNDS.
OAt the Court at Buckingham
Palace, the ist day of April,
1853-
present
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
IN COUNCIL.
Whereas, by an Act passed in tlie Session of Parliament
held in the 15th and 16th years of Her Majesty's reign, it is enacted
that in case it appears to Her Majesty in Council upon the representation
of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
that for the protection of the public health, burials in any part or
parts of the Metropolis, or in any Burial Ground or places of burial
in the Metropolis should be wholly discontinued, or should be
discontinued subject to any exception or qualification, it shall be lawful
for Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order
that from and after a time mentioned in the Order, burials in such
part or parts of the Metropolis, or in such Burial Grounds or places
of burial shall be discontinued wholly, or subject to any exceptions
or qualifications mentioned in such Order, and so from time to time as
circumstances may require, provided that notice of such representation,