Burning of joss-sticks and firing of crackers prohibited.
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(2) Application for permission to inter a corpse in any special section, not already provided for, shall be made in writing to the Secretary and shall be decided upon by such person or persons as the Council may appoint; if no such application is made, every corpse shall be buried in such position as the Chairman shall direct.
12. The burning of joss sticks and firing of crackers is prohibited in that portion of the Colonial Cemetery set apart under Ordinance No. 38 of 1909 for the burial of persons professing the Christian religion.
Lay-out.
Plans to be placed on view.
Monthly register to be kept.
Number of corpses per grave.
Each grave to be filled.
Reopening
of grave prohibited except with permission of Council.
Fees.
B. CHINESE CEMETERIES.
13. Each cemetery shall be laid out in sections of such size and arranged in such manner, and such cemetery or any part thereof may be set apart for re-interments after exhumation and for the storage of the remains in pots or urns, as may be directed by the Council.
14. A plan of each cemetery showing the various sections shall be on view at or near to the cemetery and at the offices of the Council.
15. A monthly register shall be kept in the Chinese language at or near each cemetery, and the date, name, sex and age of each person shall be entered therein against the number of the grave in which the corpse is interred. These registers shall be deposited at the office of the Council after a period of two years, and shall be filed there.
16. Except as regards the corpses of children under ten years of age, only one corpse shall be placed in one grave. In the case of the corpses of children under ten years of age, two corpses may be placed in one grave.
17. Each grave shall be filled in to the satisfaction of the Council.
18. Except on an order of a magistrate, no grave may be re- opened after a corpse has been interred therein without the written permission of the Council, nor (except where no charge has been made for the grave space) without the written consent of the next of kin of the person buried, if such next of kin can be found.
19. The following fees shall be charged for each grave space and interment or for storage in pots or urns of the exhumed remains of natives of Hong Kong or other persons buried in this Colony in the various sections of the cemeteries:-
:
Section A-free; 50 cents for digging and filling in each grave.
Section B-$1, and $1 for digging and filling in each grave.
Section C-$2, and $1 for digging and filling in each grave.
Section D-(1) for 4 square feet.. (2) for 15 square feet..
$ 5.00
$10.00
(3) for every additional 15 square feet up to
75 square feet
$10.00
Areas of
20. The areas of the grave spaces in the various sections shall not grave spaces. exceed the following dimensions :-
Depth of grave.
Exemption
Section A.-7 feet long by 24 feet wide with 18 inches interspaces. Section B.-71⁄2 feet long by 24 feet wide with 18 inches interspaces. Section C.-8 feet long by 3 feet wide with 18 inches interspaces. Section D.-75 square feet with 18 inches interspaces.
21. Each grave shall be dug to a depth of at least 5 feet with the exception of the graves of children under 10 years of age which need not exceed 4 feet in depth.
22. The foregoing by-laws shall not apply to the Chinese Per- of Aberdeen manent Cemetery at Aberdeen.
Cemetery.