CEMETERY FOR AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4668, 30 October 1876, Page 3

CEMETERY FOR AUCKLAND.

" theater. , f. Jfa* foar r JSeable,- tine reaemmendaboa/ha* ,beei in the colonies. ; xlie..,,old.,"«jem iff« in Sydneyi in;::>Ho& m early inhabitant* of that) cityiiftA, S£d%ouna, : :tka' r^tbe n ? "Srts-of whit tl«;. Vhicb. ofc mproews « iitaitea in th» centre-, of. the di vTeara a'; «etr cemitety at Oeek—a,«U«t»n. «, I y' Sβ Government- -Since the>bunaliijtt*lie. jd cemetery: have oeeeed, the health >£ Sydney has been-imprpvedj ; ;as|-:ui**d a £ Secase in eveiy'town ]fhere : ; lMtraimnr J bnriab have teen put a a♦he example.of Sydney, Melbonrne adopt* d *e extramnral principle.'*) .advantage, a %Sb the-public r w rotter large towns m.^AMtrah*,hap the same, Thet.AackUnd pablfc. < jemeterieß as-they are, ' -withp' the city boundaries, and" thus unfayonrab y. etdated ae regards ijhe effluyia-'and drainai ;e therefrom, it is imperatively :neceeearyitbj,t theyehonld alsobe discontinued, and proper orotision made for the .establishment ptne w Cemeteries. Xhede<4ivitonß cemeteries and the porpne nature jirfithor soiL facflitatea the, flow of drainage from them to the city; "and possibly thin foil issne finds its -way into welle-whoee .wate retie used for domestic end" ;oiher. pnrpoec It is well known that not pnlyie the effl i- ' via from graveyarda' injurions to health, bat the drainage from all repositories of the iad, when it mixes with' water need'for cooking or drinking purpoeee, ie so als).! About ten years ago a man died in Briabanfe, Qaeensland, from the eflfeote (jf well water deleteriously mixed with the draintge of a borying-place in close proximity to which the well was situated. Other instances' of the injurious effects of cemetery drainage could be adduced, bat one will suffice. Ill' is now the general opinion that the-time has fnlly arrived when an extramaral public cemetery should be set apart for Ancklanjl, is the present cemeteries, with the,exception of the Catholic and Jewish cemeteries ire becoming so crowded as to leave .little or no room far new graves, not to speak of. what the health of the inhabitants suffers from the cemeteriiM biing nctir them. The propriety of establishing a new general cemetery at Sllerslie, was auggei''x)d some time ago, and Mr. Bobert Graham took an »ctive part in the matter. ■'- "When recently in Wellington, he interview.ed' the Colb- r niil Secretary on the subject,' and we are glad to learn that Dr. Pollen most £»TOurably entertained the projecfc, and piw-, mised that on his return to Auckland he would give due consideration to it, as he believed that there was urgent necessity for' improvement in this direction. Mr. Orahain has caused plans of the proposed .cemetery to be mode, and these will be submitted to Dr. Pollen after his arrival here for his guidance. The land at Ellerslie is said to be admirably suitable for a cemetery, and aa the Government are, apparently, not indis-' posed to land there for that pnrpoee, it may be expected that the object will be accomplished ere long.