SIR JOHN LOGAN CAMPBELL'S GRAVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15141, 4 November 1912, Page 7

SIR JOHN LOGAN CAMPBELL'S GRAVE.

AUTHORITY FOR A MEMORIAL. [by TELEGBAPH —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Saturday. A promise was given by the Mackenzie Administration that special legislation would be provided to validate the burial of Sir John Logan Campbell on the summit of One-tree Hill. Later a similar undertaking was given.' by the present Government, and the necessary legislation is included in the "washing-up" Bill According to the clause, an area of nine and two-tenths perches is defined as the burial ground. It is provided that the trustees shall be deemed to have beer; duly empowered by law to bury his body in this land, and the One-tree Hill Domain Board shall be deemed to have been duly empowered to permit the burial. It is also proposed to give authority to erect a monument in the form of an obelisk or other structure to the memory of the deceased, and also a memorial to the native race. There is a provision that the monument shall be first approved by the Board and the Minister for Internal Affairs, that until its erection the public shall have the right of free access over the reserve, except that- portion containing the actual grave, which is now enclosed with a fence. There is a further provision that the grave, the enclosure surrounding it, and the monument shall be maintained and kept in good order and condition by the trustees.