It to Arid that our local authorities are alive to the importance of attending to sanitary matters. The best opinions from eminent experts are b,eing taken as regards waterworks' and drainage, and whatever the ; cost, may be of obtaining, reliable reports on these subjects, there can be no doubt that the money ;w,ill, have been,-well Ijiid out, : and that in this matter the City Council 'has exercised the truest and'best economy, • —paying a fair price for a thoroughly ;good article, —for which the citizens of I Wellington will; hereafter have;; cause to ;thank them. It will be observed that the question, of; the necessity of the remoVal ; 0 f the cemetery from, its present site, 'which has for some, time been discussed, ■has agqißrbqen brought under notice,! and Mr. Olabkb’s advice has been taken ■'as to the soundness of the theory that jail, ill- jeffects:• resulting from: this burial ground would be removed by the loonstruction ‘of drains, and thus .obviate, the necessity and , cost - of Sa, new site.'. - 1 Mr. Clause’s opinion is decidedly adverse to the proposition, and we; presume competent medical tea-, tirhohy i could. be obtained; . which would support the engineer’s view. ; So; far, therefore,;; as ; we :can judge, .it seems almost a foregone conclusion that the cemetery must be removed to a‘ situation at a greater distance from the centre of population. _ , A variety of localities have been suggested,- and owners of property at Wadeatown, Karori, Belmont, Hutt, Silve'rsbream, and Mungaroa have , signified their (willingness to sell land for tho purpose at prices, ranging from £l2O to £2 per. acre.:;: The matter has :: been' roferred' to three Councillors, ; who are to make - inquiries, and lay 'the result of their labors before the Council at an early date. ■ 'Another locality • besides those above stated lias been mentioned to ns as ihiitable’tb the purpose, viz.’, at or near South Ivilbirnie. Without expressing any .opiiiion as to which is the best site, wo may point but that the matter is; one, which will require very Careful consideration. If the spot chosen. bo a long distance'from town it will entail an additional cost at every funeral,!which in borne cases may cause hardship_ and inconvenience. Although the majority of people: are comfortably off hero, when a death occurs in a working man’s, family an outlay is almost necessarily incurred, which it is by no means desirable should lie augmented if it can be avoided, ,and certainly some of the localities upon •which the committee of the Council are to (report seem both out-of-the-way and inconvenient. Mungaroa, for instance, and in a lesser degree some of the other places named, do, not at first sight appear eligible for the purpose, and unless some strong arguments are brought forward in their favor, we should imagine that a burial 'ground: as near to the city as is consistent'with’the hygienic requirements of the case, would be the best; and .in considering this point it must be remembered that Wellington is ' a /growing city, and that what- are now, regarded as suburbs will in a few years be swallowed up by the advancing buildings'.which are already extending in all directions, ; The.present population of Wellington is, in round nbmbers, 20,000 souls, and if it, goes on at its present rate it will be double that in a few years. When dealing, therefore, with,waterworks,, drainage, cemeteries, and sanitary undertakings generally, this branch ot the subject should not be lost sight of. It may now. be almost taken for granted that the present, site of the cemetery is not an eligible oho; but it is probably not quite so easy to determine which is the best available spot to be chosen in Us place. The result of the committee's report and the action of'the City Council thereon will be looked forward to. with interest by all good citizens, who regard the health of the inhabitants generally as a question of the utmost importance.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5034, 2 May 1878, Page 2
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