§ SIR EDWARD GREY (Northumberland, Berwick)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a new burial ground has been recently sanctioned at Wooler, which is to be held as an extension of the old church yard; and whether 18 & 19 Vic. s. 3, which enacts that this can only be done by a unanimous vote of the 1162 ratepayers, has been complied with in this case?
§ MR. MATTHEWSThere has been at Wooler an extension of the old churchyard not provided under the Burial Acts or at the expense of the rates, but provided by private munificence and deed of gift under the 30 & 31 Vict., c. 133. No consent of ratepayers is required for the acquisition of a burial ground under that Statute, and neither Section 3 nor Section 10 of the 18 & 19 Vict., c. 128, is applicable to the case.