applied to Public Cemeteries. 



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terrace, or in the reserved 

 gardens, till the beds and 

 borders are nearl)' full, 

 nor to burj' in the paths and 

 roads, till the cemetery is 

 about to be closed as such for 

 ever, we shall take the num- 

 ber of spaces for graves im- 

 mediately available as 1200. 

 In order that these may re- 

 turn a suitable interest for 

 the money expended, it is 

 evident that more than one 

 interment must be made in 

 each grave, whether the 

 grave be a private or family 

 grave, or a common grave. 

 Every common grave we 

 shall suppose to be 24 ft. 

 deep, which will give four 

 interments, allowing 6 ft of 

 soil over each. The family 

 graves may either be made 

 in the free soil, or they may 

 be brick graves or vaults, 

 and they may be made of 

 any depth the proprietors 

 may choose. The family 

 graves made in the free soil 

 we shall suppose to be of 

 the same depth and capa- 

 city as the common graves; 

 and the brick graves may 

 either be of the same depth 

 and capacity, or, by embed- 

 ding the coffins in cement, 

 or hermetically sealing each 

 with a fiag-stone, the capa- 

 city of each grave may be 

 at least doubled. 



Hence the 1200 graves 

 may give at least 4800, or 

 say 5000, interments ; but, 

 as the space allowed for 

 each grave along the bor- 

 ders is more than double 

 that allowed in the interior 

 beds, 1000 interments at 

 least may be added. Whe- 

 ther or not 5000 or 6000 

 interments will afford a suf- 

 ficient return for the capi- 

 tal expended, and the ne- 

 cessary annual expense, will 

 depend on the sum chnrged 

 for each interment, and the 

 number of interments made 

 in a year. 



I-ig. 88. Isomchical J uiv oj the Cambridge Ceinetcri/ 



