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 The accommodation provided consists of a Courtroom, 21 feet by 15 feet, Coroner's Office, Public Waiting-room, and separate mortuaries and post-mortem rooms for general and Hospital purposes.

The Council controls two Cemeteries, one of which is situated in Symonds Street, but, except for the interment of certain blood relatives of those whose remains are buried there, is closed.

This Cemetery contains the mortal remains of Captain William Hobson, R.N., the first Governor of New Zealand, and of many other early pioneers. On its lower slopes still flourish a profusion of tree ferns and other native flora.

The principal Cemetery, familiarly known as Waikumete Cemetery, is situated at Glen Eden, 9 miles from the City by road and 11 miles by rail. It occupies 307 acres, of which some 98 acres have been brought into use, the remainder being put down in grass and planted with trees.

The north-western portion of the Cemetery has been set aside exclusively for the burial of returned soldiers, and at the entrance thereto the Returned Soldiers' Association has erected a fine obelisk of Nelson marble, with Sicilian marble panels, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Great War.