Excess of Expenditure, Northern Territory, 1883-4. The Appropriation Act.-1884. FOURTHLY.-For defraying the Excess of Expenditure for the Government Establishments and Public Services of the Northern Territory beyond the Grants for the year ended the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, there shall be paid the sum of Twenty-nine Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-six Pounds and Fivepence, the said amount being appropriated as follows, viz. : Northern Territory Katherine-Post Office and Telegraph Station Bridge Creek-New Bridge Palmerston-New Gaol .. 18 15 20 18 2 6976000 2,973 10 1,521 0 0 102 10 10 287 2 6 2,087 4 5 46 0 0 58 14 0 Total Excesses on Votes, Northern Territory, 1883-4.. £29,166 05 FIFTHLY.-For defraying the charge of the Northern Territory for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, there shall be paid out of the Northern Territory Revenues the sum of Fifty-one Thousand One Hundred and Seventy-five Pounds Nine Shillings and Eightpence, the said amount being appropriated as follows, viz. :— The Appropriation Act.-1884. orders of Governor, 2. The Treasurer shall issue and pay from time to time any sum Treasurer to pay the or sums of money for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, not and discharge by exceeding in the whole the sums respectively in that behalf herein- receipt of party. before specified, to such persons, and in such portions, as the Governor for the time being shall, by any order or orders in writing, signed by him, and countersigned by the Chief Secretary, from time to time direct; and the said Treasurer shall, in his accounts, be allowed credit for all sums paid by him in pursuance of such orders accordingly; and the receipts of the persons to whom such sums shall have been so paid shall be to him a full discharge for the sum or sums for which the same receipts shall have been respectively given, and the amounts thereof shall be passed to his credit in account accordingly. In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill. WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON, Governor. Adelaide: By authority, E. SPILLER, Government Printer, North-terrace. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to W Coroners. [Assented to, November 14th, 1884.] HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws Preamble. relating to the office of coroner and the taking of inquisitions-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Coroners Act, Short title. 1884." 2. The several Acts and parts of Acts mentioned in the following Repeal of Acts. table, to the extent to which the same are therein expressed to be repealed, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, but nothing herein contained shall in any wise affect any act or thing lawfully done, or proceedings taken or commenced thereunder, before the coming into operation of this Act Sheriff and Justices to be coroners. Jurisdiction of coroners. Body may be exhumed. Notice of sudden or suspicious death to be given to constable, and coroner shall summon jurors and witnesses. The Coroners Act.-1884. 3. There shall be an officer under the name or title of City Coroner, who shall, when practicable for him to do so, take all inquests on dead bodies or fires within a distance of ten miles from the General Post Office in the City of Adelaide. And the Sheriff of the said province, and each and every Justice of the Peace for the said province, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be coroners of the said province: Provided always that no such Justice shall be compelled to act as coroner if any Special Magistrate or the City Coroner shall be resident within ten miles from the place where the inquest is to be held. 4. Every coroner shall have jurisdiction to inquire concerning the manner and cause of the death of any person who is slain, or drowned, or who dies suddenly, or under any suspicious or unusual circumstances, or in prison, or while detained in any lunatic asylum, and to inquire into the cause and origin of any fire, whether a bush fire or other fire, whereby any building, ship, merchandise, or any stack of corn or hay, or any growing crop, pasture, or any other valuable effects shall be endangered, destroyed, or damaged; and shall have in respect to all such inquiries all the powers, authority, and jurisdiction which now belong by law to the office of coroner in England, except so far as the same may be varied by or shall be inconsistent with this Act. 5. Where it shall appear to any coroner that there is grave suspicion as to the cause of the death of any person whose body shall have been buried, it shall be lawful for such coroner to issue his warrant for the exhumation of such dead body, for the purpose of holding an inquest thereon: Provided always, that it shall not be lawful to exhume any dead body, or the remains of any dead body, which may have been buried in any duly appointed place of burial, without the licence of the Attorney-General, and without observing such precautions as may be specified in such licence; and any person who shall exhume any dead body or remains contrary to this enactment, or who shall neglect to observe the precautions prescribed in such licence, shall, on conviction before any two Justices of the Peace, forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds. 6. Whenever any dead body shall be found, or any case of sudden death, or death attended with suspicious circumstances shall occur, then every person knowing or becoming acquainted with any such death or that any dead body has been found, shall forthwith give notice to the nearest constable, and in default shall, on conviction before two Justices of the Peace for such neglect or omission, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds; and every constable receiving notice or otherwise becoming aware of any such death, or of any dead body being found, shall forthwith give such information thereof as he can obtain to a coroner, and such coroner shall forthwith repair to the place where any such death shall have happened or body shall have been found, if such place be convenient, and if not to the nearest convenient place; and if upon the receipt of such |