The Chinese arc atiprescnl conduct ing one of th'.ir periodical rcsurrcc iiuglours of the colony and a iew days ago a party of Celestials visi ted the Alexandra Cemetery and dis interred the remains of a number oi deceased Chinamen for transmissni u> the Flowery Land. A representa tive of Uii focal Herald callcdatthe cemetery and observed the Chinese at their rather gruesome, and not particularly fascinating occupation, and it was liHicalile that thcyi.wenl about their work in a most' 'jiiatlcr of-fact manner. The bones were was bed by a stolid Chinaman (-who c a l inly smoked a cigarette the while), and scrubbed away all adhering mat ter with a sciibbing brush. After being tlr ed, Ihc bones were sorted 1 out by an expert, and those, belong ing to the different parts of the body were tied up in calico in sep arate parcels, and labelled with Chin cse hieroglyphics. The parcels were thin placed in a coffln-shaped box, made of kauri, and after being, iiailoil down and labelled with particulars of the deceased the boxes were ready for the jouitey t 0 China, liifhc case where the unearthed body was in -"tact the coffin was WAeil to pie ces and the body transferred as if was found t„ a y.j„ c cas | iel W | lidl was immediately sealed u-Jt with sol der. The casket was then placed in j f kauri coflin and securely nailed I down.
Alt/jgct'hcr soml fifteen bodies were disinterred. A shipload of re mains of some five or six bundled Chinamen is to leave New Zc land shortly for China.
KRUGER AMD THE AUS TRALIAN ELEVEN.
