A CHINESE FUNERAL AT WELLINGTON.

A CHINESE FUNERAL AT WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OW CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Thursday. The Times gives the following description of the funeral of a Chinamtin —A novelty in the way o£ funerals took place in Wellington yesterday afternoon, the occasion being the interment of the remains of a Chinaman, Chong Wow, who died at the Hospital a day or two ago. The procession left the Hospital at about two o'clock in the following order First the undertaker walking by the side of a Chinaman with a white puggaree wound ronnd his hat, who distributed pieces of perforated paper along the road. The coffin was borne by five Chinamen, carrying, in addition, a sack. The friends were very numerous, each Celestial smoking a cigarette. When tie cortege arrived at the English cemetery, where the deceased was to be interred, the gentleman with the puggaree removed the lid of the coffin, and exposed to view all that remained of the late Chinaman. Oat of a bag he produced a new wideawake hat, which he placed on the I head of the corpse. A uew white shirt and two pairs of socks were thrown into tha coffin, and a pair of Chiaess slippers (minu3 the soles) were placed on the feet of the deceased. A number of Chinese -tapers or rushlights were then stuck into the ground and lighted, emitting a smell like that of incense, during which process the mourners put about fifteen shillings' ivorth of silver into the coffin, together with a paper on •which Chinese characters were inscribed. The lid was then screwed down, and, the coffin having been deposited in the grave, the Chinamen distributed biscuits, lollies, apples, cigars, and several bottles of brandy among the Europeans present, ail of which had been conveyed to the cemetery in the coffin. This concluded a very novel and interesting ceremony. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7157, 24 October 1884, Page 3