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On Monday the bodies that had been washed ashore from the
wreck of the Barque Maria were buried. Considerable
efforts had been made to endeavour, if possible, to bring them
to Wellington in order that they might be buried in the public
cemetery, but these efforts proving unavailing, a large grave
was dug near the sea shore about 100 yards from high water in
which the bodies, eleven in number, were deposited side by
side. The grave was lined with slabs from the wreck, which
rise about four feet above the ground forming a sort of
palisade or enclosure to the grave; the funeral service was
performed by the