The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 TOPOGEAPHY OF NEW ZEALAND. 449 Russell, on the Bay of Islands. It was originally chosen as the capital of the whole archipelago, and although deprived of this dignity, it has remained the laro-est city, with a population of over sixty thousand, including the suburbs ; here is also the chief university in the colony. Auckland owes its importance to its Fig. 193.—Auckland. Scale 1 : 550,000. 174-30 I74-55 Depths. Sands exposed at low water. 0to32 Feet. 32 Feet and upwards. 12 Miles. admirable pos
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita00recl Year: 1890 TOPOGEAPHY OF NEW ZEALAND. 449 Russell, on the Bay of Islands. It was originally chosen as the capital of the whole archipelago, and although deprived of this dignity, it has remained the laro-est city, with a population of over sixty thousand, including the suburbs ; here is also the chief university in the colony. Auckland owes its importance to its Fig. 193.—Auckland. Scale 1 : 550,000. 174-30 I74-55 Depths. Sands exposed at low water. 0to32 Feet. 32 Feet and upwards. 12 Miles. admirable position on the south side of the excellent and thoroughly sheltered port of Waitemata, at the narrowest point of the isthmus connecting the northern penin- sula with the rest of North Island. Its suburb of Onehunga lies seven miles farther south on the great inlet of Manukau, which comprises a group of havens also open 29—0
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