. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. a part ofthe British Empire, lyingin the south seas, over1,200 miles east of Aus-tralia, in a lonely positionand so isolated that it islittle known by the maj-ority of people. How-ever, it is in many re-spects the most advancedcountry in the world, forit has solved many of thegovernmental and econ-omic problems whichother nations are nowconfronting with feelingsof Zealand occupies a position in thesouthern hemisphere who
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. a part ofthe British Empire, lyingin the south seas, over1,200 miles east of Aus-tralia, in a lonely positionand so isolated that it islittle known by the maj-ority of people. How-ever, it is in many re-spects the most advancedcountry in the world, forit has solved many of thegovernmental and econ-omic problems whichother nations are nowconfronting with feelingsof Zealand occupies a position in thesouthern hemisphere whose latitude is com-parable to that latitude in the United Statesfrom Northern Mississippi to Lake consists mainly of two large islands—North Island (44,468 square miles) and SouthIsland (58,525 square miles). A number ofsmall islands are near the mainland, bringingthe area of the dominion to 103,581 squaremiles, a little greater than that of New York,New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Isolation of New Zealand. This dominionof the south seas is 1,233 miles from thenearest large land naass, that being the dis-tance by steamer to Sydney, New South. Natives cookincin a ho-t spring NEW ZEALAND 2563 NEW ZEALAND Wales. To other ports of the world the dis-tances are as follows: Wellington to Melbourne, 1,481 miles. Wellington to San Francisco, 5,905 miles. Auckland to Honolulu, 3,836 miles. Auckland to San Francisco, 5,934 miles, Auckland to Vancouver, 6,235 miles. Auckland to Panama, 6,593 miles. The Land. The surface of the North Islandis characterized by low hills and tableland^,densely forested. There are several volcanicpeaks in the islands, of which the highest isthe extinct volcano Ruapehu, over 9,000 feetin height; Tarawera and Tongariro are moreor less active volcanoes. There are a numberof lakes of volcanic origin, of which thelargest is Lake Taupo, which has a diameterof twenty-two miles and an enormous coast line of North Island is much in-dented, but as m
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