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CHRISTCHURCH , a See also:city near the See also:east See also:coast of See also:South See also:Island, New See also:Zealand, to the See also:north of See also:Banks See also:Peninsula, in See also:Selwyn See also:county, the See also:capital of the provincial See also:district of See also:Canterbury and the seat of a See also:bishop. Pop. (1906) 49,928; including suburbs, 67,878. It stands upon the See also:great Canterbury See also:plain, which here is a dead level, though the monotony of the site has been much relieved by extensive plantations of See also:English and Australian trees. A back-ground is supplied by the distant mountains to the See also:west, and by the nearer hills to the south. The small See also:river See also:Avon winds through the city, pleasantly bordered by terraces and gardens. The wide streets See also:cross one another for the most See also:part at right angles. The predominance of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and See also:brick as See also:building materials, the dominating See also:cathedral See also:spire, and the well-planted parks, avenues and private gardens, recall the aspect of an English residential See also:town. Christchurch is mainly dependent on the See also:rich agricultural district which surrounds it, the plain being mainly devoted to cereals and grazing. See also:Wool is extensively worked, and See also:meat is frozen for export. See also:Railways connect with Culverden to the north and with See also:Dunedin and the south coast, with many branches through the agricultural districts; also with See also:Lyttelton, the See also:port of Christchurch, 8 m. S.E. There are tramways in the city, and to New See also:Brighton, a seaside suburb, and other residential quarters. The See also:principal public buildings are the See also:government buildings and the museum, with its See also:fine collection of remains of the See also:extinct See also:bird, See also:moa. The cathedral is the best in New Zealand, built from designs of See also:Sir G. See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Scott in See also:Early English See also:style, with a See also:tower and spire 240 ft. high. Among educational See also:foundations are Canterbury See also:College (for See also:classics, See also:science, See also:engineering, &c.), See also:Christ's College (mainly theological) and See also:grammar school, and a school of See also:art. There is a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:pro-cathedral attached to a See also:convent of the Sacred See also:Heart. A large extent of open ground, to the west of the town, finely planted, and traversed by the river, comprises Hagley See also:Park, recreation grounds, the Government Domain and the grounds of the See also:Acclimatization Society, with See also:fish-ponds and a small zoological See also:garden. The See also:foundation of Christchurch is connected with the so-called " Canterbury Pilgrims," who settled in this district in r85o. Lyttelton was the See also:original See also:settlement, but Christchurch came into existence in 1851, and is thus the latest of the settlements of the See also:colony. It became a See also:municipality in 1862. In 1903 several populous suburban boroughs were amalgamated with the city.
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