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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 52 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GISBORNE , a seaport of New See also:

Zealand, in See also:Cook See also:county, provincial See also:district of See also:Auckland, on Poverty See also:Bay of the See also:east See also:coast of See also:North See also:Island. Pop. (1901) 2733; (1906)5664. See also:Wool, frozen mutton and agricultural produce are exported from the See also:rich district surrounding. See also:Petroleum has been discovered in the neighbourhood, and about 40 M. from the See also:town there are warm medicinal springs. Near the site of Gisborne See also:Captain Cook landed in 1769, and gave Poverty Bay its name from his inability to obtain supplies owing to the hostility of the natives. See also:Young Nick's See also:Head, the See also:southern See also:horn of the bay, was named from See also:Nicholas Young, his See also:ship's boy, who first observed it.

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