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GREYMOUTH , a seaport of New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

PORT

port on the See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

South See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, in See also:

Grey See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county. Pop. (1906) 4569. It stands on the small See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary of the Grey or Mawhera See also:

RIVER

river, has a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, and railway communication with Hokitika, Reefton, &c., while the construction of a See also:

LINE

line to connect with See also:

CHRISTCHURCH

Christchurch and See also:

Nelson was begun in 1887. The See also:

DISTRICT

district is both auriferous and See also:

COAL

coal-bearing. See also:

Gold-dredging is a See also:

rich See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, and the coal-mines have attendant See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries in See also:

coke,-bricks and See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

clay. The See also:

TIMBER

timber See also:

trade is also well See also:

DEVELOPED

developed. The neighbouring scenery is picturesque, especially among the hills surrounding See also:

Lake See also:

BRUNNER, HENRY (184o– )

Brunner (15 M. S.E.).

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