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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 178 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NAPIER , a seaport on the See also:

east See also:coast of See also:North See also:Island, New See also:Zealand, See also:capital of the provincial See also:district of See also:Hawke's See also:Bay, 200 M. by See also:rail N.E. of See also:Wellington. Pop. (1906) 9454. The See also:main portion of the See also:town stretches along the See also:flat shoreland of Hawke's Bay, while the suburbs extend over the hills to the north. The site consists of a picturesque See also:peninsula known as Scinde Island. The See also:harbour (See also:Port Ahuriri) is sheltered by a break-See also:water. The See also:cathedral See also:church of St See also:John (1888) for the bishopric of Waiapu, is one of the finest ecclesiastical buildings in New Zealand, . imitating the See also:Early See also:English See also:style in See also:brick. An See also:athenaeum, a small See also:hospital, a lunatic See also:asylum, a philosophical society and an - See also:acclimatization society are among the public institutions. The town (named after See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:James Napier) is under municipal See also:government, and returns a member to the New Zealand See also:House of Representatives. The district is agricultural, and large quantities of See also:wool and tinned and frozen meats are exported. There is railway communication with Wellington, New See also:Plymouth, and the Wairarapa, See also:Wanganui and Manawatu districts. Numerous old native pas or fortified villages are seen in the neighbourhood.

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