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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 725 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THAMES , a seaport and See also:

gold-See also:mining centre in See also:North See also:Island, New See also:Zealand, in the See also:county and at the mouth of the See also:river of its name, on the See also:Firth of Thames, a deep inlet of the Hauraki Gulf of the See also:east See also:coast. Pop. (1906) 3750. It comprises under one See also:municipality the See also:settlement formerly called Grahamstown, with its suburbs Shortland and Tararu. It lies 42 M. S.E. of See also:Auckland by the steamer-route, a pleasant See also:journey among the islands of the Gulf. There is also railway communication with Auckland (but by a circuitous route of 120 m.), and with the neighbouring districts by See also:branch lines. The See also:harbour is See also:good; the See also:industries include foundries, See also:shipbuilding yards and saw-See also:mills. The See also:sea See also:fisheries are valuable, a large See also:part of the yield being exported to Auckland. The inland See also:district watered by the Thames river is auriferous; Waitekuri (40 m.) and Karangahake (28 m. S. of Thames) are centres of operations. The small See also:town of Te Aroha (32 M. by See also:rail), on the river, besides being the centre of mining and agricultural industries, is a favourite See also:health resort on See also:account of its hot medicinal springs.

The river is navigable for steamers of See also:

light See also:draught. The scenery along its course is pleasant, and at Ohinemuri (20 M. from Thames) it flows through a See also:fine See also:gorge.

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