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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 513 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WELLINGTON , the See also:

capital of New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, the seat of See also:

government and of a See also:

bishop. Pop. (1901) 43,638; (1906) 58, 563, and including suburbs, 63,807. It lies on the See also:

south-western See also:

SHORE

shore of See also:

North See also:

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

Island, on the inner shore of See also:

PORT

Port See also:

NICHOL, JOHN (1833-1894)

Nichol-son, an inlet of See also:

Cook's Strait, the site affording a splendid 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, walled in by abrupt hills. The See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat shore is occupied by massive walls constructed for the reclaiming of See also:

LAND

land, as the hills prevent an inland See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. See also:

Wood was originally in favour as a See also:

BUILDING

building material, owing to the prevalence of earthquakes, but See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and See also:

stone subsequently took its See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the construction of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings. The See also:

main See also:

street is a winding thoroughfare named in different parts Thorndon See also:

Quay, Lambton Quay, See also:

Willis Street and See also:

MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

Manners Street. It runs parallel to the shore, but the quays properly so called are separated from it by blocks of buildings. It is traversed by an electric See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway. There are two railway stations in the See also:

TOWN

town and one in the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern suburb of Te Aro. Two main lines leave the town, one following the See also:

west See also:

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

coast, the other an inland route to See also:

Napier. The principal buildings are governmental; the houses of See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, formerly a wooden erection, are rebuilt in brick and stone; there are also the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor and See also:

court See also:

The See also:

FINE

fine town See also:

hall was founded by the See also:

prince of See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales in 1901.

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