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Encyclopedia Britannica



NAPIER

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 178 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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