DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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tion of rather unstable wooden buildings, surrounded by a massive stone wall, and is 

 situated in the Grafton Ward. The convicts who are confined here are chiefly employed 

 in breaking stone, extensive quarries of which, at the base of Mount Eden, lie all around 

 the Gaol and its precincts. 



The industries of Auckland comprehend numerous timber-mills, several foundries, 

 boot factories, kauri-gum establishments, glass works, fibre works, potteries, frozen meat 

 and butter works, soap, candle and oil works, a tobacco and cigar manufactory, coach and 



carriage factories, 

 wine and cordial 

 manufactories, bis- 

 cuit factories, flour- 

 mills, breweries, bar 

 and pig iron works, 

 a sugar refinery, a 

 cartridge factory 

 and a woollen fac- 

 tory, the two latter 



industries being 

 carried on at One- 

 hunga. In addition 

 there is a flourish- 

 ing ostrich farm in the Tamaki District. The 

 field of journalism is occupied by one morning 

 and one evening paper, in addition to which 

 there are five weeklies, and a number of other periodicals. 



In dealing with the city, incidental reference has been more than once made to the 

 suburbs and their institutions. Parnell, which is virtually the eastern part of the city, 

 although it has its own borough council, is the oldest of all the suburbs, and for many 

 years was the recognized abode of the fashionable part of the population. In this 

 it has somewhat fallen from its high estate, and now presents rather the appearance of 

 decayed gentility. Beyond Parnell lies the Borough of Newmarket, with its three 

 breweries. From its Railway Station the Northern and Southern Lines diverge. Farther 

 east still, we penetrate to the pretentious suburb of Remuera, with Mount Hobson on 

 its southern flank, and the broad bosom of the Waitemata glittering at the extremity of 

 a long slope beneath it. Between Newmarket and the south-western limits of the city, 

 the pretty suburb of Mount Eden, so-called from its volcanic hill, extends itself amid 

 trees and gardens. Mount Eden is one of the recognized "lions" of the place, and no 

 visitor thinks of missing the opportunity to feast his eyes on the lovely prospect which 

 it offers. More distant from the city than Mount Eden, stand in close company three 

 rather squat volcanic hills styled the "Three Kings." They derive interest from the fact 

 that they were the sites of prehistoric Maori pahs, and that the caves with which they 

 abound were places of Maori sepulture. In fact, skulls are not infrequently found in 

 them still. They are well worth a visit. The Waitakerei Ranges, lying to the westward 

 of the city, are a popular holiday resort, for their forest recesses contain not only 



