TOPOGEAPHY OF NEW ZEALAND. 



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Russell, on the Bay of Islands. It was originally chosen as the capital of the 

 whole archipelago, and although deprived of this dignity, it has remained the 

 laro-est city, with a population of over sixty thousand, including the suburbs ; here 

 is also the chief university in the colony. Auckland owes its importance to its 



Fig. 193. — Auckland. 

 Scale 1 : 550,000. 



174-30 



I74-55 



Depths. 



Sands 

 exposed at low water. 



0to32 

 Feet. 



32 Feet 

 and upwards. 



12 Miles. 



admirable position on the south side of the excellent and thoroughly sheltered port 

 of Waitemata, at the narrowest point of the isthmus connecting the northern penin- 

 sula with the rest of North Island. Its suburb of Onehunga lies seven miles farther 

 south on the great inlet of Manukau, which comprises a group of havens also open 

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