Wellington

Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, in the North Island, on Cook Strait; has a spacious harbour, with excellent accommodation for shipping, a number of public buildings, including government offices, and two cathedrals, a Roman Catholic and an Anglican, and a considerable trade; in 1865 it superseded Auckland as the capital of the whole of New Zealand.

Population (circa 1900) given as 33,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

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