Auckland (Auck`land) , the largest town in New Zealand, in the N. island, with an excellent harbour in the Gulf of Hauraki, and the capital of a district of the name, 400 m. long, and 200 m. broad, with a fertile soil and a fine climate, rich in natural products of all kinds; was the capital of New Zealand till the seat of government was transferred to Wellington.
Population (circa 1900) given as 60,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Auchterar`der * Auckland, Bishop