Provincial Comparisons - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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The Provincial District of Auckland is the largest in the Colony, its area being 25,746 square miles. That of Otago is a close second, with 25,487 square miles. Canterbury (14,040), Wellington (11,003), Nelson (10,269), Marlborough (4,753), Westland (4,641), Hawke's Bay (4,410), and Taranaki (3,3...
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Boundaries and Area
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The Provincial District of Auckland, of which this volume of the Cyclopedia treats, comprises the whole of the island north of the thirty-ninth parallel of latitude, with the exception of a little ever a thousand square miles at the southwest corner, which is included in the Taranaki district. Th...
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Lady Mountain and Waikato River
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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District] - Mountains - Lady Mountain and Waikato River .
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Valleys and Plains
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Of all the provinces of New Zealand, with the exception of the mountainous Westland district, Auckland is probably the least favoured in respect to plains. She is not without them, however, and there are many excellent valleys, the largest and best being the Central Waikato basin, the greater por...
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Rivers and Harbours
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Lake Taupo . Of the harbours, the Waitemata, which divides Auckland from the North Shore, is the principal; but there are many other commodious and beautiful harbours on the East Coast, such as the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, Whangarei, Tauranga and others, which as settlement progresses will be o...
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Lakes - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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In the number, size and beauty of its lakes the Auckland Province has certainly very great advantages over any other part of the North Island. In fact, the Auckland lakes, hot and cold, constitute the most remarkable feature of the Colony. Lake Taupo Moana (commonly called Lake Taupo), twenty-fiv...
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Forests - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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The gigantic kauri, the king of the New Zealand forest, and the most valuable tree in the land, is confined to the northern and middle portions of the Auckland Province, and although this splendid tree is being cut down and converted into houses for the people, or exported to other lands, at the ...
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Communication - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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Communication by land in the Auckland Provincial District can hardly be described as good. Notwithstanding the operations of a hundred road boards, and the hundreds of thousands of pounds spent by the Government alone on roads and bridges for the Auckland province, it is to-day most imperfectly r...
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Population - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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Kauri Forest, Waitakerei . Of the total population of the province rather more than three-eighths is centred in and around the chief city, as against a trifle over a third in Wellington, a little more than three-eights in Canterbury, and less than three-tenths in Otago.
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Local Government - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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The local governing bodies of the district consist of the city, borough and county councils, town boards and road boards. The affairs of the city of Auckland are controlled by the City Council, consisting of a mayor and eighteen councillors. The other boroughs, population deciding their order of ...
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Kawaka, Representing Inland Kaipara
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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District] - Legislature - Kawaka, Representing Inland Kaipara .
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Judicial - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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Law and Justice are administered by the Supreme Court and Magistrate's Courts, there being no District Court in the Province of Auckland. Judge Conolly, who presides over the Supreme Court, resides in Auckland, and goes on circuit periodically, sittings being held also at Gisborne. Registrars of ...
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Educational - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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In some respects, Auckland is educationally ahead of the other provincial districts, while in others it is somewhat behind. In private schools it is well ahead of Canterbury, which is closely followed by Wellington, Otago's figures being less than two-thirds of those of Auckland. Until lately Auc...
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Ecclesiastical - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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According to the census returns for 1896 the religious denominations within the province stood as follows: Episcopalian, 70,235; Presbyterian, 23,597; Roman Catholic, 23,523; Wesleyan Methodist, 14,240; Baptist, 4,104; Congregational, 2,310; members of the Church of Christ, 1,851; Salvation Army,...
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Agricultural and Pastoral
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When compared with some of the other provinces, Auckland cannot be said to stand very high in matters agricultural and pastoral. There can be no doubt that the climate is favourable to these branches of industry, and it is quite certain that all the soil which might be advantageously cultivated h...
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Industrial - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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As an industrial province, Auckland probably already stands first in the Colony, and there are indications that it must in time decidedly outstrip all the others. Its delightful climate and many other advantages which the workers are not slow to recognise, keep men in Auckland at wages, which by ...
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Gumdiggers' Camp
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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District] - Industrial - Gumdiggers' Camp .
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Mining - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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Goldmining in New Zealand is confined chiefly to Auckland, Otago, and Westland. Nelson and Marlborough have had and still have their goldfields, but as their combined output for the year which ended on the 31st of March, 1899, was valued at only £9288, they may be left out of present comparisons....
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Commercial - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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During the year 1898, Auckland imported more than any other provincial district in the colony. For that year the total value of its imports amounted to £2,228,386, as against £2,071,184 for Wellington, £1,933,116 for Otago, and £1,471,304 for Canterbury. Auckland has for a number of years held th...
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Towns - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]
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There is a great difference between Auckland and the other large provinces in regard to centres of population. The City of Auckland itself, with its beautiful residential suburbs, is the largest centre of population in the Colony, and in all respects which go to make a town, it compares advantage...
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