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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Boundaries And Area

Boundaries And Area.

The Provincial District of Wellington, of which this volume of the Cyclopedia treats, comprises some of the central and the whole of the southern portion of the North Island. The boundary line which separates it from Taranaki extends from the mouth of the Patea River in a north-easterly direction to Pipiriki, and thence follows the Wanganui River as far north as the thirty-ninth parallel of latitude. The line dividing the district from Auckland follows this parallel to the Hawkes Bay line, which strikes a fairly direct course south to the Ruahine Range and the Manawatu Gorge, following the Manawatu River for a short distance, and thence extending to the East Coast at a point near page 196 Cape Turnagain. The sea-board forms the boundary for the whole of the remainder of the provincial district. From Cook Strait to the north boundary is some 180 miles, and the mean breadth is sixty miles, the area being about 6,600,000 acres. In size the Wellington district takes fourth rank. Auckland and Otago are each more than double the area of Wellington, and Canterbury is more than a third larger.