NEW II.; 1,515,301

in. E. by S. of Australia; contains 3 isls., North IsL. (44.736 sq. m.), South Isl. (55,26450. m.), and Stewart’s Isl. (4403 so. m.), in extreme S.; North Isl. contains provs. Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, and Hawke’s Bay; South Isl. containsprovs. Nelson, Marl borough, Canterbury, West land, Otago; in North Isl. volcanoes (some active, others dormant), Tonyariro (active, 6500 ft.), and Ruapehu (dormant, 9195 ft.), Southern Alps along W. coast of South Isl., Mt. Cook, 13,000 ft.; cap. Wellington, at S. end of North Isl.; Auckland, in N.of North Isl.,is larger and more populous; Dunedin, at head of Otago harbour, is the chief town of South Isl.; pop. (including 41,523 Maoris and 4292 Chinese, of whom only 25 were females), 668.353.