Hobart
Hobart Town, the capital of Tasmania; at the foot of Mount Wellington (4,166 feet), on the Derwent river; about 12 miles from its mouth. Among the public buildings are the government house, the government offices, the houses of Parliament, town hall, postoffice, museum, Episcopal and Roman Catholic cathedrals. There are several jam manufactories, breweries, flour mills, tanneries, a woolen factory, etc.; and in connection with the shipping interest first-class patent slips. Pop. (1917) 40,352.