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Nelson (Capital of a provincia)

the capital of a provincia, district in New Zealand, at the N. end of South Island, and the mouth of the Maitai, a small river at the head of Blind Bay. The situation is very beautiful, on a flat, hemmed in by rugged hills and amidst almost tropical luxuriance. The harbor is sheltered, and there is regular steam communication with Sydney and 1841. There is a cathedral, a literary Melbourne. The city was founded in institute, and museum, public hospital, and asylum. The manufactures of the town town comprise cloth, leather, soap, and with suburbs, over 10,000. can journalist; born in New York City,