Marlborough, a provincial district of New Zealand, in the north-east corner of the South Island, 130 miles long by 30 broad; area, 3,000,000 acres, of which 200,000 are agricultural land and 1,300,000 suitable for pastoral occupation. Amongst the minerals are gold, antimony, copper, and coal. See NEW ZEALAND.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 50
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