Napier

Napier, the chief port and city of the provincial district of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, on the east coast of the North Island. Port Ahuriri (or Scinde Island), where most of the wholesale stores are situated, is within the municipal boundary. A railway, intended eventually to connect with Wellington, was open to Woodville (97 miles) in 1889. The harbour has been deepened in order to accommodate large vessels. There is a considerable export of timber and wool, tinned and frozen meat. The value of the exports in some years greatly exceeds a million sterling (mainly wool). Pop. of Napier, which is the seat of a bishop (1891), 8341.