New Plymouth, the chief town of the provincial district of Taranaki, New Zealand, 220 miles NW. of Wellington by rail. Two miles from the town extensive harbour-works are in progress. Pop. (1886) 3093; (1891) 7932.
New Plymouth
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 469
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