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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 52 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GISBORNE  , a seaport of New

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Zealand, in
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Cook
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county, provincial
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district of
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Auckland, on Poverty
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Bay of the
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east
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coast of
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North
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Island . Pop . (1901) 2733; (1906)5664 .
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Wool, frozen mutton and agricultural produce are exported from the
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rich district surrounding .
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Petroleum has been discovered in the neighbourhood, and about 40 M. from the
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town there are warm medicinal springs . Near the site of Gisborne
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Captain Cook landed in 1769, and gave Poverty Bay its name from his inability to obtain supplies owing to the hostility of the natives .
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Young Nick's
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Head, the
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southern
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horn of the bay, was named from
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Nicholas Young, his
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ship's boy, who first observed it .

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