Auckland harbour, one of the best in New Zealand, is approachable by the largest vessels at the lowest tide.
There are an opera-house and an academy of music. The Auckland University College and the grammar school are the principal educational establishments.
Auckland has industries of sugar-refining, ship-building and paper-, ropeand brick-making, and timber is worked.
There is communication both south and north by rail, and regular steamers serve the ports of the colony, the principal Pacific Islands, Australia, &c. From 1853 to 1876 Auckland was the seat of the provincial government, and until 1865 that of the central government, which was then transferred to Wellington.
Auckland is under municipal government.
