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THE Kermadec Islands, which have during the past week been occupied by the orders of the Home Government by Admiral Tryon, Commander-in-Chief on the Australian station, are a group of rocky islets about 600 miles to the north-northeast from the North Island of New Zealand, and lying on the steamer route from Christchurch or Wellington to Fiji. They are due east of Norfolk Island. The principal islands of the group are Raoul or Sunday Island, the position of which is put at 29° 12′ S. and 178° 15′ W. It is described as about 12 miles in circumference, rugged and very steep, without an anchorage. It is said to be covered with wood, and to be uninhabited except for a few white men, waifs and strays from the ocean, shipwrecked sailors, deserters, c. The other islands of the group are Macauley, the Curtis Islands, Havre, and Espérance.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 34, 61 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034061c0
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