AUCKLAND ISLANDS, a group discovered in 1806 by Captain Briscoe, of the English whaler “Ocean,” about 180 miles S. of New Zealand, in lat. 50° 24', long. 166° 7' E. The islands, of volcanic origin, are very fertile, and are covered with forest. They were granted to the Messrs Enderby by the British Government as a whaling station, but-4he establishment was abandoned in 1852. (See Ray-nal’s Auckland Islands, 1874.)