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THE FRENCH AT AKAROA
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NEW ZEALAND WARS.
By JAMES COWAN. Vol. II. Price £1 1s. Postage, 8d.
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NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST WAR
By T. LINDSAY BUICK. Price 15s. Postage 7d.
ROYALTY IN NEW ZEALAND
DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE OF THE VISIT OF THEIR ROYAL
HIGHNESSES THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
AND YORK. (1902.) Royal 4to. Price, 10s. Postage,
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ROYALTY IN NEW ZEALAND
SPECIAL PICTORIAL SOUVENIR 1927. Price, 2s. 6d.
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BOTANICAL DISCOVERY IN NEW ZEALAND
THE RESIDENT BOTANISTS
THE VISITING BOTANIST
By W. R. B. OLIVER. Price, 1s. 6d. per copy. Postage, 2d.
MOAS AND MOA-HUNTERS
By Roger Duff. Price, 1s. 6d. per copy. Postage, 2d.
DIRECTORY OF NEW ZEALAND MANUFACTURERS
1950
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HOUSING POLICY
Summary of Government measures designed to promote
housing and financial assistance available to home-seekers.
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DOMINION MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. (Out of print.)
Bulletin No. 6.—THE PA MAORI. Price, 22s. 6d. Postage,
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Bulletin No. 7.—THE MAORI CANOE. Price 15s. Postage,
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Bulletin No. 8.—GAMES, EXERCISES, AND PASTIMES
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Bulletin No. 9.—THE MAORI SYSTEM OF AGRICUL-
TURE. Price, 12s. 6d. Postage, 1s.
Bulletin No. 10.—MAORI MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION.
An account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, mythology,
religious beliefs, and practices of our Maori folk. By
ELSDON BEST. Price, 10s. 6d. Postage, 1s.
Bulletin No. 12.—FISHING METHODS AND DEVICES OF
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Bulletin No. 13.—The WHARE KOHANGA (THE “NEST
HOUSE”) AND ITS LORE: Comprising data pertaining
to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal, &c.,
contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu Tribe
of the North Island of New Zealand. By ELSDON BEST,
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Dominion Museum Monographs: Interesting Series. By
ELSDON BEST, F.N.Z.Inst., the well-known authority on
Maori life, institutions, and customs.
No. 1.—SOME ASPECTS OF MAORI MYTH AND
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No. 8.—MAORI HOUSES AND FOOD STORES.
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THE MAORI AS HE WAS
By
ELSDON BEST
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CONTENTS
ADVERTISEMENTS ..... 884
APPOINTMENTS, ETC. ..... 873
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES ..... 883
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES ..... 884
MISCELLANEOUS—
Board of Trade Notice ..... 883
Canterbury Raspberry Marketing Committee, Election of Producers' Representatives on ..... 882
Customs Acts, Decisions Under the ..... 877
Franklin County, Classification of Roads in ..... 876
Import Control Exemption Notice (No. 6) 1954 ..... 874
Import Control Exemption Withdrawal Notice ..... 874
Industrial Efficiency Act, Decisions of Bureau of Industry Under the ..... 878
Industrial Efficiency Act, Notice to Persons Affected Under the ..... 878
Land and Income Tax Act, Notice to Make Returns of Income Under the Land District of— ..... 878
Nelson, Land Reserved in the, and Vested in the Inangahua Hospital Board ..... 875
Nelson, Land Reserved in ..... 875
North Auckland, Land Reserved in the, and Vested in the Franklin County Council ..... 875
Otago, Revoking the Vesting of Control and Revoking the Reservation Over Land in the ..... 874
South Auckland, Changing Purpose of Reserves in ..... 874
Southland, Land Reserved in the, and Vested in the Eastern Bush Public Hall Society, Incorporated ..... 875
Wellington, Land Reserved in the, and Vested in the Pohangina County Council ..... 875
Wellington, Land Reserved in, and Declared to Form Part of Feilding Domain ..... 875
Licensing Control Commission: Awarding Compensation to Owners and Licensees ..... 882
Maori Affairs Act, Declaring Land to be Subject to the Provisions of Part XXIV of the ..... 880
Maori Affairs Act, Releasing Land From the Provisions of Part XXIV of the ..... 881
Motor Drivers Regulations, Approval of Testing Officers Under the ..... 876
Motor Drivers Regulations, Exemption Order Under the ..... 875
Nelson Raspberry Marketing Committee, Election of Producers' Representatives on ..... 882
New Lynn Borough, Classification of Roads in ..... 876
New Zealand Government Railways, Alterations to Scale of Charges Upon the ..... 880
Noxious Weeds Act, Plants Declared in Borough of Milton Under the ..... 883
Officiating Ministers for 1954 ..... 882
Otago Raspberry Marketing Committee, Election of Producers' Representatives on ..... 882
Price Order No. 1552 ..... 883
Public Trustee: Elections to Administer ..... 879
Regulations Act, Notice Under the Reserve Bank, Weekly Statement of Assets and Liabilities ..... 879
Riverton Domain, Declaring a Reserve to Form Part of ..... 874
Stock Remedies Regulations, Biological Products Exempted from the Provisions of the ..... 876
Stockton Domain Board, Appointment of Revoked Tariff Inquiry on Castors and Steel Disc Wheels, Notice Respecting ..... 874
Transport Act, Excluding Portion of a Road from Limitation as to Speed Imposed by ..... 876
Transport Act, Revoking Warrant and Declaring Area to be a Closely Populated Locality ..... 876
Waihua Survey District, Notice of Intention to Take Land in Block IX for Road ..... 875
PROCLAMATIONS, ORDERS IN COUNCIL, AND WARRANTS 861–873
SHIPPING—
Notice to Mariners ..... 881
By Authority: R. E. OWEN, Government Printer, Wellington.—1954