YOUR OWN HOME--HOW?

A guide for those who desire to build. Contains fourteen
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financing, low cost plan service and other valuable advice.
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YOUR OWN HOME--HOW? (No. 2)

Another booklet written primarily for those with limited
finance. Contains fourteen new house designs, advice on
finance, group building scheme, economics in design and con-
struction and other expert advice.
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THE MAORI AS HE WAS

By

ELSDON BEST

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DOMINION MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS

Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. (Out of print.)
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Dominion Museum Monographs: Interesting Series. By
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No. 8.--MAORI HOUSES AND FOOD STORES.
By W. J. PHILLIPPS. Price, 18s.

THE PRINCIPLES
OF WOOD PRESERVATION:
THEIR APPLICATION UNDER NEW
ZEALAND CONDITIONS

By Messrs. D. R. CARR, B.Sc., and J. H. SMITH, B.Sc., B.E.
A.M.I.C.E., of the New Zealand Forest Service
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THE NEW ZEALAND FORMULARY 1953

A prescriber's guide to medication--including a reprint of
the Drug Tariff 1953. Edited and compiled by DUNCAN COOK
and C. A. FARQUHARSON, and published by direction of the
Minister of Health.
192 pages, cloth cover.
Price, 9s.

INDEX OF PLACES AND STREETS

Showing Electorates and No-licence Districts. Compiled
by the Electoral Department.
72 pages.
Price, 4s. 6d.

MECHANICS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE
(THEORY AND PRACTICE)

This copiously illustrated 364 page authoritative book is
strongly recommended by the N.Z. Motor Trade Certification
Board.
Price, 21s.

STUDENTS' FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND AND
OUTLYING ISLANDS

By T. W. KIRK, F. L. S.
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A.B.C. OF PLAIN WORDS

By SIR ERNEST GOWERS.
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