11 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
541

A HUNTING GUIDE TO INTRODUCED WILD ANIMALS OF NEW ZEALAND
By L. H. HARRIS, NEW ZEALAND FOREST SERVICE
111 pages.
Price $2.

IMPORT LICENSING SCHEDULE
1975-76 Licensing Period
Price 25c.

INCOME TAX TABLES INDIVIDUALS I.R. 177 (FOR YEAR ENDED 1976)
This book contains tables for working out the income tax payable at basic rates by all taxpayers except companies, public authorities and trustees of superannuation funds and “specified” trusts.
55 pages. 1975.
Price $1.50.

INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION IN NEW ZEALAND
By N. S. WOODS
Royal 8vo, cloth bound, blocked on spine in gold, coloured jacket, 208 pages, 13 pages of illustrations.
Price 90c.

THE INFORMATION MACHINE—COMPUTERS AND CITIZENS
By R. J. SPENCE
Department of Education
A bulletin for schools (E).
This bulletin describes in an easy to read form the workings of the computer. There are also questions answered on the need for computers and the role they play in modern-day living.
48 pages, illustrated.
Price 65c.

INSECT PESTS
By G. A. H. HELSON, M.SC.(HONS.), M.N.Z.I.A.S.
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Bulletin 413.
This book provides information on identification, life history, and control of pests of farms, horticulture, gardens and public health.
To be able to control insect-pest populations requires an understanding of their anatomy, time taken from egg to adult, how they feed and grow, their habits, the life stage causing damage, their food, and where they live.
195 pages.
Price $1.65.

INTRODUCTION AND LIBERATION OF THE OPOSSUM INTO NEW ZEALAND
By L. T. PRACY
New Zealand Forest Service
In this summary, data, records, and other information on liberation points has been collected to analyse the pattern, spread, distribution, and the effect on the habitat. This study will enable a better understanding and control of the opossum in the future.
28 pages with fold-out map. 1974.
Price $1.

AN INTRODUCTION TO TRAINING METHODS
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION
There are many people who may be called on to train staff and this booklet has been prepared as a guide and deals with methods, technique, and aids which can be used in training programmes.
26 pages. Revised and reset 1975.
Price $1.

JOINERY IN NEW ZEALAND
PART I, DOORS
70 pages, illustrated.
Price 90c.
PART II, DOOR FRAMES, TRANSOMS, ETC.
112 pages, illustrated.
Price 85c.
PART III, WINDOW JOINERY FITMENTS
136 pages, illustrated.
Price $1.45.

PART IV, WOODWORKING MACHINERY
124 pages.
Price $1.80.
466 pages, illustrated.
Price $3.50.

GEOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND
By FERDINAND VON HOCHSTETTER
Translated by C. A. FLEMING
344 pages, illustrated.
Price $6.

KILN SCHEDULES FOR NEW ZEALAND TIMBERS
By J. A. KININMONTH and D. H. WILLIAMS
New Zealand Forest Service Information Series No. 69
This 16-page booklet outlines the selection of suitable kiln schedules. The interrelationships of the variables involved in drying timber are set out, along with the requirements to be taken into consideration, such as grade, thickness, width, and end use of a particular species. Both low- and high-temperature drying are discussed and also special kiln treatments such as preliminary steaming, intermediate high-humidity treatment, equalising, and final conditioning.
The kiln schedules are presented in tabular form giving wet and dry bulb temperatures and final conditioning times for various species and moisture contents. Comments are attached to these schedules regarding characteristic features of the kilning of the species and the expected range of drying times.
16 pages. 1974.
Price 50c.

MACHINE STRESS GRADING
(An alternative to visual grading of timber for strength)
By I. D. WHITESIDE
This book outlines the need for commercial machine stress grading in New Zealand.
Stress grading studies carried out by the writer in 1967 on radiata pine from Kaingaroa Forest showed that machine stress grading gave better grade recoveries over visual grading hence raised the value of a considerable proportion of the sawn output in framing sizes.
The writer firmly believes that the introduction of machine grading will help overcome the present lack of stress grades in New Zealand. This lack of availability is thought to have been a major cause of timber not being much more widely used as a structural material in competition with concrete and steel.
An informative book for builders, building inspectors, and specifiers to prepare them for the introduction of machine stress graded timber.
New Zealand Forest Service Information Series No. 66, 1974.
36 pages.
Price $1.50.

THE MAN FOR THE JOB
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION
8 pages.
Price 30c.

MANUAL ON TRANSFUSION PROCEDURES
17 pages.
Price 30c.

THE MAORI AS HE WAS
By ELSDON BEST
Fifty years of public demand since this book was first published resulted in the need for reprints in 1934 and 1952. The text has been reproduced unchanged but the originals of some of the figures could not be traced and these have been replaced with similar illustrations.
There have been many advances in our knowledge of Maori life since this book first appeared. The work of numerous ethnologists, and more recently archaeologists, has critically examined many of the earlier concepts, confirming some, disproving others, and altering others to varying degrees. No one has yet produced a synthesis of the results of all this scholarship and there is still nothing as comprehensive as this book of Best’s to give a general account of the Maori.
This book was first published when Best was 68 and thus represents the accumulated knowledge of a lifetime. It has now become a classic introduction to Maori life. Its continued