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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 58

ENGINEERING PUBLICATIONS

Now available through Government bookshops are the following engineering publications that will be of interest to all civil engineers and those associated with engineering. These publications, prepared by the Civil Engineering Division of the Ministry of Works and Development, supply such information as stress, load bearing, design, and examples of the various equations.

ASSESSMENT OF POSTING WEIGHT LIMITS FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES

13 pages.
Price $1.60.

BRIDGE CLASSIFICATION AND DECK GRADING FOR OVERWEIGHT PERMITS

Issue (A) June 1973
Price $3.

DESIGN TABLES

(CDP 802/B) October 1974
8 pages.
Price $1.40.

DUCTILITY OF BRIDGES WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE PIERS

(CDP 810/A) April 1975
109 pages.
Price $7.

RETAINING WALL DESIGN NOTES

(CDP 702/C) 1973
88 pages.
Price $4.75.

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 1974

Edited by D. M. ADCOCK

This book is intended as a valuable summary of energy technology and its associated problems. The authors discuss different aspects of the economic, social, and environmental consequences of unrestrained growth in electricity and total energy consumption. Power construction schemes are likely to have considerable environmental impact at a time of increasing awareness of the need for environmental conservation.

156 pages.
Price $4.50.

N.Z. Institute of Public Administration

EXPOSURE OR HYPOTHERMIA

Manual No. 5 by PAUL MOUNTSORT.

National Mountain Safety Council, New Zealand.

This booklet has been written for the layman. After reading the information contained in this booklet the reader should know what exposure is, how it develops, and what to do about it.

The presentation is simple and should be easily understood.

47 pages. 1974.
Price $1.15.

FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND

Handy pocket size booklet crammed with information on New Zealand and its people.

64 pages, illustrated. 1975
Price 45c.

FACTS AND FIGURES OF NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURE

Handy pocket size book, with diagrams and charts throughout, which supplies statistical data on all aspects of New Zealand agriculture.

28 pages. 1975.
Price 30c.

FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND

VOL. I. INDIGENOUS TRACHEOPHYTA

By H. H. ALLAN

1,140 pages.
Price $10.50.

FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND—VOLUME II

By L. B. MOORE and E. EDGAR

353 pages.
Price $4.50.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT POLICY IN NEW ZEALAND

Edited by R. H. CAREY

1975

Foreign investment is an important and controversial issue in New Zealand. This book contains a wide range of facts and argument. Five papers cover the administrative and policy aspects, political attitudes, the degree of foreign ownership in New Zealand, and the benefits and costs of foreign investment. The general reader, as well as the student of the subject, will find this a volume of lively interest and a valuable addition to the small volume of literature available on this topic in New Zealand.

Series No. 20.
128 pages.
Price $4.50.

FOREST WILDLIFE

By P. MORRISON, Wildlife Service Department of Internal Affairs and L. H. HARRIS, Environment Forestry Division, New Zealand Forest Service. Illustrated by P. F. SCARFE.

In this informative booklet there is a description of 72 of the higher forms of animal life, both native and introduced, which may be seen in New Zealand forests.

The main purpose of this booklet is to provide those people who seek recreation in forests with a guide to the wildlife they may see.

It is hoped that this will stimulate interest in forest wildlife and supply those unaware of the abundance of animals that live in New Zealand’s forest.

Published jointly by:
Wildlife Service, Department of Internal Affairs,
New Zealand Forest Service.

48 pages, colour plates and drawings. 1974.
Price 80c.

CONTENTS

Page

ADVERTISEMENTS ................................................... 1147
APPOINTMENTS ................................................... 1121
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES ............................................. 1145
DEFENCE NOTICES ................................................ 1118
LAND TRANSFER ACT: NOTICES ..................................... 1146

MISCELLANEOUS—

Accident Compensation Act: Notice .............................. 1134
Cortigendum: Notices .......................................... 1117
Customs Tariff: Notices ....................................... 1137
Education Act: Notices ........................................ 1128
Environmental Impact Report: Notice ............................ 1134
Forests Act: Notices .......................................... 1128, 1134
Harbours Act: Notice .......................................... 1133
Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations: Notice ........................ 1133
Hospitals Act: Notice ......................................... 1129
Insurance Companies Deposits Act: Notice ....................... 1134
Land Act: Notices ............................................. 1127, 1128
Local Authorities Loans Act: Notices ........................... 1135
Maori Affairs Act: Notices .................................... 1131
Noxious Weeds Act: Notice ..................................... 1134
Officiating Ministers: Notices ................................. 1123
Plant Varieties Act: Notices .................................. 1144
Post Office Act: Notice ....................................... 1129
Potato Cyst Nematode Regulations: Notice ....................... 1133
Public Works Act: Notices ..................................... 1123, 1133
Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Act: Notices 1129
Raspberry Marketing Regulations: Notices ....................... 1134
Reserves and Domains Act: Notices ............................. 1127, 1128
Regulations Act: Notice ....................................... 1136
Schedule of Contracts: Notice ................................ 1136
Standards Act: Notices ........................................ 1135
Transport Act: Notices ........................................ 1129

PROCLAMATIONS, ORDERS IN COUNCIL, AND WARRANTS ................. 1117

BY AUTHORITY: A. R. SHEARER, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1976