29 JULY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

CRIME IN NEW ZEALAND
A survey of New Zealand criminal behaviour
1974 Reprint

In this study of crime, the object is to provide not only statistical information but to describe the administrative procedures and law.

This book is not just a colourless official document. The authors compiled the text with the intention of making it interesting to all readers. A well-balanced publication aimed at giving the reader a clear insight into law in New Zealand.

(Department of Justice)

417 pages Price $6.50

DISEASES OF TREE FRUITS IN NEW ZEALAND
By J. D. ATKINSON (PLANT DISEASES DIVISION)
INFORMATION SERIES No. 81

A summary of current knowledge, including a considerable amount of previously unrecorded information. It is written primarily for advisory officers, students, and growers, and no attempt has been made to give full descriptions of the bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

406 pages, 183 illustrations. Price $7.50.

DISPOSAL OF DAIRY WASTES BY SPRAY IRRIGATION ON PASTURE LAND
By F. A. McDOWALL and R. H. THOMAS

96 pages. Price 75c.

Dominion Museum Monographs, by ELSDON BEST, the well-known authority on Maori life, institutions, and customs.

No. 1—SOME ASPECTS OF MAORI MYTH AND RELIGION. Price 60c.

No. 2—SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL CONCEPTS OF THE MAORI. Price 75c.

No. 3—ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAORI. Price 60c.

No. 4—THE MAORI DIVISION OF TIME. Price 60c.

No. 5—POLYNESIAN VOYAGERS. Price 80c.

No. 6—THE MAORI SCHOOL OF LEARNING. Price 50c.

No. 8—MAORI HOUSES AND FOOD STORES. By W. J. PHILIPPS. Price $1.80.

EARLY NEW ZEALAND PAINTINGS

20 pages. Price 15c.

EARLY NEW ZEALAND WATER COLOURS AND DRAWINGS

26 pages. Price 25c.

ECONOMICS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI
By RAYMOND FIRTH

519 pages. Price $7.

EFFECTIVE DISCUSSION
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION

Although originally written for staff training purposes in the Public Service, this booklet became popular with outside organisations as a guide to the conduct of meetings.

It describes planning and organising both large and small group discussions and contains many useful hints which will help the discussion leader to get the best out of his group, whether he is an old hand or a novice at leading discussion.

Also included are lists of books for further reading and recommended films.

52 pages. Price 50c.

THE EXPERT AND ADMINISTRATION IN NEW ZEALAND

The modern community is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of the expert, particularly in the field of administration. With the expert often comes serious tensions within organisations.

This book is based on opinions and studies presented at the 1959 convention of the New Zealand Institute of Public Administration and in No. 6 in the series “Studies in Public Administration.”

Limited stock.

117 pages. 1959. Price $1.50

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 unrestricted 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

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
(CDP 704/B) November 1974

13 pages. Price $1.60.

BRIDGE CLASSIFICATION AND DECK GRADING FOR OVERWEIGHT PERMITS
Issue (A) June 1973

40 pages. 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.

EXPOSURE OR HYPOTHERMIA
Manual No. 5 by PAUL MOUNTSORT.

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.