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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ON SUBSCRIPTION BASIS

NOTE—Subscriptions may commence at any time during the year, but must expire on our expiry date. Charges are apportioned accordingly. Subscription rates are reviewed at the end of each subscription year. Subscriptions apply only to issues printed during the subscription period.

GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

FACSIMILES OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI

1976. $12.95

A valuable volume of old New Zealand records comprising: The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand. The original draft of the Treaty by Governor Hobson. A series of copies of the Treaty itself as finally adopted and signed by the chiefs and witnesses.

The preface and facsimiles are reproduced from lithographic originals first printed in 1877. (Government Printer.)

FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND

31 p., illustrated. 1976. 65c

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

FACTS AND FIGURES OF NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURE

28 p. 1976. 30c

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

FAMILY GROWTH STUDY

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SPECIAL REPORT SERIES No. 48

77 p. 1976. $4

The preliminary report on the Family Growth Study made in the Hutt Valley presents the initial analysis of the data collected.

Provides data on contraceptive practice, pregnancy planning, family size ideals and expectation, and sterilisation. Gives a bibliography and the eight sections of the questionnaire. Will be of great value to Government departments and groups and organisations involved in the health and social welfare work of New Zealand communities.

THE FAUNA OF THE ROSS SEA, PART 8 PELAGIC COPEPODA

By Janet M. Bradford (Oceanographic Institute)

CUMACEA

By N. S. Jones

N.Z. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH BULLETIN 206 (N.Z. Oceanographic Institute Memoir No. 59) 46 p., 4 illustrations. $1.30

Collections of Ross Sea Copepoda from the Transantarctic Expedition 1956–58 and the Oceanographic Institute cruise in the summer of 1958–59 are analysed and faunal lists of the area prepared.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT POLICY IN NEW ZEALAND

Edited by R. H. Carey

128 p. 1975. $4.50

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 investments. 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 of this topic in New Zealand. Series No. 20. (N.Z. Institute of Public Administration.)

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. Scaife

48 p., colour plates and drawings. 1974. $1

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 interests 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.)

FREDERICK THATCHER AND ST. PAUL’S

By Margaret Alington

50 p., 18 illustrations. 75c

The story of Frederick Thatcher and the Colonial Gothic structure he built. This book fills in some gaps in his personal life and his original design for St. Paul’s.

GEOLOGY OF THE CHATHAM ISLANDS

By R. F. Hay, A. R. Mutch, and W. A. Watters

(Geological Survey)

N.Z. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 83

86 p., 27 illustrations, $3 (paper cover)

map in pocket.

An up-to-date geological survey of the main islands of the Chathams, physiography, rocks, structure, history, and economic geology.