1606 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 63

MACHINE STRESS GRADING
(An alternative to visual grading of timber for strength)
New Zealand Forest Service Information Series No. 66.
1974
By I. D. Whiteside
36 p. $1.75

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.

MAORI
By Witi Ihimaera
45 p. 1975. $1.20

A colourful booklet describing the coming of the Maori to New Zealand, his history, heritage, folklore, beliefs, and cultural unity.

Each chapter has a quotation from a Maori proverb, phrase, saying, or canoe chant and these concepts are presented in words and pictures.

Continues with the arrival of the pakeha and the pattern of events which followed, the Treaty of Waitangi and the Land Wars. Moves on to the Maori today, finishing with the theme, one country, two heritages in unity.

Well illustrated with 64 coloured photos, of interest to all New Zealanders and tourists. (Tourist and Publicity Department.)

MAORI AGRICULTURE
By Elsdon Best
National Museum Bulletin No. 9
315 p. 1976. $13.50

The only comprehensive study of Maori agriculture available, this bulletin adds a further volume to the series of Elsdon Best's works which the Government Printer undertook to reprint preserving the original text and bulletin numbers. I recommend this book and the series as a whole; to collectors, archaeologists, and to those studying the prehistoric economy of the Maori people. (Government Printer.)

THE MAORI AS HE WAS
By Elsdon Best
295 p. 1974 reprint. $6.50

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 availability should help the reader to obtain a basic background to old time Maori life which can be extended by further reading.

THE MAORI CANOE
By Elsdon Best
National Museum Bulletin No. 7
451 p. 1976. $17.50

A reprinted edition without textural alterations and retaining the old Dominion Museum number. Another example of Elsdon Best's dedicated effort to preserve Maori culture. The material presented on canoes, their materials, types, methods of construction, and associated artifacts make interesting reading for the layman as well as for scholars of the Maori. (Government Printer.)

MAORI RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY PART 1
By Elsdon Best
National Museum Bulletin No. 10
424 p. 1976. $18

An account of the theory of the universe and its creation, study of the origin of man, religious beliefs, rites, magic, and folklore of the Maori people of New Zealand. First published in 1924, reprinted without textural alteration and retaining the original bulletin numbers. (Government Printer.)

MAORI STOREHOUSES AND KINDRED STRUCTURES
By Elsdon Best
116 p., illustrated. 1974 reprint. $6.50

As an authority on Maori culture, the author has compiled in this publication a comprehensive record on the use of the different storage structures, etc., used by the Maori in former times. By studying items pertaining to Maori technology it is hoped this will throw light upon many phases of the social life and customs hitherto unknown. This bulletin is No. 5 in the Dominion Museum Series.

M.E.C. REPORT No. 31—THE PUBLIC SECTOR
55 p. October 1976. 45c

This report considers the effects of public sector activity on the allocation of resources and economic stability. Chapter headings are:

The Role of the Public Sector.
Revenue.
Expenditure.
Stabilisation.
Future Prospects.

CONTENTS

ADVERTISEMENTS .................................................... 1592
APPOINTMENTS ...................................................... 1560
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES .............................................. 1590
DEFENCE NOTICE .................................................... 1560
LAND TRANSFER ACT: NOTICES ...................................... 1591
MISCELLANEOUS—
Climatological Table: Notice .................................... 1575
Commerce Act: Notice ............................................ 1574
Corrigendum: Notices ............................................ 1559
Customs Act: Notice ............................................. 1571
Customs Tariff: Notices ......................................... 1580
Education Act: Notices .......................................... 1564
Electricity Act: Notice ......................................... 1567
Exhibitions Act: Notice ......................................... 1566
Forests Act: Notices ............................................ 1563, 1569
Harbours Act: Notices ........................................... 1569
Land Act: Notices ............................................... 1562
Local Authorities Loans Act: Notice ............................... 1572
Maori Affairs Act: Notices ...................................... 1567
Meat Act: Notice ................................................ 1572
Poisons Regulations: Notice ..................................... 1570
Pork Industry Act: Notice ....................................... 1570
Post Office Act: Notice ......................................... 1567
Public Works Act: Notices ....................................... 1561
Raspberry Marketing Regulations: Notices ........................ 1570
Regulations Act: Notice ......................................... 1573
Reserves and Domains Act: Notices ............................... 1562, 1570
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act: Notice ......................... 1572
Sale of Liquor Act: Notices ..................................... 1571
Schedule of Contracts: Notices .................................. 1574
Sharebrokers Act: Notice ........................................ 1569
Standards Act: Notices .......................................... 1572
The Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Act: Notice 1567
Transport Act: Notices .......................................... 1565, 1569
PROCLAMATIONS, ORDERS IN COUNCIL, AND WARRANTS .................. 1559

Price 60c BY AUTHORITY: E. C. KEATING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1977