1 JUNE
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

CENSUS OF POPULATION AND DWELLINGS 1976, PROVISIONAL NATIONAL STATISTICS
Department of Statistics 1976, 34 p.
$2

These provisional national statistics are based on a 10% random sample of census questionnaires thus making statistics now available in the same year as the census. Although this report will differ from the final figures it is considered that discrepancies between the sample and final figures will not prejudice the usefulness of the figures contained in this publication.

CENSUS OF POPULATION AND DWELLINGS 1976, PROVISIONAL POPULATION AND DWELLINGS STATISTICS
Department of Statistics 1976, 52 p.
$2

Contains the provisional statistics on population and dwelling numbers from the 26th Census of Population and Dwellings taken on the night of 23 March 1976.

Provides provisional figures on a more detailed geographic basis, with comparable figures from the two previous censuses.

The final statistics will be issued in a sequence of separate subject-matter volumes as work is completed.

CENSUS OF POPULATION AND DWELLINGS 1976—VOL 1A, LOCATION AND INCREASE OF POPULATION
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
48 p. 1977.
$1.10

This initial volume sets out the basic details of the number and location of the population as on census night, 23 March 1976, together with corresponding data from the 1966 and 1971 Population Census.

Only statistics of the total population have been included, other analyses will be found in the provisional statistics which were based on a sample 10 percent of census questionnaires, which is already published.

Future volumes in the present series will contain further analyses.

CHILD ABUSE IN NEW ZEALAND
342 p.
$4.50

A report on a nation-wide survey of the physical ill-treatment of children in New Zealand. (Department of Social Welfare.)

CHALLENGE FOR HEALTH
By F. S. Maclean, B.A., M.D.(CAM.), D.P.H.(N.Z.)
470 p., photo plates.
$2

In the interesting book the author described the history of public health in New Zealand. Included is an account of the 1900 world pandemic of bubonic plague and its effects in New Zealand. After this epidemic the Department of Public Health was set up, and took independence from local authorities in the matters of public health. This book tells also of the improvements in sanitary conditions throughout the country and the attempts to improve the health of the Maori people.

THE CHANGING VEGETATION OF MOLESWORTH STATION NEW ZEALAND 1944-1971
NEW ZEALAND DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, BULLETIN 217
118 p. 1976.
$4.50

Totalling 700 square miles, the broad expanse of high altitude Crown land known as Molesworth Station is the largest single farm unit in New Zealand. In 1938, after 70 years of leasehold farming the Molesworth and Tarndale runs reverted to the Crown in a badly depleted state. This is an account of the recovering of the land at Molesworth for productive farming and should prove very interesting and informative to all high country farmers.

CHOOSING A JOB
12 p.
30c

Although this booklet is primarily for young people leaving school, the advice it gives will be helpful to many others who are considering a new job. It discusses how to choose the right job; how to find out what the work is about; how to prepare for an interview, and what to do during the interview. (State Services Commission.)

COMMON WEEDS IN NEW ZEALAND
By B. E. V. Parham and A. J. Healey. Photographs by J. Somer Cocks
1976.
$6.75

Lavishly illustrated, this is an excellent guide to the identification of some of New Zealand’s commonest weeds. Shows how they differ from other species with which they might be confused. (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.)

CONSERVING NEW ZEALAND’S HERITAGE
By P. H. C. Lucas
94 p. 1970.
$1.40

In 1969 Mr Lucas went on a study tour of national parks and allied areas in Canada and the United States. On his return to New Zealand he wrote this report as a suggested guideline for national parks and reserves administrators. Many of the problems experienced by older countries could be avoided by a careful study of their mistakes and with this in mind Mr Lucas has concluded each section with a summary of lessons for New Zealand. Not only of interest to the general public but also to park administrators and planners, tourist promoters, historians, and archaeologists.

CONTRACEPTION, STERILISATION AND ABORTION IN NEW ZEALAND
Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Chairman Hon. Mr Justice McMullin, 1977
454 p., E.26
$6

This unanimous report was presented in March 1977, after the commission had conducted its enquiries from June 1975 to December 1976. It reports on the legal, social and moral issues that are raised by law and practice relating to contraception, sterilisation and abortion, and any changes that should be made to the law or practice and the likely effects of these. Pages 27-38 give the summary of recommendations; these include, contraception; legal issues; human relationships and sex education; rights of the pregnant woman; who decides; support services and eleven other recommendations. Includes, 11 appendices, glossary, bibliography and index.

COUNTRY ANALYSES OF EXTERNAL TRADE JULY 1975-JUNE 1976
Department of Statistics, January 1977
$2

These sets of country analyses are complementary to the export and import data released monthly. They are compiled from the Customs import and export entries received from all ports of entry.

THE COURTS AND CRIMINAL PUNISHMENTS
Three lectures by Sir John Barry
91 p.
$2.25

Sir John Barry was Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1947 to 1969. The lectures published in this book were prepared by him for delivery in New Zealand but illness prevented him from making the visit and the lectures have been published in the form in which he intended to deliver them.