21 SEPTEMBER THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2799

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS NO. 7
DSIR—New Zealand Geological Survey 1976 $2
Contains current information on:
Copper Sulphide Mineralisation at Mt. Baldy, Matakittaki Valley, Nelson.
Holyoake Valley Wollastonite.
Oil Prospecting Wells 1971–73 with additions to Oil Prospecting Wells 1865–1970.
Additions to New Zealand Geological Survey Report Series.
New Zealand Geological Survey Map Coverage.

INFORMATION IN FORMATION—A Guide to Report Writing
STATE SERVICES COMMISSION $1.45
31 p. 1978.
Contains helpful suggestions for preparing, planning, organising, structuring, writing, and revising reports, ideas on visual aids and descriptions of a few of the many types of reports.

THE INFORMATION MACHINE—COMPUTERS AND CITIZENS
by R. J. Spence
SECONDARY SCHOOL BULLETIN (E) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
48 p. Illustrated. 65c
This bulletin describes in an easy to read form the workings of the computer. There are also questions answered on the need for computers and the role they play in modern day living.

INSECT PESTS
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES BULLETIN 413
By G. A. H. Helson, M.SC.(HONS), M.N.Z.I.A.S. $2
195 p.
This book provides information on identification, life history, and control of pests and their effects on agriculture, horticulture, and public health. To be able to control insect-pest populations requires an understanding of their anatomy, time taken from egg to adult, how they feed and grow, their habits, the life stage causing damage, their food, and where they live.

INTRODUCTION AND LIBERATION OF THE OPOSSUM INTO NEW ZEALAND
By L. T. Pracy $1.20
28 p. with fold-out map. 1974.
Introduction of the opossum to New Zealand from Australia was about 1840. This publication is a summary of collected data and records on the liberation points and other information, in the hope of obtaining a better understanding of the opossum, such as pattern spread, distribution, and the effect on the habitat. (New Zealand Forest Service.)

JOINT COMMITTEE REPORTS ON YOUNG OFFENDERS
1975.
Resulting from a major longitudinal study into the social adjustment of New Zealand boys, the following reports seek to answer the question: “To what extent is it possible to predict from specific information collected at the age of ten those boys who will later become delinquent or show other signs of maladjustments.”

RESEARCH REPORT No. 1 $2.75
The Structure of the Bristol Social Adjustment Guide.

RESEARCH REPORT No. 2 $1
The Effects of Race and Socio-Economic Status on Juvenile Offending Statistics.

RESEARCH REPORT No. 3 $3
The Prediction of Juvenile Offending: A New Zealand Study.

JOURNAL OF ENSIGN BEST
Edited by Nancy M. Taylor $4.50
465 p. Illustrated, 1966.
Although intended as a personal record for his family, Ensign Best’s journal is a delightful account of his sojourn in Australia, Norfolk Island, and New Zealand. A random selection from the journal yields descriptions of hunting trips and picnics in New South Wales, viceregal balls in Sydney, a bachelor’s party on Norfolk Island, pig hunting in the Wairarapa, the first race meeting in New Zealand, sailing on Auckland Harbour, the death and burial of Governor Hobson, and an expedition from Auckland to Taupo.

LAND USE POLICIES
STUDIES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: No. 21 $5
185 p. 1976.
Land Use Policies is an up-to-the-minute publication resulting from the NZIPA Convention of 1975. Contributors include the Hon. D. MacIntyre, now Minister of Maori Affairs and Agriculture; the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Ministers of Agriculture, Forests, Lands, and Science for the previous Government; the Commissioner for the Environment; the Assistant Director-General of Lands; the Head of the Urban Research Unit of Canberra; and many others. Topics range from land tenure systems to the history of the development of land use policies to the public acquisition of land for urban development. To assist readers each contribution is accompanied by a short summary. In addition most are also followed by a commentary and an edited record of the convention discussion of the paper.

LIFE ON THE ROCKY SHORE
By Gavin Dann $1.05
SECONDARY SCHOOL BULLETIN
79 p. 1976.
A handy and well illustrated booklet. Introduces the young explorer to the fascinating plant and animal communities of our rocky shores. A most useful addition to the school, public, or home library. (Education Department.)

MAORI
By Witi Ihimaera $1.20
45 p. 1975.
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 pakaha 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 $13.50
NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 9
315 p. 1976.
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 CANOE
By Elsdon Best $17.50
NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 7
451 p. 1976.
A reprinted edition without textual 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.)