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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 111

FISHING METHODS AND DEVICES OF THE MAORI
By Elsdon Best
National Museum Bulletin No. 12
264 p. $15.95 plus $1.50 p & p
Another in the series of the Best publications, it has been reprinted without revision so that the basic studies may be accessible in the original style.

This particular bulletin still remains the only comprehensive account of most aspects of Maori fishing. The descriptions of methods employed in fishing given here are still quite basic for any future studies in this field since no first-hand observations can now be made. The detailed fishing methods outlined are accompanied by descriptions of the artifacts used, together with associated chants, magic formulae, special observances, and fishing lore.

FOREST LORE OF THE MAORI
By Elsdon Best
DOMINION MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 14
421 p. 1977. $17.95 plus $1.50 p & p
Printed without textual alteration, the work provides an important basis for any study of old-time Maori economics and perhaps more important of his attitude to what was a major part of his environment. It will be more of general interest today than when first written, since it stresses so fully the uses made by the Maori people of their natural resources, and supplies basic materials for further studies in ethnobotany and ethnozoology. The reverence which the old time Maori showed towards natural resources mirrors the modern concern for ecological principles.

GAMES AND PASTIMES OF THE MAORI
By Elsdon Best
(National Museum Bulletin No. 8), 1976 Reprint
334 p. $17 plus $1.50 p & p
First published in 1925 this bulletin is one of the series originally written by Elsdon Best, and has been reprinted without textual alteration.

Elsdon Best described it as “An account of various exercises, games, and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times; including some information concerning their vocal and instrumental music”.

Contents include: Military exercises and games, Aquatic games, Children’s games, Introduced games, Maori songs and Musical instruments.

THE GEOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND
Edited by R. P. Suggate, et al.
820 p. 1978. $92.50 plus $4.80 p & p
The definitive work on New Zealand geology, this superbly produced 820-page 2-volume set has been written by some 38 specialists, under the editorship of three of New Zealand’s most eminent geologists. The Geology of New Zealand is illustrated with over 370 photographs in colour and monochrome, and with more than 200 maps and line diagrams. A comprehensive supplement is included, incorporating all available new information up to the time of printing, together with five indexes.

CONTENTS

ADVERTISEMENTS ........................................... 3149
APPOINTMENTS ........................................... 3108
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES ................................... 3146
DEFENCE NOTICES ....................................... 3105
LAND TRANSFER ACT: NOTICES ........................... 3148

MISCELLANEOUS—
Cinematograph Films Act: Notice ....................... 3126
Commerce Act: Notices ................................. 3123, 3132, 3139
Corrigendum ........................................... 3103
Customs Tariff: Notices ............................... 3127
Education Board’s Administration Regulations: Notice ... 3125
Electoral Act: Notice ................................ 3126
Forests Act: Notices ................................. 3117
Hop Marketing Regulations: Notice .................... 3118
Income Tax Act: Notice ............................... 3126
Import Control Regulations: Notice ................... 3118
Land Act: Notices .................................... 3119
Licensing Trusts Act: Notice .......................... 3122
Local Government Act: Notices ........................ 3121, 3123
Maori Affairs Act: Notice ............................ 3117
New Zealand Railways Corporation Act: Notices ........ 3118
Post Office Act: Notice .............................. 3108
Private Schools Conditional Integration Act: Notice ... 3125
Public Works Act: Notices ............................ 3139
Regulations Act: Notice .............................. 3117
Reserve Bank: Summary of Trading ..................... 3140
Sales Tax Act: Notices ............................... 3127
Sawmill Registration Regulations: Notice ............. 3141
Schedule of Contracts: Notice ........................ 3133
Weights and Measures Amendment Act: Notice ........... 3126

PROCLAMATIONS, ORDERS IN COUNCIL, AND WARRANTS ....... 3103

Price $2.85
BY AUTHORITY: P. D. HASSELBERG, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1982