1927 YEAR BOOK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 28 December 1926, Page 8

1927 YEAR BOOK

A BULKY VOLUME A bulky volume the 1927, Official Year Book, contains 1056 pages-of information, as-'against the ' 616 pages which constituted the volume issued in 1921-22, and three mere sections than were presented in the 1926 publication. Thecnew section on roads incorporates the article on main highways which has hitherto appeared mm the miscellaneous section ; a- -section has been devoted to legislation -specially ■ affecting labour; arid the former wealth- and income section has b'e'en largely extended and divided'into two section's. 'Jlie new -Wealth section riot only "-deals- with- private wealth, but' contains-also such information as is available concerning public wealth, together with figures regarding value of land holdings as 'compiled-from the--returns of Ift'rid furiiiilicd annually to' the Commissioner of' Tape's, v - *

A special article 1 by Mr L. S. Polden, A:I.A.-, of the Government Actuary’s Department, gives the results of his recent : actuarial investigation into the Doimmch’s*- mortality • rates; while Mr Jy C.'-Anderseri’s article on the Mission of the Britorriart at Akafoa irf 1840 should/hefp'(th'e - -fcfoyerrimenfi Stati&tiei'an bsliev'esi to remove "the-' riiiscbriceptiori which still clings to that early event in the history of New Zealand. ”

In- addition to the' new sections, several other sections contain considerable additional matter, and the sub-sections dealing with State - - indebtedness '■ and with hospitals arid charitable institutions have been almost entirely-rewritten.' All statistical', legislative, and other'hiattcr has -been brought -im to'date, and the early'prorogation of Parliament has enabled a synopsis- of the 'legislation of the 1926' session to be included in the issufe;