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The article presents a list of books related to economics published in New Zealand. Some of the books included in the list are "A Portrait of the New Zealand Share Investor," by A.J.L Catt, and "The Nature and Extent of the Farm Labour Shortage in Cheviot, Canterbury," by J.L. Morris and R.G. Cant.

This article examines the main aspects of the backwash phenomenon on capital and skills in New Zealand. Many countries are faced with the economic dilemma whether to aim at joining a customs union or free-trade area or whether to opt for the indefinite maintenance of their tariff autonomy. The strongest argument in favour of joining is the fact that most modern manufacturing activities cannot be carried on economically unless the volume of sales reaches a certain minimum; and this can be achieved only through either a high degree of international competitiveness or through access to a sufficiently large protected market (or through some combination of the two). Since in the crucial early period after their establishment infant industries cannot hope to make much headway on the open world market, the attractions of constituting bigger protected markets are obvious. A technique has been described which would make it possible to eliminate the payment of duties on the bulk of the trade between two or more countries and yet to prevent backwash by keeping the composition of this trade under control. We have also sought to demonstrate that the proposed arrangements were theoretically sound, administratively practicable and consistent with the relevant international agreement. But the underlying concern of this paper is not with conformity to received doctrine, to administrative routine or to legal precedent: it is with growth.

The article comments on the paper "Prices, Wages and Industrial Productivity in Australia and New Zealand," by E. Lerdau and J. Rowe published in the February 1956 issue of "The Quarterly Journal of Economics." The paper discusses the association between productivity and size of establishment. The authors find a very close association, and in the case of a "test industry" a significant correlation. High output and high productivity are obviously positively associated. If one measures the size of a firm by the volume of its output, one will get a positive correlation between productivity and size of firm. When such spurious correlation is presented as significant, it may create the impression that high productivity is possible only in large firms. The article also makes use of several mathematical formulas to examine between productivity and size of establishment.

Focuses on the Compulsory Arbitration Act of 1894, implemented in New Zealand. Conditions under which the act was passed; Reasons behind passing of the act; Provisions of the act.

Focuses on the development of railways in New Zealand. Provision of funds for railroad construction; Cost associated with the construction and maintenance of roads; Details of the activity of the provincial governments in connection of the building of roads.

Peritoneal exudate cells from old NZB/Bl mice were found to be more active in taking up I125 labelled bovine serum albumin than similar cells from age matched BALB/c, C57B1 and CBA mice. The cells from both young and old NZB/Bl mice were markedly less able to degrade the ingested antigen than cells from the other strains. These observations are discussed in relation to the development of autoimmune phenomena in the NZB/Bl strain, [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study, where comparing the effects of neonatal thymectomy on New Zealand Black (NZB) mice, he possible role of thymus in autoimmune disease was discovered. The neonutally thymectomized NZB mice, in common with those of other strains, showed lethal wasting, a lymphocyte deficit in their lymphoid organs and blood, their packed cell volume was reduced and some had liver lesions associated with the hepatotrophic virus MHV-l. Although germinal centers develop and plasma cells occur in the lymphoid organs of most thymectomized mice, the striking feature of the NZB mice was the large number, size and activity of the germinal centers that persisted after thymectomy.

The article focuses on the study conducted regarding the floristic relations between New Zealand and it neighbouring islands. A simple biographic model have been developed to help determine the geobotanical distance of both areas. Although the biographic model takes a little account on the dynamics of the plant population, it still indicates that the floristic variations are due to the relative positions and sizes of the islands. This study has been conducted to trace the development of the vegetation.