THE MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3548, 9 August 1920, Page 4

THE MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK.

1 A. new v edition of the Municipal triandbook, which has been publishes}. tbiennially since 1903, has just been ‘issued by the Census and Statistics 3Oifice. Every effort has been made sto make a volume of useful informa~ tion carefully arranged for easy reference by those who are directly interested in local government or by students of municipal development um} ma.nage’men.t. The statistical section.covers the whole range of local bodies" revenue and expenditure in many comparative tables which refiect the varied spirts of enterprise or econ‘omy in different localities. It is not the Stat.is‘tician’s function to comment on those figures". The local authorities save this responsibility in fiche notes on their own districts, and this descriptive matter, pi-actic“a.llY CollSii' tuting :1. coniprehensive g'llid9'booka should interest the avel‘a§s9 N9W Z93‘ lander. This featureof the Handbook has not been as Well known *0 the general public as it d€SGI‘V9S I'o be.