PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1886 Session I, H-28

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1886. NEW ZEALAND.

PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Government Printing Department, SlR > Wellington, 25th June, 1886. I have the honour to submit the following report on the operations of the Printing and Stationery Department for the year 1885 :— Departmental Returns. The usual balance-sheet and departmental returns for 1885 have been prepared and will be found appended to this report. I am glad to be able to show a profit to credit of colony of J6,788 10s. 4d., notwithstanding the fact that during the past year a large portion of the work, such as the reprint of Hansard, was of an exceptionally solid and unremunerative character. The return of the number of employes during each month of the year shows a more equable result as compared with former years. The difference between the minimum and maximum number was 38, while in the previous year it was 54. The monthly average was 137, as against 129 for the previous year. Machinery, etc. During the past year steps have been taken to replace some of the machines in use by others of a more modern type and likely to prove more suitable to our requirements. The large four-feeder machine has been disposed of at a satisfactory advance on the price originally paid for it, and, on the arrival of the new machines ordered, I propose disposing of two others, one of which has been in constant use for the last twenty years. These old machines have recently undergone some costly repairs, but I consider it inadvisable to continue expending money upon them as the amount could be much more satisfactorily invested in the purchase of new machinery. The machines under order are being obtained from Messrs. Dawson and Son, London, and may be expected to arrive in Wellington by the next direct steamer. The order comprises two double-royal, one double-demy, and one demy Wharfdale printing machines; one foolscap folio Arab platen machine, and one of Dawson's self-clamp cutting machines. Additional ruling and wire book-sewing machines and hydraulic presses are wanted for the binding-room, but cannot be obtained until accommodation is provided for them in the new office. Hansard. The number of subscribers during 1885 was 720, being less by about one-half than that for 188-4. As I have previously pointed out, the large free issue made by members, and to all newspapers, public libraries, and local bodies, deters many from subscribing who would otherwise pay the small fee demanded. Steady progress has been made in the printing of the early debates from 1854 to 1866 which are reprinted from the newspaper reports of the period. The debates will occupy five volumes in all, four of which are printed, containing the proceedings up to the end of 18G3 The last volume will embrace the years 1864-66, and will, I trust, be ready for issue during next recess. I—H. 28.

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Telegraph Forms. Tenders were invited during last year, both in London and in this colony, for the printing of sixteen millions of telegraph forms ; in response to which five tenders were received, from London and nine from New Zealand firms. lam glad to be able to state that the tender from this department was accepted, being the lowest by J94 15s. 2d. The order has been duly completed, and I have the satisfaction of stating that, while the work was performed in the colony instead of in London as hitherto, the actual cost of production was well within my estimate. Arrangements have been made for executing an order for another sixteen millions of forms on the same terms for the coming year. The Stereotype Branch. The number of stereotype plates produced last year was 1,212, and of electrotypes 660. A considerable amount of leads of various sizes were also cast for the use of the office. The number of rubber stamps manufactured in this branch for the various departments of the Government was 221. The railway-ticket printing for all Government lines, which is performed in this department, shows an increase over last year. The numbers were : Railway tickets, 2,425,2-10 ; season tickets, 10,517; flag-station tickets, 63,400; lost-luggage tickets, 35,000; weighbridge tickets, 19,000. The printing of the railway tickets required 11,701 separate alterations, being an average of one alteration to every 207 tickets. The number of stations for which tickets have to be printed is 578. The manufacture of electrotypes for postage and beer-duty stamps is carried on in this branch. During the past year two new plates of postage and one of beer-duty stamps have been executed. A set of designs for postage stamps for Tonga and Samoa are now being engraved by Mr. Bock, of Wellington, from which electrotypes will be prepared in this department. Stationery Store. The number of requisitions received and complied with during the past year was 11,779, or at the rate of 37 per day. The number of separate items in the requisitions was 60,668. The receipts from the sale of official publications amounted to £1,689 3s. lOd. The quantity of waste paper shipped during the year was 51 tons, representing in value £127 10s. The Dunedin paper-mill takes all I can supply at 50s. per ton. I have, &c., George Didsbtjry, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Government Printer.

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PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1885. 1. —The Colony of New Zealand on Account of the Government Printing Office.

2.—Stock and Buildings Account.

3.—Salaries Account.

4.—Working Expenses Account.

5. —Printing and Binding Account.

6.—Profit and Loss Account.

17th June, 1886. Samuel Costall, Accountant.

De. £ s. d. 'o Value of work done .. .. .. 24,575 14 4 Cash received, viz.:— Advertisements .. .. .. 241 16 11 Gazette subscriptions .. .. 106 12 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 499 17 4 Official publications .. .. 1,G89 3 10 Land Transfer and gold-mining advertisements .. .. .. 213 9 9 Value of repairs, articles made, &c, by office engineer .. .. .. 212 6 0 Value of rubber-stamps, electros, &c, for other departments .. .. 8G 9 5 Balance .. .. 11,G77 15 8 Cr. £ s. d. By Value of stock, &c, 31st Dec., 1885 .. 12,292 8 0 Cash paid for salaries and overtime .. 18,0:2!) 12 10 Working expenses .. .. .. 857 7 1 Ground-rent .. .. .. 165 0 0 Interest on plant and buildings .. G14 12 4 Value of printing and binding materials used .. .. .. .. 555 15 2 Profit and loss .. .. .. 0,788 10 4 £39,303 5 9 £39,303 5 9 Balance .. .. 11,677 15 8

Dk & s. d. 'o Value of stock and buildings, 31st December, 1884 .. .. .. 12,093 4 0 Additions during year .. .. 74 4 0 On. £ s. a. By Value of stock, 31st December .. 11,677 15 8 Depreciation carried to Profit and Loss 614 12 4 12,767 8 0 Less proceeds of machine sold .. 475 0 0 £12,292 8 0 £12,292 8 0 Value of stock brought down .. 11,077 15 8 .. 11,077 15 8

Dk. 'o Wages—permanent hands „ extra hands Overtime Moiety of night-watchman's salary £ s. d. . G,823 0 1 . 9,766 11 11 . 1,348 14 2 91 6 8 Cb. By Transfer to Profit and Loss Account .. 9, s. d. 18,029 12 10 £18,029 12 10 £18,029 12 10

Da. 'o Fuel Gas Miscellaneous £ s. d. 46 9 5 4G4 15 6 346 2 2 Ob. By Transfer to Profit and Loss Account .. £ s. d. 857 7 1 £857 7 1 £857 7 1

Dr. £ s. d. I'o Value of binding materials, ink, &c, including freight and other charges 555 15 2 Balance to Profit and Loss Account .. 27,069 14 11 Ce. By Value of work done and cash received £ s. d. 27,025 10 1 £27,025 10 1 £27,025 10 1 £27,625 10

Dk. 'o Depreciation on stock and buildings Salaries and overtime Working expenses Ground-rent Interest on plant and buildings Profit to credit of colony £ s. d. 014 12 4 .. 18,029 12 10 857 7 1 165 0 0 C14 12 4 .. 0,788 10 4 0b. By Balance of Printing and Binding Account £ s. d. 27,009 14 11 £27,009 14 11 £27,009 14 11

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Return of the Value of Printing and Binding executed at the Government Printing Department during the Year ending 31st December, 1885.

Return of the Number and Classification of the Employés in the Government Printing Office during the Year ending 31st December, 1885.

Printing. Department. Number of Number Authors' Copies. of Pages. 'Corrections. Value. Binding. Totals. Audit .. Colonial Secretary— Gazette Stock Miscellaneous Constabulary Customs Marine Crown Lands Crown Law Defence Education General Assembly— House of Representatives— Order Paper Papers Journals Miscellaneous Legislative Council-— Order Paper Journals and Appendix Miscellaneous Joint Account Bills Hansard Statutes Geological Goldfields Governor's Establishment Insurance Justice Bankruptcy Land Transfer Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals .. Miscellaneous Native Post and Telegraph Money Order and Savings Banks Printing Prisons Property-tax Public Trustee Public Works .. Railways Registrar-General Stamp Stationery Store Survey Treasury 12,253 23 Hours. 2 £ s. a, 14 12 9 s s. a. 13 17 6 £ s. d. 28 10 3 579,310 43,610 49,292 02,300 143,520 16,737 64,850 1,612 16 158 250 46 87 275 296 20 5 15 2 4 2,323 5 9 21 17 0 58 4 9 369 5 3 70 4 3 40 8 0 122 16 6 430 16 0 22 4 5 13 1 1 81 10 3 203 13 9 4 5 6 102 12 3 13 19 6 10 7 9 117 6 6 2,754 1 9 44 1 5 71 5 10 450 15 6 273 18 0 44 13 6 225 8 9 13 19 6 47 19 6 289 2 6 47,121 110,205 68 328 4 107 3711 9 171 16 0 60,622 260,104 300 27,389 416 2,902 468 128 61 1,297 153 5 290 0 0 3,075 4 8 326 18 0 41 8 6 17 13 10 498 2 11 27 5 9 32 11 6 307 19 10 3,573 7 2 354 3 9 74 0 0 18,240 11,650 3,837 315,417 117,9GG 193,266 61,397 20,023 23,433 1,282 403,505 210,954 38,720 56,125 77,530 382,188 275,966 3,392,620 1,152,807 47,684 8,050 468,496 19,290 105,022 245,589 374,541) 121,058 41,172 21,081 510,907 141 438 80 684 1,505 3,666 618 325 181 18 117 107 9 80 53 612 467 1,306 239 68 33 155 7 567 211 328 36 17 54 136 14 84 12 1.20 2,342 3,866 98 9 57 3 20 72 88 173 105 0 6 282 18 6 18 15 6 379 2 0 1,175 12 11 3,609 16 8 552 14 10 124 5 0 33 5 9 4 0 0 80 17 6 101 7 6 12 2 0 43 0 0 54 2 0 282 0 0 504 7 10 1,482 16 10 343 16 3 21 5 9 14 15 8 211 12 3 7 6 6 371 6 6 280 10 8 805 9 0 74 1 6 15 19 6 34 10 6 185 11 6 4 0 11 29 5 10 11 11 3 133 4 6 101 19 9 847 14 1 587 15 6 87 3 0 24 6 3 13 2 0 38 5 9 50 19 9 10 13 6 108 18 9 11 11 0 44 6 6 208 10 6 368 4 0 170 6 0 19 18 6 24 5 0 420 17 3 3 10 6 314 2 0 178 5 3 48 6 6 27 14 0 560 9 5 70 0 10 284 7 6 109 1 5 312 4 4 30 6 9 512 6 6 1,277 12 8 4,457 10 4 1,140 10 4 211 8 0 57 12 0 17 2 0 119 3 8 152 7 8 22 16 0 161 18 9 65 13 0 326 6 6 712 18 4 1,851 0 10 514 2 8 41 4 8 39 0 8 638 9 6 10 17 0 685 8 6 458 15 11 853 16 0 101 15 6 576 8 11 104 11 4 469 19 0 2 26 3 247 199 112 8 1 9 Totals 10,209,434 18,920 9,536 18,176 10 3 6,399 4 1 24,575 14 4

I L c O 1 H3 CD <3 u o a <s iO O u O O & © O 'A a © s P ha Jverseers headers Compositors .. Machinists, pressmen, paperwetters, cutters, and engineer 3ookbinders, including one over3 3 32 7 3 3 3G 8 3 3 41 8 3 4 45 8 3 4 55 8 3 5 51 8 3 5 I 62 8 3 5 59 8 3 5 51 8 3 4 45 8 3 4 47 8 3 4 -li, 8 10 10 11 I U 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 seer females in Binding Branch Apprentices, machine and errand boys Assistants itereotypers 20 33 20 31 20 33 21 32 22 35 22 37 22 35 22 35 22 40 21 37 22 37 2J 40 6 1 6 1 6 1 G 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 I G 1 G 1 6 1 Totals 115 118 126 131 145 144 ! I 153 I I 150 I I 147 I I 137 140 142

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Return showing the Quantity and Value of Paper, Envelopes, &c., issued to the Government Printing Office during the Year 1885.

Number of Vouchers examined, Amount of Deductions made, and the Total Amount passed for Payment during 1885.

Return of the Value of Printing and Binding executed at the Lyttelton Gaol during the Year ended 31st December, 1885.

{Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,375 copies), £5 14s. Gd.J

Authority: Geokge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB6.

Quantity. Description. Amount. Quantity. Description. Amount. E. q. 9 0 115 10 Hand-made post folio .. Doublo post folio, cream wove, 481b. Double post folio (money orders), 481b. 8vo. note, large, 4Jlb. .. 4to. letter, 101b. Foolscap— Cream laid, 14£lb. 181b. „ hand-made, 181b... Buff double Yellow wove double Blue wove double Coloured double, 261b. Coloured wove double Demy— Coloured Blue laid Yellow wove doublo Hand-made Toned double Royal— Yellow wove, printing Coloured Hand-made .. „ superfine Imitation hand-made „ „ superfine Medium, hand-made Imperial— Hand-made Imitation hand-made Cartridge, 601b. £ s. d. 14 13 6 E. q. 10 0 10 0 31 0 Cartridge, double demy, glazed, buff Doublo imperial, brown Demy blotting-paper £ s. A. 14 5 0 12 1 6 30 0 0 137 18 3 40 0 18 0 0 8 16 6 4 4 6 5,546 19 7 Total paper 63 12 15 5 1,200 31,000 81,000 91,000 2.3,000 8,000 Envelopes— 15in. x lOin. Demy, cream wove Foolscap, cream laid No. 7, cream laid Buff, glazed, foolscap note 10 5 10 12 122 0 252 0 1,779 10 ,172 0 26 0 497 0 4 3 8 5 6 6 136 13 0 107 2 2 1,669 0 6 644 12 0 14 6 0 341 13 9 6 8 0 23 10 3 45 11 3 29 11 6 11 11 11 2 8 0 7,000 10,000 Cards— Double small large Sundry items 2 9 0 5 18 2 5 6 67 0 120 10 351 0 118 0 385 0 43 11 0 91 10 0 206 4 3 166 4 0 346 10 0 Total envelopes, &c. .. 128 17 1 ,203 0 120 0 12 10 59 0 18 10 5 0 9 10 1,019 14 6 68 2 6 26 17 6 187 6 6 3118 0 6 16 8 17 16 3 7,111 5,728 Parchments, 118 rolls Pasteboards 523 1 6 35 10 0 Total parchments, &c. 558 11 6 Summary— Paper Envelopes, &e. Parchments, &c. 5,546 19 7 128 17 1 558 11 6 26 10 3 10 44 0 113 19 0 9 8 3 48 8 0 Total 6,234 8 2

Period. Number. Deductions. Amount passed. Examined during the month o£ January „ » February „ „ March „ „ April May June July „ August „ „ September .. „ „ October „ „ November .. „ „ December .. 431 283 454 397 432 201 307 G04 487 294 400 226 £ s. d. 7<J 8 8 10 17 9 2 17 9 3 2 5 5 10 11 2 6 6 5 12 6 8 8 11 7 8 6 17 3 10 27 17 7 14 16 7 £ s. a. 2,219 7 1 816 16 1 1,110 11 7 901 11 5 1,454 1 1 740 11 2 1,125 16 1 1,657 !) 10 1,340 8 5 930 15 2 845 1 5 1,275 11 6 Totals 4,576 185 11 11 14,418 0 10

Department. Numbor ol Copies. Number of Jobs. Value. jovornment Printing Department Prisons Department 1,160,479 43,086 403 95 £ s. d. 581 16 0 134 10 6 1,204,165 498 716 G 6