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No. 3. Return of the Number and Classification of the Employés in the Government Printing Department during the Year ended 31st December, 1891.

No. 4. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Paper, Envelopes, &c., issued to the Government Printing Office during the Year 1891.

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a I I I o 4 3 ■g £3 t>0 a> t> o -(J o O CO © O £ f © o Q 3 >-3 Overseors Eeaders Compositors (including two foremen) Machinists, pressmen, paperwetter, cutter, engineer, and engine-driver Bookbinders (including one suboverseer) Females in Binding Branch Apprentices, machine and errand boys Assistants Stereotyper 5 4 43 9 16 5 5 46 9 18 5 5 46 8 18 5 4 39 9 18 5 5 51 10 18 5 6 64 10 18 5 6 70 . 10 18 5 6 71 10 18 5 6 72 10 18 5 6 61 9 20 5 5 53 9 20 5 5 55 9 18 26 40 26 44 26 44 26 43 28 46 28 47 28 47 26 46 28 46 29 43 28 43 28 44 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 Totals 151 161 160 152 171 186 192 171 172 190 193 181

Quantity. Description. Amount. B. q. 15 19J 0 llf 1 0 1 0 5 0 10 15£ 21 5 409 9 9 16$ 33 161 66 0 Hand-made post folio Large post cheque Post blue wove Turkey mill, post, large.. 4to. .. ■ .. 8vo. .. Joynson's hand-made note Cream wove large post .. „ Silverburn Double-post folio, crm. wove, 481b. Double-post folio (money orders), 481b. 8vo. note, large, 4Jlb. 4to. letter, large, 101b., vellum .. £ s. d. 21 12 0 0 16 6 0 6 6 17 0 4 7 6 3 14 6 8 16 4 125 3 3 4 13 9 27 9 6 34 15 0 61 <$$ 2 0 8 14 3 0 16 0 1 7 3 4 0 13J 223 0} 61 14 598 13 57 83 22 10 1,021 0 543 11 I 249 12 230 10 7 7$ 3 10$ 100 0" 4,396 13 964 14 57 16 110 5 2,518 12 24 2 4 4 Foolscap, double and quad.— Cream laid, 14Jlb. 181b. 14$lb., ft. „ hand-made, 181b. .. Azure laid Double-cap copying Imitation hand-made cream wove doable Sheet and a half Cream laid quad. Pink and toned quad. Light-green and grey quad. Glazed quad. Turkey mill .. „ foolscap Buff double Yellow wove double Blue wove double Blue laid double Coloured double Cream wove double Silverburn Hand-made double 0 10 2 1 10 6 0 4 4 210 19 11 24 11 6 112 2 0 55 9 6 11 5 0 727 2 7 253 3 6 115 8 9 106 12 2 12 6 0 3 4 9 17 10 0 1,176 3 6 384 9 6 35 16 9 42 1 2 1,030 0 9 14 11 9 22 0 0 178 8 27 1 Double crown yellow wove copying .. 35 7 0 10 15 5 127 178 184 15 228 Of 18 15$ 899 14 310 13 2 9J 97 15" Demy— Hand-made Blue laid Coloured .. .. ,. Gummed Yellow wove double Toned double Buff double Cream laid double 162 1 4 101 15 7 42 8 9 14 1 8 414 6 6 178 10 4 0 15 9 56 4 2

Quantity. Description. Amount. E. q. 2,432 5 47 5 93 11 0 3J 11 8 35 9J 68 14§ 38 5 Boyal— Yellow wove double Toned double Coloured Surface Hand-made .. ... „ superfine.. Imitation hand-mada superfine Imitation hand-made £ s. a. 797 1 1 25 16 1 44 14 10 0 6 6 25 17 6 85 9 8 77 8 4 39 17 9 21 1 2 8J 0 2} 20 17J Medium —■ . . Hand-rnade .. .. „ loan Mauve cheque Imitation hand-made 33 0 4 6 6 0 0 2 0 19 2 0 15 19 8 1J 85 9 Imperial— Hand-made .. Imitation hand-made Cartridge 60 0 0 13 3 0 73 10 9 37 15 9 0 0 2| 0 2 45 14 Cartridge, dble.-demy, glazed, bufi Double-imperial, brown Drawing, cartridge, imperial „ double-elephant Demy blotting-paper 28 6 3 7 15 3 0 14 3 14 0 23 12 10 Total paper 6,979 11 1 51,375 277,600 454,500 18,000 4,150 2,675 500 3,325 100 Envelopes—Demy, cream wove Foolscap, cream wove No. 7, cream laid Small note .. 15x10 14 x 5 .. 13 x 9 .. 13x0 .. .. Special cards and envelopes 34 3 9 126 5 6 105 6 5 7 5 10 14 10 3 4 19 0 0 17 9 5 16 0 4 4 Total envelopes, &c. 298 14 4 12,712 12,087 26 Cards, &a. — Double large.. „ small Cardboards Pasteboards Parchments (skins) 5 9 6 5 2 7 16 0 89 4 6 553 18 11 !15 gross 8,453 Total cards, &e. 655 1 6 Summary— Paper, &c. Envelopes .. Cards, parchments, &c. 6,979 11 1 298 14 4 655 1 6 Total ... 7,933 6 11