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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1932.

Return of Adhesive and Impressed Stamps printed from 1st April, 1931, to 31st March, 1932.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (400 copies), £6 2s. 6d.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington. —1932.

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Office or Department. Value of Printing. stationery. Office or Department. Value of Printing. s^®°ry. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Advertising .. .. 31 7 7 0 4 6 Museum, Dominion .. 61 9 6 49 13 11 Agriculture National Provident Fund 158 7 8 149 15 3 Head Office.. .. 2,025 9 10 1,301 6 10 Native .. .. 982 12 9 709 18 4 Journal .. .. 1,850 13 3 Native Trustee .. 365 16 2 87 5 10 Audit .. .. 196 11 5 238 19 10 Naval Defence.. .. 187 18 1 213 8 3 Bankruptcy .. .. 65 7 5 115 19 2 New Zealand Meat Pro- 31 19 5 12 2 9 Board of Maori Arts .. 3 2 8 .. ducers' Board Census and Statistics .. 4,992 5 4 143 8 0 Patents .. .. 1,159 0 0 73 3 2 Cook Islands .. .. 140 5 11 270 0 4 Pensions .. 1,247 2 11 354 5 1 Crown Law .. .. 76 11 10 141 8 1 Police .. .. 2,435 10 4 1,868 8 6 Customs .. .. 367 9 0 559 19 0 Post and TelegraphDefence .. .. 722 17 6 552 13 0 Head Office .. .. 13,870 10 9 88 16 8 Dominion Laboratorv .. 47 12 8 29 2 0 Stores .. .. 7 11 5 97 3 10 Dominion Observatory .. 11 6 5 3 9 5 Stores Division .. 9,064 6 2 66 3 0 Education — ' Prime Minister's Office .. 179 1 10 121 9 7 Head Office.. .. 3,039 10 3 1,651 15 5 Prisons .. .. 259 11 1 401 0 1 Examination Branch .. 614 7 7 16 17 0 Public Service Commis- 119 13 6 113 7 8 School Journal .. 3.601 8 7 • • sioner Teachers' Superannua- 62 12 6 0 6 6 Public Service Superannua- 72 15 11 33 9 1 tion Fund tion Electoral .. .. 855 15 9 884 18 6 Public Trust .. .. 2,682 1 8 1,215 15 3 External Affairs .. 146 1 4 23 13 8 Public Works .. .. 3,481 12 6 5,998 0 5Friendly Societies .. 57 8 1 .. Railways Gazette .. .. 7,840 10 7 .. Head Office .. .. 4,031 0 6 146 5 S Geological Survey .. 33 4 4 20 17 3 Accountant .. .. 125 7 7 0 19 3 Government Actuary .. 23 4 5 13 10 6 Bus Manager .. Ill 5 0 19 1 Government Life Insur- 1,450 15 3 318 16 7 Chief Mechanical En- 3 8 6 0 6 0 ance gineer Government House .. 161 4 5 34 19 11 Day tickets .. .. 465 6 1 Health .. .. 1,216 10 7 767 6 11 District Traffic Manager 2,045 7 8 0 2 6 House of Representatives— Stationery Clerk .. 7,346 0 7 401 14 10 Head Office .. .. 782 8 2 478 1 8 Stores—Woburn .. 122 7 8 14 12 11 Appendices to Journals 3,947 18 10 .. Ticket Printer .. 411 0 10 Bellamy's .. .. 141 16 6 0 12 3 Time-table .. .. 292 12 6 Bills .. .. 1,089 7 3 .. Registrar-General .. 461 12 5 210 2 3 Hansard .. .. 7,570 14 10 0 8 0 Rural Intermediate Credit 278 11 10 12 5 6 Journals .. .. 376 16 4 . . Board Library .. .. 473 0 5 25 16 2 Samoan Affairs .. 229 6 2 443 5 11 Order Papers .. 898 19 7 .. Scientific and Industrial 1,912 7 7 239 7 1 Statutes .. .. 1,863 13 1 .. Research Immigration .. .. 16 10 3 17 17 4 Stamp Duties .. .. 792 8 4 469 10 2 Industries and Commerce, 3,490 4 5 449 7 10 State Advances .. 659 7 11 424 2 3 Tourist, and Publicitv State Coal — Internal Affairs— " Head Office .. .. 56 14 7 1 16 0' Head Office .. .. 744 7 2 757 14 1 Christchurcb .. 72 0 1) 12 2 7 Ministers' Offices .. 341 10 0 396 7 5 Greymouth .. .. 49 13 4 43 12 9 Justice .. .. 1,847 0 11 2,161 13 0 Wanganui .. .. 11 10 9 4 3 5 Kahiti .. .. 112 18 5 .. Wellington .. .. 25 0 0 17 8 1 Labour .. .. 1,046 7 2 744 16 0 State Fire Insurance .. 1,015 3 2 545 12 9 Land and Deeds .. 858 5 11 515 5 9 State Forest Service .. 136 13 0 505 5 5 Land and Income Tax .. 1,689 5 6 699 3 3 Stores Control Board .. 119 18 3 15 11 11 Lands and Survey .. 3,994 14 4 3,151 5 4 Survey Board of New Zea- 9 15 9 14 8 Law Drafting .. .. 7 12 11 10 11 5 land Legislative Council — Transport .. .. 271 17 9 70 9 4 Head Office .. .. 341 1 1 61 14 9 TreasuryBills .. .. 214 11 4 .. Head Office .. .. 2,879 14 2 338 4 1 Order Papers .. 94 13 7 .. Debentures .. .. 227 14 4 Maori Ethnological Re- .. 197 2 6 Unemployment Board .. 1,396 18 9 294 12 5 search Board Valuation .. .. 275 11 8 300 0 7 Marine .. .. 1,421 9 7 334 11 3 Mental Hospitals .. 443 12 6 592 10 1 Totals .. 125,867 9 9 34,049 18 4 Mines .. .. 221 15 11 197 13 9 ========= Summary. 1931 April . .. 11,134 7 8 3,815 0 2 1931—November .. 10,503 13 7 2,404 5 7 May .. .. 9,624 7 3 3,747 11 7 December .. 8,930 9 0 2,337 18 5 June .. .. 12,408 13 11 2,423 12 1 1932 —January .. 11,972 8 8 1,870 8 5 July .. .. 12,141 14 7 2,251 6 7 i February .. 7,738 14 11 3,051 7 0 August.. .. 9,280 9 8 3,887 3 11 | March . .* 13,080 4 3 2,477 10 3 September .. 9,784 18 2 2,935 10 3 , October .. 9,267 8 1 2,848 4 1 I Totals .. 125,867 9 9 34,049 18 4 j _ I ===== = ■

Description. Sheets. I Stamps. Value. | £ s. d. Postage •• •• 710,489 154,849,406 : 1,231,151 10 0 Postal notes .. •• 337.016 3,370,160 I 29,638 ]9 2 Post-cards .. .. .. •• •• 611,000 1,256,000 3,946 2 1 Letter-cards .. .. .. •• •• 65,666 788,000 j 6,510 16 8 Duty .. .. •• 8,761 1,342,596 j 6,684,279 0 0 Unemployment-relief .. .. 62,000 14,779,200 1,266,854 0 0 Newspaper-wrappers .. .. •• •• 20,000 160,000 i 726 2 0 Railways . .. .. •• 18.000 2,160,000 i 69,000 0 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. •• 49,619 49,586 206 12 2 Impressed .. .. .. •• •• 4,435,057 j 43,120 14 4 Totals .. .. .. 1,882,551 183,190,005 9,335,433 16 5