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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

Return of Adhesive and Impressed Stamps printed from 1st April, 1935, to 31st March, 1936.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (439 copies), £6 10s.

By Authority: G. H. Loney, Government Printer, Wellington. —1936.

Price 3d.]

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Office or Department. Value ol Printing. stationery Office or Department. Value of Printing. stationery. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Advertising .. .. . . 0 16 Mental Hospitals .. 391 4 4 721 0 1 Agriculture— Mines .. .. 499 0 0 217 6 2 Head Office.. .. 2,360 16 8 1,296 10 7 Museum, Dominion .. 281 9 5 49 13 9 Journal .. .. 1,158 3 5 .. National Provident Fund 211 13 2 128 13 9 Audit .. .. 174 12 5 383 11 11 Native .. .. 1,260 5 7 1,081 5 11 Bankruptcy .. .. 41 17 6 53 12 4 Naval Defence .. 350 17 6 626 14 3 Census and Statistics .. 4,870 9 8 372 2 11 New Zealand Meat Pro- 342 17 6 15 1 3 Cook Islands — ducers' Board Head Office .. .. 38 7 5 54 17 8 New Zealand Reparation 15 18 5 36 14 II Niue .. .. 24 7 6 57 17 2 Estates Rarotonga .. .. 87 7 II 479 5 5 Patents .. .. 562 3 4 46 17 6 Crown Law .. .. 66 5 6 152 17 2 Pensions .. .. 1,194 9 2 491 7 1 Customs .. .. 798 19 7 1,205 14 9 Police .. .. 2,197 4 0 2,587 6 4 Defence .. .. 1,110 7 2 742 5 10 Post and TelegraphDominion Laboratory .. 32 12 0 62 1 3 Head Office .. .. 21,807 6 4 120 1 2 Dominion Observatory .. 63 13 11 7 0 10 Stores .. .. 11 0 2 58 0 6 Education — Stores Division .. 13,880 0 7 1,185 19 8 Head Office.. .. 4,990 3 3 1,680 6 1 Prime Minister .. 248 15 I 165 13 2 Examination Branch 579 18 1 1 9 1 Prisons .. .. 43 15 10 427 2 3 School Journal .. 2,209 19 6 0 1 6 Public Service Commis- 140 14 9 104 9 7 Teachers' Superannua- 72 0 7 6 0 9 sioner tion Fund Public Service Superan- 55 14 7 50 11 11 Electoral .. .. 1,892 12 3 1,326 6 9 nuation External Affairs .. 272 0 1 70 19 5 Public Trust .. .. 3,660 3 3 1,339 5 9 Friendly Societies .. 52 9 9 .. Public Works .. .. 3,691 13 8 6,250 15 11 Gazette, .. .. 6,123 1 1 .. Railways— Geological Survey .. 73 18 8 20 19 5 Head Office .. .. 1,873 11 8 153 I 9 Government Actuary .. 8 16 8 19 10 4 Accountant .. .. 26 10 0 0 17 3 Government House .. 223 8 4 74 14 10 Advertising .. .. 2 9 4 Government Life Insur- 985 18 11 522 9 4 Day Tickets .. 823 2 2 ance District Traffic Manager 3,041 0 1 Health .. .. 1,890 0 6 762 2 10 Publicity .. .. 722 12 0 0 1 4 House of Representatives — Refreshment Branch .. 13711 079 Head Office'.. .. 501 1 6 494 3 0 Road Motor Services .. 45 3 3 Appendices to Journals 2,786 7 4 .. Stores —Woburn .. 8,970 12 2 1,190 3 8 Bellamy's .. .. 22 19 5 .. Ticket Printer .. 567 6 6 Bills .. .. 677 11 4 .. Registrar-General .. 899 5 8 201 0 1 Hansard .. .. 3,680 6 5 1 18 2 Rural Intermediate Credit 91 12 7 Journals .. .. 289 18 6 .. Board Library .. .. 506 11 7 29 10 9 Samoaii Affairs .. 175 4 1 523 12 2 Order -papers .. 212 18 5 .. Scientific and Industrial 1,501 10 8 272 9 9 Statutes .. .. 132 13 10 .. Research Immigration .. .. .. 0 7 6 Stamp Duties .. .. 917 5 9 462 2 9 Industries and Commerce, 3,206 4 7 1,051 15 1 State Advances .. 1,821 17 10 1,074 8 3 Tourist, and Publicity State Coal — Internal Affairs — Head Office .. .. 115 Head Office .. .. 976 5 2 924 15 3 Christchurch .. 65 18 10 8 7 7 Ministers' Offices .. 659 1 4 399 7 9 Greymouth . . .. 66 11 11 61 16 4 Justice .. .. 1,234 13 6 2,240 3 4 Wellington .. .. 59 6 8 11 19 8 Labour .. .. 1,357 17 3 827 3 5 State Fire Insurance .. 1,047 4 5 539 15 8 Land and Deeds .. 356 17 2 367 12 5 State Forest Service .. 210 4 10 539 9 0 Land and Income Tax .. 1,532 14 8 660 14 7 Survey Board of New 7 11 4 0 3 7 Lands and Survey .. 3,206 10 10 3,480 9 4 Zealand Law Drafting .. .. 12 17 8 17 19 1 Transport .. .. 262 19 11 219 18 11 Legislative Council— Treasury— Head Office.. .. 85 14 8 79 17 10 Head Office .. .. 3,224 18 6 618 0 0 Bills .. .. 130 4 1 .. Unemployment .. 2,652 13 1 1,452 6 1 Journals .. . 73 11 6 .. Valuation .. .. 493 10 5 525 8 7 Order Papers .. 33 3 5 .. Marine .. .. 1,176 14 9 287 13 9 Totals .. 133,486 6 11 43,776 2 0 Summary. 1935 —April .. .. 7,731 6 0 1,023 16 4 1935—November .. 10,689 9 8 4,058 18 6 May .. .. 10,452 12 3 3,928 1 10 December .. 13,687 4 9 3,155 3 8 June .. .. 8,885 4 1 2,733 5 1 1936—January .. 7,840 8 6 3,236 1 11 July .. .. 9,098 10 3 4,256 17 10 February .. 11,556 8 8 3,740 12 2 August.. .. 10,433 6 I 4,501 4 3 March .. .. 17,850 15 4 6,402 8 0 September .. 13,173 4 11 3,343 2 2 October .. 12,087 16 5 3,396 10 3 Totals .. 133,486 6 11 43,776 2 0

Description. Sheets. ! Stamps. Value, £ s. d. Postage .. .. .. ■■ •• 54,276 5,621,340 51,312 7 8 Postaf notes .. .. .. •• •• 402,050 4,020,500 35,881 15 0 Post-cards .. .. .. •• 140,460 2,247,360 4,628 14 9 Letter-cards .. .. •• .. 144,850 1,738,200 7,188 19 5 Duty .. .. •• 7,462 1,172,106 1,849,371 0 0 Unemployment-relief .. .. .. •• 61,451 14,642,400 2,320,915 0 0 Newspaper-wrappers .. .. .. .. 52,250 418,000 1,369 3 0 Railways .. .. •• • • 2,030 240,000 500 0 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. • • 104,820 104,440 906 6 10 Impressed .. .. 3,805,132 35,373 0 8 Totals ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ 969,649 34,009,478 4,307,446 7 4^