H.—36.

Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1938.

Return of Adhesive Stamps, Postal Notes, etc., printed from 1st April, 1937, to 31st March, 1938.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (481 copies), £9.

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington—l93B.

Price 6d.

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Office or Department. Value of Printing.! 0fflce or Department. Value of Printing. stationery Agriculture— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Head Office .. .. 3,908 11 10 2,064 12 11 National Broadcasting 1,615 1 0 579 13 1 Journal .. .. 2,052 10 0 .. Service Air .. .. .. 971 13 5 904 14 4 National Commercial 1,402 6 9 2,154 16 0 Audit .. .. 222 9 2 356 5 4 Broadcasting Service Bankruptcy . . .. 47 1 1 55 1 7 National Provident Fund 318 11 1 152 12 11 Census and Statistics .. 4,731 14 3 283 13 10 Native .. .. 1,811 5 5 1,923 10 2 Cook Islands— Naval Defence .. 514 15 11 1,000 1 5 Head Office .. .. 63 3 5 1 14 8 New Zealand Meat Pro- .. 6 4 3 Niue .. .. 22 8 6 122 6 3 ducers' Board Rarotonga . . .. 262 6 10 689 11 11 New Zealand Reparation 57 3 4 46 8 6 Crown Law .. .. 51 11 2 148 1 5 Estates Customs .. .. 1,012 8 0 1,260 3 6 Patents .. .. 904 4 6 142 2 3 Defence .. .. 1,644 1 8 1,032 18 2 Pensions .. .. 1,825 4 6 736 15 2 Dominion Laboratory .. 101 11 5 110 16 6 Police.. .. .. 2,856 3 4 2,405 7 4 Dominion Observatory .. 40 8 10 23 11 7 Post and Telegraph— Education— Head Office .. .. 27,305 7 2 112 4 1 Head Office .. .. 9,641 17 1 3,714 5 2 Stores .. .. 7 16 11 126 4 7 Examination Branch .. 864 5 3 6 14 4 Stores Division .. 21,590 16 3 1,475 16 3 School Journal .. 3,540 6 4 0 9 6 Primary Products Market- 1,022 0 2 390 1 6 Teachers' Superannua- . 93 14 7 0 8 2 ing tion Fund Prime Minister .. 394 16 5 200 12 1 Electoral .. .. 317 19 3 134 2 4 Prisons .. .. 99 4 11 542 15 10 External Affairs .. 275 1 5 74 15 7 Public Service Commis- 172 17 4 151 4 10 Friendly Societies .. 102 19 3 .. sioners Gazette .. .. 5,580 19 11 .. Public Service Superan- 93 1 10 59 6 1 Geological Survey .. 4 19 3 38 11 1 nuation Government Actuary .. 6 18 7 0 9 9 Public Trust .. .. 3,943 6 9 3,449 16 8 Government House .. 260 13 7 49 5 3 Public Works .. .. 8,180 16 8 13,200 5 2 Government Life Insurance 1,573 17 1 464 8 10 Railways— Health .. .. 2,638 5 5 1,311 6 7 Head Office .. .. 3,727 2 10 50 4 4 House of Representatives— Accountant . . .. 164 13 0 1 14 3 Head Office .. .. 614 0 6 421 3 0 Advertising .. .. 6 19 7 Appendices to Journals 3,928 5 7 .. Chief Engineer .. 0 4 6 Bellamy's .. .. 28 1 10 0 10 9 Day Tickets .. .. 1,141 11 4 Bills .. .. 975 6 7 .. District Traffic Manager 4,857 10 8 Hansard .. .. 5,421 16 9 .. Publicity .. .. 1,229 3 2 40 12 2 Journals .. .. 320 15 11 .. Refreshment Branch .. 188 4 2 1 6 4 Library .. .. 957 18 10 95 11 5 Road Motor Services .. 234 2 9 12 14 4 Order Papers .. 436 1 2 .. Stores—Woburn .. 17,243 11 2 1,860 17 8 Statutes .. .. 247 4 10 .. Ticket Printer .. 1,186 8 4 Housing Construction .. 551 7 7 785 10 4 Registrar-General .. 719 2 7 249 11 7 Industries and Commerce, 5,574 18 9 1,415 15 3 Reserve Bank of New 144 4 3 41 15 4 Tourist and Publicity Zealand Internal Affairs— Rural Intermediate Credit 29 18 10 Head Office .. .. 2,377 5 11 1,136 11 1 Board Ministers' Offices .. 481 10 7 380 11 2 Samoan Affairs .. 515 12 3 743 19 1 Justice .. .. 1,097 II 9 2,189 6 7 Scientific and Industrial 3,714 5 6 1,189 8 7 Labour — Research Head Office .. .. 3,736 3 1 1,084 9 10 Stamp Duties .. .. 1,014 17 5 393 2 0 Employment Division.. 2,074 10 11 3,067 18 1 State Advances .. 2,688 7 10 2,620 14 1 Land and Deeds .. 490 6 9 334 10 9 State Coal— Land and Income Tax .. 5,463 3 10 1,954 19 7 Christchurch .. 40 14 7 19 9 2 Lands and Survey .. 4,056 5 3 4,556 6 4 Greymouth .. .. 87 9 11 140 6 5 Law Drafting . . .. 29 18 11 9 7 0 Wellington .. .. 13 13 11 22 8 9 Legislative Council— State Eire Insurance .. 1,595 1 9 779 4 4 Head Office .. .. 59 5 2 55 5 7 state Forest Service . . 417 14 7 730 16 8 Bills .. .. 123 15 3 .. Survey Board of New 29 0 5 Journals .. .. 121 17 4 .. Zealand Order Papers .. 49 0 4 .. Transport .. .. 3,738 5 0 701 7 5 Marine .. .. 1,711 18 10 437 7 7 Treasury .. .. 3,177 5 8 589 19 5 Mental Hospitals .. 626 4 11 1,021 14 7 Valuation .. .. 666 6 1 476 17 2 Mines .. .. 351 5 2 300 11 7 . Totals .. 204,634 17 5 71,650 12 10 Museum, Dominion .. 8 6 2 32 6 6 ! ======= ===== Stjmmaky. 1937—April .. .. 10,846 11 7 3,709 5 1 1937—November ., 18,220 14 7 6,667 1 10 May .. .. 13,155 0 8 6,610 1 4 December .. 16,120 18 10 5,606 6 1 June .. .. 14,565 16 0 6,129 7 6 1938—January.. .. 11,922 19 10 3,449 9 7 July .. .. 13,310 17 5 7,029 18 11 February .. 14,796 8 6 6,618 13 2 August .. .. 16,450 19 10 5,366 2 7 March .. .. 38,559 0 8 11,033 19 1 September .. 17,206 17 11 4,899 11 5 October .. 19,478 11 7 4,530 16 3 Totals .. 204,634 17 5 71,650 12 10

Description. j Sheets. Stamps. Value. £ s. d. Postage •• •• •• 25,610 3,020,960 63,762 10 0 Postal notes .. .. .. .. .. 372.000 3,720,000 31,509 6 10 Post-cards .. .. .. .. .. 91,562 1,465,000 3,049 4 4 Letter-cards .. .. .. .. .. 142,500 1,710,000 6,346 19 6 City .. .. .. .. .. 5,567 881,059 1,017,489 0 0 Employment.. .. .. .. .. 45,429 10,835,280 1,047,631 0 0 Fruit-inspection fee .. .. .. .. 41,666 4,977,240 20,738 10 0 Newspaper wrappers .. .. .. .. 25,500 204,000 '598 16 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. .. 1,216,655 1,215,214 5,821 16 10 Railway freight stamps .. .. 4,080 480,000 l'500 0 0 Totals .. .. 1,970,569 28,508,753 2,198,447 3 6