REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE, 1872.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1872 Session I, G-25

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REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE, 1872.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OE THE GENERAL ASSSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OP HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON.

1872.

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Government Printing Office, '"" T , ~ , . . Wellington, 24th August, 1872. a A i , * transmit 'for the information of the Government, a Keturn showing the quantity and value of work executed in the Government Printing Office for the several Departments during the past financial year. The classification of the work now made affords much greater facilities for reference while it shows more accurately than has hitherto been done the extent to which the Printing Office has been used by the respective Departments of the Government. The details of the amounts enumerated in the Eeturn are entered day by day in the Work Book, and posted from thence to their respective Accounts in the Ledger. The fullest information therefore, can be afforded respecting the figures contained under each head in the Return It will be observed, on reference to the Eeturn, that more than one-half of the total value of work done has been chargeable to the General Assembly—the amount being £7 196 11s 6d This amount is subdivided under the following heads : General Assembly—■ £ s. d. Bills, Mansard, Private Bill Office ... ... 2 359 11 0 House op Eepbesentatives— Order Paper, Parliamentary Papers, Eeports, Journal, Statutes, and Miscellaneous... ... ... 4165 15 S Legislative Council—■ Order Paper, Eeturns, Eeports, Journal, and Miscellaneous 671 4 10 £7,196 11 6 I also have the honor to transmit a statement of the affairs of the Department at the close of the past financial year. A perusal of this statement will show, after deducting all expenses chargeable against the Department on account of salaries, additions to buildings fuel and sras contingencies, &c, a net profit for the year of £3,146 3s. Bd., or about 32 per cent, upon the I am also enabled this year to place before you a statement showing the present value of the plant During the month of May last a complete inventory of the stock was taken the estimated value of which, at the close of the financial year, after making the necessary deductions for depreciation, &c was £3,828 4s. 4d. The plant, therefore, may be said to have produced during the year work to the amount of three times its value. The smallness of the plant in comparison to the work required to be done, occasions a greater loss in wear and tear than would otherwise take place. The additions proposed to be made to it, however, will place the Department in a much better position to perform the work required, and will, I trust, enable me next year to present a balance sheet even more favourable than the one now submitted I append a copy of the scale of prices under which the work has been charged, from which it will be perceived that for some descriptions of work I am charging fully 50 per cent, less than is paid to private printers. , _. I have, &c., Ihe Hon. the Colonial Secretary, George Didsbury, Aft ellmgton. Government Printer.

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Return showing the Quantity and Value of Work executed in the Government Printing Office for the several Departments, during the Year ended 30th June, 1872.

Department, &c. Number op Impressions. Value. £ s. d. Audit Office 3,000 4 0 0 Armed Constabulary 80,667 94 10 6 Attorney-General... 270 12 6 Annuities 141,039 188 19 4 Accountant in Bankruptcy... 1,000 0 15 0 Colonial Secretary— Gazette 319,418 754 .5 10 Miscellaneous ... 22,176 102 8 6 CustoniB 72,224 61 2 10 Marine 19,990 69 7 6 Distilleries 2,500 8 14 0 Controller of the Public Account 224 3 17 8 Colonial Architect 3,025 11 0 0 Crown Lands 8,782 26 19 8 Commissioner of Confiscated Lands ... 700 0 12 6 Defence 28,524 42 11 8 Inspector of Militia and Volunteers 22,205 58 9 8 General Assembly : — 51,423 289 0 0 House of Representatives —Order Paper ... Parliamentary Papers ... 801,912 2,601 17 0 Reports 3,964 57 0 10 Journal 60,150 391 17 6 Statutes 273,947 502 15 10 Miscellaneous 77,577 323 4 6 Legislative Council —Order Paper 24,460 120 3 4 Papers and Reports 36,678 247 13 2 Journal ... ... ... ■ 36,100 253 12 6 Miscellaneous 8,111 49 16 10 Bills 76,785 1,183 10 2 Hansard 384,000 1,166 0 10 Private Bill Office 1,370 10 0 0 Governor's Establishment ... 2,450 8 2 6 Geological 8,990 28 3 0 Inspector of Stores 52,400 52 12 4 Inspector of Surveys 1,750 2 2 6 Judicial 355,261 582 8 0 Patents Office 895 7 17 0 Land Transfer 64,092 216 15 0 Miscellaneous .,. 18,248 80 16 4 Native 142,932 414 19 2 Native Lands Court ... ... ... ... 7,170 28 5 6 Postal 437,612 294 7 10 Money Order Branch 161,430 136 3 10 Savings Bank Branch ... 63,283 64 2 10 Printing 42,243 181 9 4 Public Works 159,134 201 18 4 Registrar-General 212,778 516 0 4 Stamp 80,278 150 3 10 Stationery Store ... 5,500 7 3 8 Telegraph 490,894 271 11 4 Treasury —General 496,071 379 9 4 Paymaster-General 25,301 34 17 0 Receiver-General 19,003 17 5 6 Totals 5,409,956 12,302 3 2 Number of Pages, 14,401.

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Balance Sheet of the Government Printing Department for the Tear ended 30th June, 1872

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Ce. £ s. d. 5,240 5 1 1,701 11 3 1,408 15 2 704 5 4 £ s. d. Salaries —Permanent Hands Extra Hands on Time ... Do. Piece- work—G-eneral Do. do. Hansard Value of Work done, as per detailed statement Sale of public documents, Gazette advertisements, &c. Less cost of Paper and Binding, say 25 per cent. £ s. d. 854" 14 6 213 13 7 £ s. d. 12,302 3 2 Accounts due— On Land Transfer advertisements ... Outstanding Accounts, say 641 0 11 Additions to Buildings, repairs to Machinery, Boiler, &c. Fuel and G-as Miscellaneous Ground Rent 361 0 10 217 1 9 79 4 9 40 0 0 v,kjui j.o xu 697 7 4 71 10 0 103 13 9 175 3 9 Stereotype Branch —Salary Rent and Materials ,,. 182 0 0 35 0 0 217 0 0 Net profit for year ended 30th June, 1872 9,972 4 2 3,146 3 8 13,118 7 10 13,118 7 10 Estimated Value of Plant at commencement of year... Additions to Plant during year £ s. d. 3,122 13 8 49 0 0 £ s. d. Estimated Value of Buildings at commencement of year Additions to Buildings, Gas Fittings, &c. 3,171 13 8 729 0 0 135 0 0 864 0 0 Estimated Value of Stereotype Plant Do. Serviceable Plates, &c. ... 60 8 0 150 0 O 210 8 0 Depreciation, at 10 per cent, per annum 4,246 1 8 417 17 4* 3,828 4 4 * This sum is adjusted to cover the various periods for which depreciation can be allowed on additions, &c.

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SCALE Of PRICES.

Price Dbsoeiption of Woek. per Page. Price Description op Wobk. per Page. s. d. s. d. Gazette ... ... ... f _° .~) Parliamentary Papers ... J •§ §3 I 15 n Journals and Order Paper ... j pr< "3 =3 f Acts *-§ B I H J Statistics ... ... ... ... ... 17 6 Kahiti (Maori Gazette) ... ... ... 17 6 Circulars. Post8vo. ... ... ... ... ... 3 6 „ 4to. ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 Foolscap folio ... ... ... ... 76 Pamphlets, Sfc. Royal 8vo. ... ... f tf-d*) 10 0 „ 4to. ... ... "„■•! § 20 0 Demy8vo. I ,3-§S | 7 6 „ 4to. \ |B g <f 15 0 „ 12mo fe««f 6 ° Foolscap 8vo. ... ... I j§ 33 5 0 4to. ... ... L 1o ° Posting and Sand Hills. Foolscap 4to ... ... ... ... 3 6 „ folio ... ... ... ... 7 0 „ broadside ... ... ... ... 12 0 „ „ double ... ... ... 15 0 Demy 4to. ... ... ... ... 5 0 „ folio ... ... ... ... 10 0 „ broadside ... ... ... ... 15 0 Royal 4to. ... ... ... ... 7 6 „ folio ... ... ... ... 12 0 „ broadside ... ... ... 15 0 Forms and Account Boohs. (Brass Rule Work.) Foolscap 4to. ... ... ... ... 6 0 folio ... ... ... .;. 12 0 „ broadside ... ... ... ... 20 0 „ „ double ... ... ... 30 0 Demy or Medium 4to ... ... ... 76 „ „ folio ... ... ... 15 0 „ „ broadside ... ... ... 22 6 Royal and Super-royal 4to. ... ... ... 12 0 „ „ folio ... ... ... 20 0 „ ,, broadside ... ... 30 0 Miscellaneous. Envelope and Letter Headings ... ... 26 Labels and Wrappers ... ... ... 26 Certificates to Bills ... ... ... ... 2 6 Preparing Bills for Parchment (per sheet) ... 2 6 Pressworl: Per token of 250 ... ... ... ... 2 6 Knot more than 6 copies ... ... ... 10 Parchment forms, per 100 ... ... ... 50 Acts on parchment, per sheet ... ... 2 6 Account Book Headings — Machine Muled. Foolscap ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 Demy and Medium ... ... ... ... 6 0 Royal and Double Foolscap ... ... ... 7 0 Super-royal and Imperial ... ... ... 8 0 iV.-B.—All Jobs worked on Foolscap, Medium, Demy, Royal, or Imperial hand-made or cream-laid papers, if backed, to be charged for double working.