PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT. (ANNUAL REPORT ON THE)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1891 Session II, H-08

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Sess 11.—1891. NEW ZEALAND.

PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT. (ANNUAL REPORT ON THE)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sic, — Printing and Stationery Department, Wellington, 9th July, 1891. 1 have the honour to submit my annual report on the operations of the Printing and Stationery Department for the year 1890. The period under review has been one of considerable activity in all branches of the department. The number of separate orders received largely exceeded those of any previous year, and the printing machines in use—fourteen in number—were kept fully employed throughout the year. The result shows that 4,062 orders were received, consisting of 23,935 forms or pages, from which 31,596,355 copies were printed, the total value of the work amounting to £32,486 18s. Id., being an increase of £3,728 ss. 2d. over the previous year. The expenditure on account of wages and overtime was £18,206195. 5d., being £1,897 ss. 4d. over that for previous year. The rate of progression exhibited by the returns of work during the past three years shows a steady advance in the several branches, equal in value to about £4,000 per annum, and indications of a still greater proportionate advance are perceptible during the current financial year, which will render it necessary to largely supplement the working plant to keep pace with the rapidly-increasing demands upon the department. Among the proposed additions to the plant under consideration is the advisability of procuring type-casting machinery and apparatus. The inconvenience experienced at times by particular letters or "sorts " running short, and the difficulty of keeping large quantities of type standing in periodicallyrecurring tables, returns, &c, will be practically overcome when possessing facilities for type-casting on the premises. As the foundry could be worked in connection with the stereotype branch, at little or no extra cost for labour, the carrying into effect of this proposal is expected to yield satisfactory results. The annual balance-sheet appended to this report contains full information summarised from the various books kept, the result showing a credit balance in the Profit and Loss Account of £6,686 14s. 7d., yielding a net return on the capital employed of over 10 per cent. The stringent audit to which all printing and advertising accounts are subjected may be gathered from the fact, that out of 3,147 accounts which came under review, the deductions made therefrom amounted to £183 os. 3d., being equal to about If per cent of the total value of the accounts passed for payment. The Fibe at the Old Peinting Office. The destruction of the old printing office by fire, in October last, was a serious misfortune, and was accompanied by a considerable loss of Government property, the lithographic branch of the Survey Department being the principal sufferers. I am thankful to say the whole of the valuable printing machinery and plant, together with the greater portion of the stock of printing papers, had been removed to the new premises before the fire occurred, otherwise the catastrophe would have resulted in very serious loss and inconvenience to the public service. The detached building at the rear of the old office, in which all the departmental forms were kept, was only partially destroyed, and the damage to the forms was not extensive, being mostly caused by water. A large quantity of Government publications, including Statutes, Parliamentary Papers, and nearly the whole of Vols. ii.-v. of White's "Ancient History of the Maori," which were stored in the main building, were unfortunately destroyed. A list of the principal works lost in the fire is appended. Steps will have to be taken at an early date to replace some of these losses. For instance, thirteen out of thirty-two volumes of the statutes of the colony are practically out of print, and not obtainable by the public when applied For. The exhaustion of the stock is partly due to I—H. 8.

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the late fire, and partly to the unequal demands upon the stationery office for particular volumes. The matter is one which requires to be promptly dealt with, and provision made for either reprinting the volumes or publishing them in an abridged form, by eliminating all repealed or obsolete legislation, and publishing the local and personal Acts in a separate volume. By this plan it is estimated that the unrepealed Acts included in the thirteen volumes now out of print could be got into four moderate-sized volumes. Stamp-pbinting Branch. The Stamp-printing Branch was placed under my control on the Ist October last, and is located in the room specially built for the purpose. It is satisfactory to note that the new machinery introduced has had a perceptible effect in cheapening and expediting the production of stamps, thus enabling the requisitions from the Treasury to be promptly met, without recourse to overtime and with a less expensive staff. The output has considerably exceeded that of any previous year, while the quality of the work, for which the Stamp Printer, Mr. H. Hume, is responsible, is admittedly superior to many of the stamp productions of the sister colonies. A return of the number and description of stamps printed during last year is appended, showing the total issues to be 37,489,113, and the value, £816,556165. lOd. Of special probate-duty stamps, fifteen were issued, amounting to £36,986, the average value being £2,465 per stamp. Among these was one for £5,076, one for £3,987, and others ranging from £3,574 to £461. A small issue of Samoan stamps was made during the year, likewise of the new series of Government Insurance stamps. The new 2-Jd. and sd. foreign postage-stamps were also produced for the first time during the month of December last. The complaints which were at one time made respecting the gum used have been remedied, leaving nothing to be desired in that respect. Stereotype Beanch. The number of stereotype plates cast last year was 1,994; of electrotypes, 6,167 (included in which are 3 plates of postage-stamps, and 6 plates of Government Insurance stamps, 240 heads in each). The number of rubber-stamps manufactured for Government Departments was 411. The railway-ticket printing executed by this branch during the year was as follows : Eailway tickets, 2,265,258; season tickets, 12,826; flag-station tickets, 379,000; luggage tickets, 80,000; parcels tickets, 58,350; weighbridge tickets, 15,200; Volunteer tickets, 13,100. Of railway newspaper stamps, the number printed during the year was 661,440. Statiokeby Office. The number of requisitions received and complied with during the year ending the 31st December last was 12,881, or at the rate of about 39 per day. The number of separate items in the requisitions was 42,792. The quantity of waste paper shipped was 48f tons, representing in value £143 3s. 6d. The local paper-mills purchase all waste material of this description. I have, &c, Geo. Didsbuby, Government Printer and Stores Manager. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

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No. 1. PEOFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE GOVEENMENT PEINTING OFFICE FOE THE YEAE ENDING 31st DECEMBEE, 1890. I.—The Colony of New Zealand on Account of the Govebnment Feinting Office. Dr. £ s. a. Cb. £ s. d. To Value of work done (see Table 2) ..32,486 18 1 By Value of buildings and plant .. 32,634 13 9 Cash received, viz. : — Cash paid for wages and overtime .. 18,206 19 5 Advertisements .. .. .. 301 3 6 Working-expenses .. .. .. 542 14 11 Gazette subscriptions .. .. 65 11 0 Interest on buildings and plant .. 1,632 4 9 Official publications .. .. 1,076 9 2 Value of materials used .. .. 7,589 0 4 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1,287 9 6 Profit and loss .. .. .. 6,686 14 7 Land Transfer and gold-mining advertisements .. .. .. .. 103 3 6 Value of engineer's work —articles made, repairs, &c. .. .. .. 82 19 9 Value of rubber-stamps, electros, &c, made for other departments .. 141 17 0 35,543 11 6 Balance .. .. 31,746 16 3 £67,292 7 9 £67,292 7 9 2.—Stock and Buildings Account. De. £ s. a. Cb. £ s. d. To Value of buildings, 31st December, 1889 18,483 111 By Depreciation of buildings and plant Improvements during year .. .. 126 0 0 carried to Profit and Loss Account .. 887 17 6 Value of plant, 31st December, 1889 .. 13,850 18 6 Value of buildings and plant, 31st Additions during year .. .. 174 13 4 December, 1890 .. .. .. 31,740 1C 3 £32,634 13 9 £32,634 13 9 3. —Salaeies Account. Db. £ s. d. Gb. £ s. d. To Wages—permanent hands .. .. 6,950 10 4 By Transfer to Profit and Loss Account .. 18,206 39 5 extra hands .. .. 10,114 5 1 Overtime .. .. .. .. 1,005 4 0 Night-watchman's salary .. .. 137 0 0 £18,206 19 5 £18,206 19 5 4. WoEKING-EXPENSES ACCOUNT. Db, £ s. d. Ob. £ s. d. To Fuel .. .. .. .. 171 7 3 By Transfer to Profit and Loss Account .. 542 14 11 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 371 7 8 £542 14 11 £542 14 11 s.—Peinting and Binding Account. Db. £ s. d. Cb. £ s. d. To Value of paper consumed, including By Value of work done and cash, received 35,545 11 6 freight and other charges .. 6,713 9 7 Value of binding materials, ink, &c, used, including freight, &c. .. 875 10 9 Balance to Profit and Loss Account .. 27,956 11 2 £35,545 11 6 : £35,545 11 6 6.—Pbofit and Loss Account. Db. £ s. a. Cb. £ s. d. To Depreciation on buildings and plant .. 887 17 6 By Balance Printing and Binding AcSalaries and overtime .. .. 18,206 19 5 count .. .. .. .. 27,956 11 2 Working-expenses .. .. .. 542 14 11 Interest on plant and buildings .. 1,632 4 9 Profit to credit of colony .. .. 6,686 14 7 £27,956 11 2 " £27,956 11 2 Samuel Costall, Accountant.

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No. 2. Return of the Value of Printing and Binding executed by the Government Printing Department during the Year ended 31st December, 1890.

No. 3. Return of the Number and Classification of the Employes in the Government Printing Department during the Year ended 31st December, 1890.

P; anting. Department. Number of Number Cox'ies. of Pages. Authors' Vnlnp Corrections. value. Binding. Totals. Audit Colonial Secretary Gazette Branch Constabulary Customs Crown Lands Crown Law Defence Education General Assembly— House of Representatives—■ Order Paper.. Papers and returns Journals Miscellaneous Legislative Council — Order Paper.. Journals and Appendix Miscellaneous Joint Account Bills .. Hansard Statutes Geological Governor's Establishment Insurance Justice Bankruptcy Land Transfer Lunacy and Hospitals Live Stock Mines Marine Miscellaneous Native Post and Telegraph Money Order and Savings Bank .. Printing and Stationery Store Branch Prisons Property-tax Public Trust Public Works Public Buildings Railways Registrar-General Registrar, Friendly Societies ' .. Stamp Survey Treasury 10,396 206,727 455,846 19,772 103,009 176,314 26 60,539 200,792 20 243 1,600 274 104 814 25 192 176 Hours. 10 737 16 15 109 & s. a. 17 10 0 203 18 0 2,458 2 6 407 11 6 168 9 6 567 6 6 6 10 0 118 7 0 263 19 0, £ s. a. 4 14 0 28 1 5 177 17 6 18 1 0 69 10 1 112 10 0 10 18 0 66 19 4 67 19 1 £ a. a. 22 4 0 231 19 5 2,636 0 0 425 12 6 237 19 7 679 17 0 17 8 0 185 6 4 331 18 7 41 1 51,446 202,635 220 42,216 528 2,643 1 437 42 1,829 322 0 0 3,606 19 6 0 3 0 204 6 0 18 12 7 250 5 9 26 16 8 55 19 0 340 12 7 3,857 5 3 26 19 8 260 5 0 12 41,334 2,995 3,739 253,760 94,145 118,610 26,775 17,299 10,038 064,496 442,921 72,850 40,830 44,124 248,476 63,163 37,045 60,224 532,069 16,197,790 1,489,040 56,582 211,860 2,142 83,856 8,860 36,501 22,341 8,767,288 443,547 14,708 44,928 38,198 453,883 98 194 10 288 1,076 2,348 306 951 54 503 1,222 12 26 45 111 354 145 801 875 1,517 468 103 22 57 14 190 180 2,921 540 30 27 171 205 14 55 18 1,714 3,436 302 1 291 2 5 18 151 266 193 111 77 7 6 128 a 6 7 7 6 171 3 0 820 10 6 2,864 8 9 303 6 0 351 5 3 25 11 0 654 7 7 744 10 7 38 11 0 287 3 8 49 17 6 294 6 6 385 7 0 96 14 0 466 16 0 935 8 0 2,695 15 6 652 15 3 63 2 6 142 13 6 1 17 6 02 18 6 4 13 6 136 15 0 108 0 0 2,629 0 3 1,208 16 0 24 2 0 49 0 6 81 4 6 332 10 0 2 7 10 26 10 0 11 12 6 197 16 3 24 9 9 331 1 4 692 2 7 57 8 0 58 7 0 350 0 '7 199 1 5 17 12 3 127 2 6 20 14 0 33 3 2 125 18 6 19 16 10 259 12 6 95 11 4 540 11 10 192 0 6 11 19 2 829 17 G 6 9 6 55 5 10 5 12 0 46 6 6 17 12 2 1,419 1 7 111 0 3 r, 4 o 12 0 0 171 17 2 282 6 6 79 15 4 154 19 6 19 0 0 368 19 3 845 0 3 3,195 10 1 995 8 7 388 13 3 83 18 0 1,004 8 2 943 12 0 56 3 3 414 6 2 70 11 6 327 9 8 511 5 6 116 10 10 726 8 6 1,030 19 10 3,236 7 4 844 15 9 75 1 8 972 11 0 8 7 0 118 4 4 10 5 6 183 1 6 125 12 8 4,048 1 10 1,319 16 3 29 7 0 61 0 0 253 1 8 614 16 6 5 60 151 161 68 1 00 Totals 31,590,355 23,935 9,895 25,220 13 10 7,206 4 3 32,486 18 1

i 3 P ft Eh ® a 1-5 B CO ' <1 ] -4-J a) U2 c 0 I a o g o Overseers Headers Compositors (including two foremen) Machinists, pressmen, paperwetter, cutter, engineer, and engine-driver Bookbinders Feinales in binding branch Apprentices, machine and errand boys Assistants Stereotyper 5 5 2 : 4 23 i 40 5 4 41 5 4 32 5 I 5 4 5 4G 53 5 6 60 5 6 58 5 6 56 5 4 51 5 4 40 5 4 40 9 : 9 8 9 9 i 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 14 ' 14 21 ; 20 34 i 34 I 15 23 37 16 23 35 16 ; 16 23 22 37 37 17 26 38 16 26 41 16 26 42 16 26 39 16 26 40 16 26 39 I 8 : 8 1 ; 1 8 1 7 17 7 1 | 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 Totals 117 I 135 142 132 148 ' 155 169 169 168 148 147 158

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No. 4. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Paper, Envelopes, &c., issued to the Government Printing Office during the Year 1890.

No. 5. Return showing Quantity and Value of Paper, &c., used at Lyttelton Gaol.

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Quantity. Description. Amount. Quantity. Description. Amount. E. q. 7 14 0 18 3 13 23 0 9 0 22 0 24 10 210 11 29 11 65 13 75 9 Hand-made post folio Large post cheque Post blue wove „ double large Turkey mill, post 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. £ s. d. 11 0 9 1 7 G 13 9 8 12 6 6 16 5 12 0 10 10 1 61 7 3 16 6 0 45 17 8 38 7 6 E. q. 1,740 10 143 8 0 3 15 5 59 3 17 3 35 19 Eoyal— Yellow wove, printing Coloured Surface Hand-made .. „ superfine Imitation hand-made superfine Imitation hand-made £ s. d. 563 11 0 71 17 0 0 7 0 35 3 0 153 18 4 24 6 0 39 4 6 12 13 6 12 16 4 Medium— Hand-made loan Imitation hand-made 24 5 8 11 2 9 14 8 9 95 17 4 5 11 11 0 10 0 19 0 8 13 39 3 Imperial— Hand-made Imitation hand-made Cartridge, 601b. 73 15 8 14 11 0 32 19 0 13 17 5 13 5 4 180 15 13 16 227 2 19 3 13 13 ,065 0 488 5 282 5 125 0 124 12 46 10 25 1 5 5 212 0 ,218 0 ,408 3 58 0 100 9 ,338 16 4 0 Foolscap, dble. and quad.— Cream laid, 14Jlb. 181b. 141b., ft. .. „ hand-made, 181b. .. Azure laid Double-cap copying Imitation hand-made cream wove double Sheet and a half Cream laid quad. Pink and bufi quad. Toned quad. Light-green quad. Light-grey quad. Glazed quad. Turkey mill .. Map-paper, 28 x 26 Buff double Yellow wove double Blue wove double Blue laid double Coloured double Cream wove double .. „ Silverburn 4 12 6 2 10 9 1 12 6 173 14 3 5 9 9 35 19 9 19 2 3 6 8 8 515 19 0 142 8 0 80 3 0 65 2 1 G4 17 0 20 14 6 22 19 9 17 10 5 31 16 0 1,054 15 6 387 11 0 31 6 6 42 14 0 1,036 0 6 2 5 0 10 7 10 13 32 0 0 4J 7 rolls ! 10,000 1 roll Cartridge, dble. demy, glazed, buff Double imperial, brown Demy blotting-paper Double-elephant drawing Tracing-cloth Cloth labels Label-cloth Total paper Envelopes— Demy, cream wove Foolscap, cream wove No. 7, cream laid Small note 15 x 10 14 x 5 18 x 6 7 17 0 10 17 0 16 4 0 2 11 0 4 4 0 8 5 0 0 16 6 5,966 19 9 33,350 376,200 278,250 1,275 3,350 ; 2,950 ! 1,750 I 19 19 6 150 8 0 CO 8 9 7 2 0 11 12 0 3 16 9 1 16 0 Total envelopes 245 3 0 33 7 2 0 Double crown yellow wove „ copying 7 3 0 0 16 0 14,250 10,200 809 i 215 gross i 7,773 j Cards, &c.— Double small large Cardboards Pasteboards Parchment (skins) 5 2 0 4 6 0 6 7 4 97 2 0 388 9 0 111 6 291 17 271 3 14 5 685 5 194 5 29 15 98 0 Demy— Hand-made Blue laid Coloured Gummed Yellow wove double Toned double Buff double Cream laid double 122 9 0 160 4 0 74 13 6 9 19 6 340 8 10 109 14 5 9 0 1 42 17 6 Total cards, &c. Summary— Paper, &c, Envelopes .. .. Cards, parchment, &c. 501 6 10 5,966 19 9 245 3 0 501 6 10 Total 6,713 9 7

Quantity. Description. Amount. Quantity, Description. Amount. E. q. 469 0 105 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 Blue wove double cap Cream wove double cap.. Imitation hand-made double cap.. Hand-made foolscap Coloured royal a s. d. 152 8 6 47 15 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 0 50,000 68,000 70,000 Envelopes—■ Demy cream wove Foolscap cream wove.. Note, No. 7 .. £ s. a. 26 12 0 22 19 0 14 15 0 Total envelopes.. 64 6 0 205 13 6 Summary— Paper Envelopes 205 13 G G4 6 0 Total paper Total .. 269 19 G

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No. 6. Number of Vouchers examined for other Departments, the Amount of Deductions made, and the Total Amount passed for Payment, during the Year 1890.

No. 7. Return of Stamp-printing, from 1st April, 1890, to 31st March, 1891.

No. 8. List of Publications destboyed in the late Ere at the Old Government Printing Office. Number of Copies. 1,044. Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race. 374. White's Ancient History of the Maori, vol. 2. 220. White's Ancient History of the Maori, vol. 3. 276. White's Ancient History of the Maori, vol. 4. 405. White's Ancient History of the Maori, vol. 5. 818. Handbook of New Zealand Pishes (R. A. A. Sherrin). 1,029. Tarawera Eruption (S. Percy Smith). 84. Tarawera Eruption (Professor Hutton). 1,274. Insects Noxious to Agriculture and Plants in New Zealand (W. M. Maskell). 406. The State (J. H. Pope). 718. Parliamentary Debates (1864-66), cloth. 15. Parliamentary Debates, vol. 57, cloth. 181. Sets Appendices, 1887. 68. Indigenous Grasses of New Zealand (John Buchanan). 169. Statutes, 1877. 8. Statutes, 1878. 53. Statutes, 1882. 513. Statutes, 1884. 574. Statutes, 1886. 1,131. Statutes, 1887. 469. Land Acts, Bvo. 819. Maori Acts (pamphlets), 1886. 918. Miners' Guides (H. A. Gordon). 34. Mining Handbook. 140. Mining Industry Report for 1887. 108. Handbook of New Zealand (Sir J. Vogel). 562. Aryan Maori (E. Tregear). 451.' Kermadee Islands (pamphlet). 15. Freeholders of New Zealand. 9. Commerce and Resources of New Zealand (G. W. Griffin). 164. Prize Essays on Colonial Industries. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,300 copies), £5 2s. 6d.

By Authority: George Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9l. Price 6d.]

Period. Number. Deductions. Amount passed. - Examined during the month of January „ February „ March April „ „ May „ „ June July „ August September .. „ „ October „ „ November .. „ December .. 318 240 193 312 190 218 228 255 193 302 231 467 £ s. d. 9 14 2 9 11 5 43 16 1 .11 4 4 6 13 11 9 4 3 13 1 2 16 18 3 4 14 10 26 8 3 8 8 4 23 5 3 & s. d. 916 1 2 698 9 11 596 10 9 904 15 7 606 12 6 636 13 2 561 9 1 633 14 2 481 9 3 1,797 16 6 1,075 11 7 1,857 15 7 Totals 3,147 183 0 3 10,766 19 3

Description of Stamps. No. of Sheets. No. of Stamps. Value. 'ostage and revenue "ost-cards 'osfcal notes Newspaper-wrappers ieer-duty )uty-stamps „ special iamoan stamps ... lovernment Life Insurance 133,430 42,546 30,657 34,951 7,449 3,832 15 2,594 3,992 32,023,180 893,450 225,000 2,407,716 208,572 460,380 15 312,720 958,080 £ s. a. 141,825 10 0 3,722 14 2 1,534 8 2 5,076 7 6 65,856 7 0 546,294 0 0 36,986 0 0 6,065 15 0 9,195 15 0 Totals 259,466 37,489,113 816,556 16 It