PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1930.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1930 Session I, H-36

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1930. NEW ZEALAND.

PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1930.

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

Sir, — Printing and Stationery Department, Wellington, 23rd July, 1930. I have the honour to submit the annual report upon the working of this Department for the year ended 31st March, 1930. The tables accompanying the report show the nature, extent, and result of the year's working. Gazette. —The number printed of each issue was 1,000, the number of subscribers 529, and the amount received from subscribers and sales £2,981. Hansard. —The number printed of each issue for session 1929 was 7,000, the number of subscribers 204, and the amount received from subscribers and sales £218. Stamp-printing. —Stamps to the value of £4,188,036, postal notes to the value of £26,805, and Post Office investment certificates to the value of £1,000 were printed. Stereo and Electro Plates. —The number of stereo-plates cast during the year was 47,259, of which 2,876 were nickel-plated, the weight being 33,2631b. The number of electrotypes was 1,093, and the weight 134 lb. Rubber Stamps. —The number of rubber stamps made was 891. Railway Ticket 5.—6,346,965 railway tickets were printed, the largest number (906,067) being printed in October. Work of the Year. —All branches of the Department have been kept fairly busy throughout the year. The Photo-litho and Process Engraving Branch dealt with 100 maps of survey districts, 14 city, borough, and county maps, 74 sale plans, and 331 miscellaneous maps, plans, cheque forms, debenture forms, and diagrams. 2,175 process and line blocks were made, in addition to 580 bromide prints, 20 enlargements, 81 lantern-slides, and 72 blue prints. The Stationery Office dealt with 14,115 requisitions for stationery, the total sales amounting to £42,455. These requisitions comprised 126,742 items, and, in addition to parcels, 2,875 cases of stationery were despatched. Cash orders numbered 6,509. In addition, 185 typewriters, of the value of £3,325, were issued. Paper. —Stocks throughout the year have been well maintained, prices being approximately the same as last year. The issues for the year amounted to £46,198, comprising 86,812 packages of paper and boards, and 15,825,000 envelopes. Machinery. —There has not been any extensive addition to plant during the year. A machine specially designed for producing telegram-forms and manufactured by a British firm from specifications supplied by the Department was installed and is giving very satisfactory service. Several printing and binding machines have been in constant use for the past twenty-five years, and will require to be replaced in the near future. Accommodation. —The accommodation at the present time is inadequate, the requirements of the Department being far in excess of the space available. Finance. —The year's working has resulted, in a profit of £7,611 18s. lid., after charging interest on capital and depreciation in full. Staff. —I have pleasure in testifying to the whole-hearted services of those holding responsible positions, while the staff generally has worked well. I have, &c., W. A. G. Skinner, The Hon. the Minister in Charge. Government Printer.

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Receipts and Payments Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1930. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 255,784 19 3 By Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 88,534 310 Publications and publishing .. .. 2,676 11 2 Wages .. .. ■•. .. .. 38,522 16 4 Sales — £ s. d. Overtime .. .. .. .. 2,250 4 4 Machinery .. .. .. 10 0 Purchases paper, stationery, &c. .. .. 59,329 6 4 Paper .. .. 30 9 5 Purchases stores, (fee. .. .. .. 5,231 610 Stationery .. .. .. 215 9 Freight, cartage, insurance, &c. .. .. 8,756 3 6 Second-hand typewriters .. 53 10 0 Machinery (new, and repairs to) .. . . 3,411 8 8 Stores .. .. .. 711 9 | Type, &c. .. .. .. .. 580 3 0 Waste products .. .. 127 14 1 Monotype extras .. .. .. .. 455 11 10 223 1 0 Monotype metal .. .. .. .. 55 0 0 Refunds— Fuel, gas, power, light, and water .. .. 2,592 1 2 Freight .. .. .. I 15 6 Medical services .. .. .. .. 147 11 7 Discounts .; .. 1 16 2 Office equipment .. .. .. .. 78 8 5 Postages .. .. .. 46 8 4 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 1,701 0 6 Salaries and • • • • 18 18 10 Telephone services .. .. .. 132 8 4 Translation fegfe .. .. 2 2 0 Window-cleaning and rubbish-removal .. 86 11 3 71 0 10 Proportion of rent, &c., High Commissioner's Office .. .. .. .. 360 0 0 Wages —Charwomen, watchmen, &c. . . 2,055 6 0 Proportion of cost of messenger's uniforms . . 18 16 6 Audit fee .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Repairs to buildings .. .. .. 515 16 8 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 1895 Grant in lieu of leave of absence .. .. 210 0 0 Grants to widows of deceased officers (equivalent to leave due) .. .. .. 55 1 5 Public Works expenditure on buildings .. 73 13 8 Refunds to Departments for publications, &c., sold .. .. .. .. .. 11,057 7 0 Balance to Treasury Adjustment Account .. 32,426 15 8 £258,755 12 3 £258,755 12 3 Trading Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1930. Dr. Or. To Paper and materials— £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sales — £ s. d. Stock at beginning .. 25,221 9 6 Manufacturing .. .. .. 200,105 6 7 Add purchases .. .. 45,493 11 10 Less work in progress, 31st March, 1929 .. 15,249 14 6 70,715 1 4 184,855 12 1 Less stock on hand, 31st Add work in progress, 31st March, 1930 .. 17,720 17 1 March, 1930 .. .. 23,823 12 0 46,891 9 4 202,576 9 2 Stationery and publications— Stationery and publications .. .. 42,455 1 7 Stock at beginning .. 15,532 0 5 Typewriters .. .. .. .. 3,325 11 9 Add purchases .. .. 29,681 16 3 248,357 2 6 45,213 16 8 Discounts received .. .. .. 252 4 3 Less stock on hand, 31st March, 1930 .. .. 13,961 19 4 31,251 17 4 Typewriters— Stock at beginning .. 645 15 0 Add purchases .. .. 2,524 0 5 3,169 15 . 5 Less stock on hand, 31st March, 1930 .. .. 128 8 6 3,041 6 11 Wages (productive) .. 85,367 5 8 Wages (establishment) .. 28,407 19 4 Wages (Stationery Office) .. 6,338 12 0 Freight (inward)'.. .. 6,364 19 8 Lighting (proportion) .. 555 5 6 Power .. .. .. 1,007 13 9 Fuel .. .. .. 751. 9 0 Water .. .. .. 179 12 0 128,972 16 11 Balance transferred to Profit and Loss Account 38,451 16 3 £248,609 6 9 £248,609 6 9

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Profit and Loss Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1930. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. To Office salaries .. .. .. .. 6,577 5 7 By Balance transferred from Trading Account .. 38,431 16 3 Repairs and alterations to buildings and plant 779 12 9 Storage and handling stationery, &c., for other Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 1,483 19 6 Government Departments .. .. 613 9 2 Freight (outward) .. .. .. 2,048 19 9 Commission on sales of publications.. .. 2,700 11 4 Insurance . .. .. .. .. 166 3 6 Rents receivable .. .. .. .. 361 0 0 Exchange .. .. . . .. 9 18 7 Interest receivable .. .. . . 33 15 0 Discounts allowed .. .. .. 92 4 9 Telephones (rental) .. .. .. 124 12 6 Medical services .. .. .. .. 15137 Lighting (proportion) .. .. .. 40 0 0 Proportion of rent. &c., High Commissioner's Office .. .. .. .. . . 360 0 0 Office expenses .. .. .. .. 484 17 2 Sundry trade expenses .. .. .. 434 10 8 Audit fee .. .. .. . . 100 0 0 Wages—Charwomen, watchmen, &c. .. 2,109 6 6 Interest on capital .. .. .. 10,204 17 8 Depreciation .. .. .. 8 ,'982 6 8 Loss on disposal of machinery, &c. .. . . 109 4 9 Grants in lieu of leave of absence .. . . 289 811 Balance carried down .. .. .. 7,611 18 11 £42,160 11 9 £42,160 11 9 By Balance brought down .. .. .. £7,611 18 11 Note. —Interest at the rate of 4J per cent, has been charged on capital for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March. 1930. Liabilities. £ s. d. | Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account — £ s. d. i Land .. .. .. .. .. 60,600 0 0 Public Works Fund .. 108,214 311 ; Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 47,614- 311 Consolidated Fund .. 118,642 13 6 Plant and machinery— £ s. d. — 226,856 17 5 Composing plant .. 898 18 9 Creditors— Monotype plant .. .. 11,216 5 0 Departmental .. .. 2,326 16 9 Addressograph plant .. 659 15 0 Sundry .. .. .. 3,185 10 3 Printing plant .. .. 26,433 5 11 5,512 7 0 i Binding plant .. .. 12,079 3 6 Wages accrued .. .. .. .. 3,037 13 7 Litho plant .. .. 3,161 4 1 Bad Debts Reserve .. .. .. .. 197 8 8 ; Photo plant .. .. 1,740 11 4 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 42,39.5 0 6 ! Stereotype plant .. .. 1,739 14 6 Writing-off Suspense Account .. .. 125 I 11 Engine-room plant .. .. 1,528 2 9 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. .. 7,611 18 11 I Miscellaneous plant .. .. 6,636 4 2 66,093 5 0 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. .. .. .. 2,274 13 6 Type .. .. .. .. 9,175 8 2 Accessories— Composing Branch .. .. 3,488 16 3 Monotype Branch .. .. 102 15 6 Addressograph Brancli .. 48 0 0 Printing Branch .. .. 100 15 5 Binding Branch . . .. 763 12 2 Litho Branch . . .. 208 4 6 Photo Branch .. .. 60 13 9 Stereotype Branch .. .. 16 11 8 Engine-room .. .. 63 4 3 Paper-store .. .. 53104 4,906 3 10 Debtors— Departmental .. ..16,706 12 9 Sundrv .. .. .. 2,361 17 9 19,068 10 6 Work in progress .. .. .. .. 17,720 17 1 Old stores for disposal .. .. .. 5 15 0 Stock on hand .. .. .. .. 37,913 19 10 Assets to be written off .. .. .. 125 1 11 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 20,238 9 3 £285,736 8 0 £285,736 8 0 Note. —Public Works Department administration expenses (£8) are [included, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation. E. V. Paul, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments, Trading, and Profit and Loss Accounts, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1930.

Return of Adheshive and Impressed Stamps printed from 1st April, 1929, to 31st March, 1930.

Post Office Investment Certificates printed : Sheets, 125 ; Certificates, 1,000 ; Value, £1,000.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (425 copies), £6 10s.

Bv Aufchorit-v: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l93o.

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Office or Department. Value of Printing. stationery Office or Department. Value of Printing.! staUonery £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Advertising .. .. 7 15 6 0 7 0 Native .. .. 630 16 4 693 11 8 Agriculture — Native Trust .. .. 139 15 0 82 16 7 Head Office.. .. 3,873 10 5 1,848 3 1 Naval Defence.. .. 227 4 2 712 12 6 Journal .. .. 2,410 13 0 .. New Zealand Meat Pro- 389 17 3 26 10 11 Audit .. .. 213 15 6 284 17 6 ducers' Board Bankruptcy .. .. 167 17 4 160 6 3 Patents .. .. 1,581 5 8 105 14 0 Board of Maori Arts .. 6 7 5 .. Pensions .. .. 1,369 11 2 389 8 2 Census and Statistics .. 8,224 10 11 289 13 11 Police .. .. 2,856 2 6 2,067 10 8 Cook Islands .. .. 185 11 10 215 2 2 Post and Telegraph— Crown Law .. .. 53 8 8 110 0 1 Head Office .. .. 22,270 17 11 59 2 3 Customs .. .. 729 9 9 803 1 11 ! Stores .. .. 22 9 6 309 2 1 Defence .. .. 2,733 13 8 1,554 6 2 Stores Division .. 21,947 12 2 483 15 3 Dominion Laboratory .. 218 1 7 59 18 1 Prime Minister's Office .. 261 19 11 180 8 10 Dominion Observatory .. 35 12 3 13 9 5 Prisons .. .. 480 17 6 515 3 2 Education — Public Service Commis- 121 7 0 121 6 5 Head Office .. .. 5,539 16 7 2,253 17 11 sioner Examination Branch .. 1,401 9 6 25 13 8 Public Service Superan- ■ 72 5 9 33 10 3 School J ournal .. 5,664 37 063 nuation Teachers' Superannua- 124 6 10 5 3 6 Public Trust .. .. 4,063 18 11 1,389 9 2 tion Fund Public Works .. .. 5,681 0 8 8,568 1 0 Electoral .. .. 414 6 2 129 0 8 Railways— External Affairs .. 141 8 3 67 3 2 Head Office .. .. 5,531 5 8 599 2 3 Friendly Societies .. 66 9 3 .. Accountant .. .. 35 50 11157 Gazette .. .. 8,001 16 0 0 11 0 Bus Manager .. 108 16 Geological Survey .. 20 14 0 24 5 1 Chief Engineer .. 6 17 0 Government Actuary .. 61 18 6 21 17 1 Chief Mechanical Engi- 12 10 0 Government Life Insurance 1,456 18 6 302 15 3 neer Government House .. 163 0 4 34 17 11 Day tickets .. .. 794 3 3 Health .. .. 2,883 18 2 1,244 0 8 District Traffic Manager 1,940 1 7 House of Representatives — Stationery Clerk .. 18,085 3 5 1,649 4 5 Head Office.. .. 446 12 7 483 12 9 Stores, Petone .. 2 1 6 544 6 11 Appendices to Journals 5.880 18 5 .. Ticket-printer .. 940 3 4 Ballamy's .. .. 19 14 8 .. Time-table .. .. 1,421 9 11 Bills .. .. 1,015 3 0 .. Registrar-General .. 844 4 10 258 9 6 Hansard .. .. 7,485 9 2 2 3 9 Rural Intermediate Credit 494 16 5 12 0 4 Library .. .. 543 8 6 14 9 1 Board Journal .. .. 322 11 4 .. Samoan Affairs .. 104 5 8 308 16 8 Order Paper.. .. 758 11 3 .. Scientific and Industrial 1,572 7 0 270 0 0 Statutes .. •• 1,238148 016 Research Immigration .. .. 31 11 10 39 17 5 Stamp Duties .. .. 873 11 3 789 7 1 Industries and Commerce . 90 14 4 122 19 0 j| State Advances ... 869 11 10 642 8 9 Internal Affairs— State Coal — Head Office .. .. 4,627 3 1 1,160 12 4 Head Office .. .. 106 11 5 Ministers'Offices .. 432 1 6 870 5 6 Christchurch .. 102 7 0 12 17 4 Justice .. .. 1.622 6 7 2,400 18 6 Dunedin .. .. 0 14 4 Kahiti .. .. 1,912 6 4 .. Greymouth .. .. 84 10 5 67 13 8 Labour .. .. 1,939 18 82811 7 Wanganui .. .. 3 0 0 4 7 5 Land and Deeds .. 814 14 11 624 5 7 Wellington .. .. 38 7 4 50 10 6 Land and Income Tax .. 1,177 15 8 642 2 9 State Fire-Insurance .. i 1,412 14 4 792 19 0 Lands and Survey .. 6,079 13 3 3,867 13 4 State Forest Service .. 751 8 3 1,052 18 8 Law Drafting .. .. 12 18 6 8 17 5 Stores Control Board .. 685 6 7 31 18 11 Legislative Council — Survey Board of New Zea- 75 11 9 Head Office .. ... 101 15 5 45 5 4 land Journals .. .. Ill 5 8 .. Tourist .. .. 1,384 "i 8 362 8 11 Order Paper.. .. 85 4 6 .. Transport .. .. 61 12 6 258 9 1 Bills .. .. 113 2 6 .. Treasury— Marine .. .. 1,576 3 10 630 2 11 Head Office .. .. 3,553 8 5 449 6 8 Mental Hospitals .. 702 0 7 723 19 8 Debentures .. .. 426 2 10 Mines .. .. 285 13 11 219 6 3 Valuation .. .. 805 8 2 476 2 7 Museum, Dominion .. 201 15 10 75 16 3 ; National Provident Fund 365 3 10 363 8 2 i Totals .. 190,039 2 5 46,756 14 0 Summary. 1929—April .. .. 11,952 7 7 1,756 13 2 November .. 17,196 19 11 4,178 4 1 May .. .. 16,338 13 9 5,734 13 6 December .. 13,883 3 8 3,351 6 9 June .. .. 13,153 17 11 , 2,887 14 10 1930 —January .. 11,417 12 2 j 2,478 5 6 July .. .. 12,999 17 8 J 4,405 16 9 February .. 15,510 16 8 4,937 16 1 August.. .. 17,655 12 1 ! 3,797 12 7 March .. .. 28,221 10 7 4,340 15 9 September .. 14,067 6 9 4,766 16 5 October .. 17,641 3 8 4,120 18 7 Totals .. 190,039 2 5 46,756 14 0

Description. Sheets. Stamps. Value. _____ j — __ . , ; : £ s. d. Postage .. .. .. .. . • 984,287 214,691,642 1,269,245 10 2 Postal notes .. .. .. .. .. 398,710 ! 3,987,100 26,805 0 3 Post-cards .. ... .. .. 155,000 2,450,000 5,093 13 2 Letter-cards .. .. .. .. .. 243,333 2,920,000 12,084 14 8 Duty .. .. .. .. .. 7,562 896,376 2,833,878 0 0 Newspaper-wrappers .. .. .. .. 90,000 720,000 1,798 2 0 Railways .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 600,000 15,000 0 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. .. 27,000 27,000 56 5 0 Impressed .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,257,814 50,880 2 10 Totals .. .. .. .. 1,910,892 j 231,549,932 4,214,841 8 1