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Table C. TABLE showing the Number of Hands employed during each Month throughout the Year 1868-9 (exclusive of the Government Printer).

Table D. RETURN of Duties Stamps issued from the Government Printing Department during the Year ended 30th June, 1869.

Table E. RETURN showing the Quantity of Paper consumed in the Government Printing Office, together with the Cost of the same, for the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1869.

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REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

Month. Overseers. Readers. Compositors. Pressmen. Machinist. Engineer. Apprentices, Machine and Errand Boys. Total. July 1868 ... August „ ... September „ ... October ,, November „ ... December ,, ... January 1869 ... Eebruary ,, March „ ... April „ May „ ... June „ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 2 27 30 29 28 21 14 14 14 14 14 20 28 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 46 49 43 46 37 30 30 30 30 30 36 •17

Denomination. Number of Stamps. Value. One Penny One Shilling Two Shillings Two Shillings and Sixpence... Three Shillings Eour Shillings Eive Shillings Twenty Shillings Pine Paid 820,500 101,000 25,000 3,600 15,200 15,800 25,000 10,300 10,300 £ s. d. 3,418 15 0 5,050 0 0 2,500 0 0 450 0 0 2,280 0 0 3,160 0 0 5,750 0 0 10,300 0 0 Totals 1,026,700 32,908 15 0

Eeams. Description of Paper. ltate per Eeam. Amount. 1,843 438 60 584 67 15 61 190 20 7 66 9 5 6 12 7 252 329 Yellow wove Double Eoolscap ,, ,, Royal 3, Demy Blue wove Double Eoolscap Blue laid Demy „ „ Post folio ,, ,, Foolscap Cream Laid Eoolscap ,, ,, ,, (faint ruled) ,3 33 Demy „ „ ,, Post folio „ „ Post octavo Hand-made Imperial „ „ Demy Blue Double Demy Cartridge Skins Parchment, 28 x 32 „ „ 18 x 27 £ s. d. 0 16 4 0 16 11 0 12 1 10 5 12 6 10 0 0 14 9 0 15 9 0 16 8 12 6 10 0 0 4 9 4 0 0 34 0 0 112 17 6 0 2 8 0 13 £ s. d. 1,505 2 4 370 9 6 36 5 0 596 3 4 75 7 6 15 0 0 44 19 9 149 12 6 16 13 4 7 17 6 66 0 0 2 2 9 20 0 0 10 4 0 12 14 0 9 12 6 33 12 0 20 11 3 2,992 7 3