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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 1887.

No. 5. Number of Vouchers examined, the Amount of Deductions made, and the Total Amount passed for Payment, during 1887.

No. 6. Return of the Value of Printing and Binding executed at the Lyttelton Gaol during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

[Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,375 copies), £i 13s.].

Authority: Geobgk Didsbdey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.

Quantity. Description. Amount. Quantity. Description. Amount. R. q. 7 5 118 0 Hand-made post folio Double post folio, cream wove, 481b. Double post folio (money orders), 481b. 8vo. note, large, 4Jlb. 4to. letter, large, 101b. Foolscap— Cream laid, 14Jlb. 181b. „ hand-made, 181b. .. Buff double Yellow wove double Blue wove double Coloured double, 261b. Cream wove double, 301b. Demy— Coloured Blue laid Yellow wove double Hand-made Toned double Royal— Yellow wove, printing Coloured Hand-made .. „ superfine Imitation hand-made superfine Medium hand-made Imperial— Hand-made Imitation hand-made £ s. d. 10 3 0 94 8 0 R. q. 53 10 27 0 Imperial— continued. Cartridge, 601b. Cartridge, double demy, glazed, buff Double imperial, brown Demy blotting-paper £ s. d, 53 10 C 20 18 £ 47 0 24 1 9 12 10 25 10 16 17 £ 17 4 S 61 0 3 5 8 7 9 0 17 0 Total paper 5,047 13 1C 9 10 7 0 111 0 68 10 3,662 0 1,917 0 99 0 928 10 3 18 9 3 6 6 124 17 6 11 19 6 1,144 7 6 958 10 0 44 11 0 557 2 0 59,000 183,200 120,500 Envelopes— Demy, cream wove Foolscap, cream wove No. 7, cream laid 33 18 f. 87 0 £ 33 2 C 10,000 21,300 Cards— Double small large 3 7 £ 9 4 a 158 7 78 5 202 0 118 10 687 10 71 4 6 46 19 0 144 2 0 159 19 6 429 13 9 Total envelopes, &c. .. Parchment, 146 rolls Pasteboards 106 13 S 8,820 6,677 490 8 32 10 1,931 15 124 5 26 0 45 10 1 15 19 15 724 6 6 52 16 0 01 8 0 129 13 1 2 10 8 24 18 9 Total parchment, &o. .. 528 18 SummaryPaper Envelopes, &o. Parchment, &c. 5,047 13 10 166 13 3 528 18 0 20 15 9 0 79 17 7 25 4 0 Total 5,743 5 3

Period. Number. Deductions. Amount passed. ixamined during the month of January „ , February , March April May „ •, June July , , August September .. October , , November .. „ „ December .. 337 297 333 417 343 277 313 311 259 495 331 249 £ s. d. 7 8 0 34 9 0 37 19 3 25 16 3 20 6 6 14 0 5 16 4 7 17 11 10 22 3 8 53 6 6 29 10 2 11 1 3 £ s. d. 1,013 9 9 1,124 8 7 1,130 5 6 1,530 2 1 1,183 9 0 925 4 5 804 4 5 1,013 16 0 1,388 3 7 2,227 6 8 1,407 12 7 830 9 7 Totals 3,962 289 17 5 14,578 12 2

Department. Number of Copies. Number of Jobs. Value. 'rinting and Stationery 'risons Totals 1,090,610 66,123 1,156,733 334 80 £ s. d. 467 13 6 98 17 6 414 566 11 0