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Return showing Gross Amount spent on Advertising by all the Departments of the Government in the Newspapers of the Colony during each of the Financial Years from 1886-87 to 1893-94.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 23rd October, 1894. Hugh Bollen, Under-Secretary.

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Department. 1883-87. 1887-88. 1888-89. 1889-90.^ 1890-91. 1891-92. 1892-93. 1S03-94. Total. £ S. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. • a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ a. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. Agriculture 62 0 5 148 6 9 72 8 2 25 17 0 22 18 9 68 8 0 47 2 11 447 2 0 Colonial Secretary 228 19 2 1,011 9 10 134 5 5 139 10 11 1,101 13 5 209 8 6 75 5 2 1,509 9 6 4,410 1 11 Customs 25 10 1 3 10 1 10 0 1 13 9 3 8 0 0 3 6 | 35 6 4 Defence 593 3 10 I 544 17 7 | 417 1 3 | 335 3 5 1' 322 7 9 j 300 0 9 347 3 8 I 282 10 11 3,142 9 2 Education 84 1 11 14 5 10 14 11 3 35 7 8 1 21 12 9 14 3 4 28 11 1 22 10 5 235 4 3 Government Life Insurance 792 2 8 360 8 4 465 3 6 692 6 5 ! 780 8 6 666 13 3 630 11 5 715 5 6 5,102 19 7 Justice 139 7 9 226 17 6 155 14 5 148 5 4 180 13 8 117 15 0 122 8 9 315 8 4 1,400 10 9 Labour 89 15 10 77 18 5 167 14 3 Land- and Income-tax 781 13 1 171 0 3 351 8 11 I 525 9 11 55 15 8 331 3 0 438 1 11 229 2 4 2,883 15 1 Lands and Survey 2,902 4 9 1,703 3 0 1,054 4 6 1,478 4 9 1,252 13 1 1,121 3 4 1,907 2 7 1,542 6 8 12,961 2 8 Lunacy and Charitable 58 10 10 54 9 0 56 8 5 105 4 4 51 5 10 62 0 0 80 4 1 87 12 4 ! 555 14 10 Marine 26 15 0 25 14 9 j 36 7 10 36 14 3 38 14 10 10 15 0 38 18 10 63 13 10 277 14 4 Mines 186 11 0 103 1 6 38 7 3 126 7 0 151 9 9 109 13 4 108 6 7 96 12 6 j 920 8 11 Police 9 13 4 2 17 0 4 10 5 14 9 7 15 4 8 12 0 5 7 6 2 2 6 42 2 10 Post and Telegraph* 67 3 0 265 14 0 33 19 7 322 14 0 153 0 8 368 14 10 59 7 9 1,270 13 10 Prisons 12 12 9 12 12 3 11 7 0 11 8 0 11 10 3 14 5 6 15 7 9 18 2 3 107 5 9 Public Trustee 357 19 8 323 18 0 i 129 12 0 161 14 11 110 IS 0 162 15 4 189 16 11 237 2 0 1,673 17 4 Public Works 1,239 11 7 561 14 10 764 12 10 426 7 10 448 0 11 | 709 10 4 216 3 3 435 11 7 4,801 13 2 Railways 3,059 9 10 3,692 4 7 j j 2,766 13 0 2,839 17 5 ! I 3,200 14 0 I 2,770 11 10 ; 2,667 0 8 2,783 16 0 24,380 7 4 Stamps, &c. 376 3 0 I 242 4 7 289 4 2 256 14 3 257 18 9 277 10 7 259 0 9 338 4 2 2,297 0 3 Treasury 83 8 6 10 8 6 8 13 9 6 7 6 6 5 0 8 7 9 6 5 0 9 7 10 139 3 10 i i ! I 11,532 8 8 |.9,216 1 4 7,115 7 8 7,434 6 5 8,350 2 3 ! 7,073 16 3 7,662 14 7 8,873 11 3 67,258 8 5 * Becords of 18S6-87 burnt in Post Office fire.