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Lithogeaphic Printing and Photographing.

Abstract of Lithographs printed during the Twelve Months. Copies. Head Office ... ... ... ... 1,026,842 Auckland Office ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 Dunedin Office ... ... ... ... ... ... 950 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,027,817 COEEESPONDENCE. Mr. W. S. Short, Chief Clerk, reports :— The total number of letters and telegrams received during the past year was 17,887, and the outward correspondence amounted to 20,661, being a total of 38,548 documents received, recorded, or This was in addition to returns and other printed matter which were not specially recorded. This total shows a slight decrease as compared with previous year, but the number of Proclamations, Orders in Council, Warrants, and other documents incidental to the administration of Crown lands, domains, reserves, cemeteries, roads, and many other matters that are dealt with by the department shows no decrease. Mr. O'Neill reports that he prepared 188 Proclamations, Orders in Council, and Warrants under the Land Acts, two under State Forests Act, fourteen under Land for Settlements Acts, seventy-one under Cemeteries Acts, fifty-two under Public Domains Acts, six under Native Townships Act, and twenty-five under Public Reserves Act, thus making a total of 358, as against 357 the previous year. These documents mainly related to general land-administration. Captain Barclay reports that he prepared 115 Proclamations, sixteen Orders in Council, fifty-seven Warrants, thirty-three notices, and five commissions, and that nine by-laws passed by local bodies regulating traffic were recorded. These latter documents total 235, as against 222 for 1899-1900, and they principally had reference to road-administration under " The Public Works Act, 1894." The number of new subjects dealt with by Mr. Danby, Record Clerk, was 3,318, and he reports that 518 records were received from other departments for reference or report. Mr. Samuel, Clerk of Titles, reports that he received, recorded, and sent for Governor's approval and signature thirty Crown grants, comprising 11,915 acres; 128 Warrants, covering 201,000 acres; and 1,051 certificates of title; besides 130 leases and licenses dealing with 132,427 acres. There were also sixteen Crown grants corrected and four duplicate grants issued, and about a thousand copies of leases in perpetuity received for record. The correspondence in connection with "old soldiers' claims still continues. A new index of these claims was prepared, and the files of papers, numbering 2,120, were sorted and rearranged.

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Prin ;ing. Photogn ,phing. Department. I Number of Complete Copies printed. Number of Impressions taken. si" ° i u a> > ° t» (D jh a: f> ass, O 03 ■ss H o u <J1 By Machine. By Hand. Lands and Survey Mines Public Works ... Marine Postal and Telegraph ... Public Trust ... Registrar-General Education Agricultural and Stock ... TreasuryRailway Customs Defence Government Insurance... Government Printer Legislative Meteorological Premier's Native Government House Colonial Secretary 664,620 32,093 29,593 15,125 6,100 600 18,000 2,050 18,000 51,432 823 3,584 984 4,188 1,112,439 58,319 59,067 51,618 21,322 2,400 68,150 8,500 18,054 9,285 131,986 132 3,442 6,780 16,200 9,356 4,250 48,200 2,050 25 42,000 1,075 42 217 53 23 4 15 6 8 1 42 5 9 1 16 6 1 10 5 1 6 212 8 27 3 9 35 15 134 8 193 "24 4 3 2,150 300 54 9,285 3,136 132 1,442 3 4 13 "80 7 58,350 2 1 3 11 "2 2,000 6,780 4,200 3,050 4,000 40,550 850 20,240 456 250 1 3 150 "400 25 14 16 22,000 1 Totals 927,961 98,881 1,673,575 1,546 290 82 144 i 470