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Shipments by the High Commissioner's Department in the Yeah 1912 — continued. Measurement Goods. 1,378 pieces and packages Pintsch's gaslight apparatus. 350 bales cotton and woollen waste. 435 bales canvas. 86 pieces and packages workshop machinery, cranes, weighbridges, Arc. 140 cases, Arc, telegraph and telephone material and stores. 11,202 cases, Arc, insulator-cups. 4,046 cases, Arc, general stationery, Printing and Stationery Department, Arc. 80 cases, Arc, mail-boxes. 162 cases, casks, and bales Telegraph Department stationery. 84 cases scientific instruments, various. 315 barrels sheet-dressing composition. ' 176 cases railway-ticket cards. 103 cases, Arc, Public Works and Mines stores, Arc 96 cases, casks, Arc, Marine stores, &c 41 cases, Arc, Survey Department stores; Asylum, Tourist and Health, chemicals, Are. 138 cases postage-stamp paper, letter-card paper, Arc 778 cases general railway stores. 113 cases books and sundries. 4,395 cases, barrels, Arc., ordnance and Defence stores, guncotton, cordite, shell, fuzes, cartridges, rifles, Arc. 899 cases boiler-tubes. 3 cases Agricultural Department stores, Arc. 161 cases Education Department material. 574 packages, Arc, linoleum and cork carpet. 120 packages paint. 603 drums (3,015 gallons) turpentine.' 2,360 drums (11,800 gallons) Colza oil. -.- mr n 1,000 cases (10,000 gallons) paraffin oil. ' uld 20 packages (200 gallons) Dustolio. 638 boxes British silver and bronze coin; value, £98,630. Live-stock. 40 partridges. 30,536 List ok Publications on New Zealand distributed by the High Commissioner's Office during the Year 1912. New Zealand Official Year-book ... ... ... ... ... .. 1,040 Advance Sheets of Year-book ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11,350 New Zealand Settlers' Handbook ... ... ... ... .. ... 2,950 Neyv Zealand Handbook ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 66,900 Professional Handbook ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 281 Emigration Statutes and General Handbook ... ... ... ... ... 74 New Zealand: Illustrated Pamphlet ... ... ... .. .. ... 53,500 Journal of the Department of Labour ... ... ... ... ... ... 8,170 Papers and Reports relating to Minerals and Mining ... .. .. ... 132 Crown Lands Guide ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 426 List of Publications available at High Commissioner's Office ... ... ... ... 45,950 Maps of New Zealand for Emigrants'lnformation Office ... ... ... ... 102,000 New Zealand Government Railway Time-table ... ... ... ... ... 210 Reduced-rate Passages : Application Forms ... ... ... ... ... 72,000 New Zealand wants Domestic Servants ... ... ... ... ... ... 75,500 New Zealand: Information for Farmers and Farm Hands ... ... ... ... 40,000 Statistics of New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,840 Fruitgrowing in New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,500 Neyv Zealand Post-cards ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,050 Itinerary of Travel in New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... 930 Neyv Zealand in a Nutshell ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30,320 Miscellaneous : Reports, Department of Agriculture, Cheeseman's Flora of New Zealand, The Marlborough Sounds and Nelson, Neyv Zealand Mining Handbook, A Tour Through Westland, Nautical Almanacs, Acts, Parliamentary Papers, Topographical Maps of Neyv Zealand, Customs Tariffs, Extract from Customs Tariff re Passengers' Baggage and Effects, Arc (say) ... ... ... ... ... ... 8,000 525,123