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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

Return of Adhesive and Impressed Stamps printed from 1st April, 1924, to 31st March, 1925.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (475 copies), £7 17s. 6d.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l92s.

Price 3d.]

— Printing. Stationery. — Printing. Stationery. . .. | " j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ; £ s. d. Advertising Office .. 27 5 0 1 6 5 Patents .. .. 1 1,854 3 2 j 68 10 0 Agriculture .. .. 3,155 8 7 1,269 2 0 Pensions .. .. 1,505 3 11 I 451 17 8 Audit Office .. .. 173 7 0 280 5 2 Police .. .. 3,696 10 10 1,374 17 7 Bankruptcy .. .. 159 7 10 132 14 10 Post and Telegraph, Head 8,238 13 0 75 18 6 British Empire Exhibition 3,680 1 3 . • Office Census and Statistics .. 7,408 19 3 162 9 11 Post and Telegraph Stores 20,927 1 5 843 9 8 Cook Islands Administra- 41 18 9 .102 5 0 Prime Minister's Office . . 192 9 0 100 17 6 tion Prisons .. .. 479 18 3 454 5 7 Crown Law Office .. 113 15 0 98 4 9 Public Service Commis- 147 3 5 86 10 10 Customs .. .. 563 15 2 838 14 0 sioner Defence .. .. 4,759 19 4 1,718 6 11 Public Service Official 53 17 5 Dominion Laboratory .. 164 11 4 44 12 11 Circular Education — Public Service Superan- 144 6 6 19 3 3 Head Office.. .. 4,579 5 7 1,586 10 0 nuation Board Examination Branch .. 619 5 8 43 17 5 Public Trust Office .. 4,138 0 5 691 5 3 School Journal .. 5,461 13 2 .. Public Works .. .. 4,101 1 7 j 5,528 16 5 Teachers' Superannua- 132 7 3 1 9 6 Railways— tion Fund Head Office .. .. 2,080 19 10 95 14 4 Electoral .. .. 2,387 1 1 207 14 2 Accountant.. .. 23 15 0 12 2 2 External Affairs .. 426 0 10 94 10 10 Chief Engineer .. 0 4 6 31 4 11 Friendly Societies .. 43 1 0 2 0 9 District Traffic Manager 470 0 0 Gazette ' .. .. 7,124 5 8 3 1 5 Day tickets .. .. 985 9 2 Geological Survey .. 496 13 6 24 2 8 Mechanical Engineer .. 24 9 6 0 4 0 Government Accident In- 154 17 9 .. j Stationery Clerk .. 21,989 0 11 664 8 2 surance Stores Manager .. . . 94 0 11 Government House .. 263 13 11 39 1 0 Stores, I'etone . . 8 1 6 283 12 9 Government Life Insur- 2,117 7 6 383 8 6 Ticket Printer .. 2,007 14 9 ance Time-table .. .. 1,662 2 6 Health .. .. 2,589 10 9 1,063 10 9 Advertising .. .. 3 8 6 Hector Observatory .. 42 14 0 8 5 7! Registrar-General .. 829 6 3 277 11 11 House of Representatives— j Repatriation .. .. 2 10 0 2 9 9 Appendices to the 7,915 11 0 .. Samoan Administration.. 353 5 7 487 10 0 Journals Stamp Duties .. .. 1,470 9 5 639 18 10 Bills .. .. 2,125 9 3 .. j State Advances .. 1,289 1 6 j 372 9 7 Hansard .. .. 7,004 18 9 .. I State Coal— Journals .. .. 238 15 0 .. J Head Office .. .. 6 12 6 Miscellaneous .. .. 348 14 8 j Christchurch Depot .. 5 14 2 9 16 4 Order Paper.. .. 934 19 11 .. | Greymouth Depot .. 99 9 1 46 8 9 Statutes .. .. 2,233 12 7 .. j Wanganui Depot .. 13 16 8 3 17 10 Head Office.. .. 1,513 12 6 .. Wellington Depot .. 21 0 6 21 8 11 Immigration .. 166 8 6 59 9 8 State Forest Services .. 1,174 10 9 583 4 5 Industries and Commerce 78 6 3 114 5 6 State Fire Insurance .. 1,220 16 3 680 13 0 Internal Affairs .. 5,907 2 10 932 19 3 Stores Control Board . . 53 8 6 I 65 1 10 Internal Affairs, Minister's 244 2 0 443 16 3 I Surveyors'Board .. 49 18 6 1 4 3 Office I Tourist .. .. 1,211 2 11 | 236 19 9 Journal of Agriculture .. f 2,564 13 8 j .. Treasury .. .. 3,505 2 1 | 446 0 5 Justice .. .. 1,540 2 9 I 2,626 14 8 Valuation .. .. 626 1 9 460 8 2 Kahiti .. . . 1,444 3 0 . . 1 Labour .. .. 2,330 17 9 652 13 6 Totals .. .. 184,772 14 9 |35,529 13 7 Lands and Deeds .. 1,417 1 10 788 19 1 — Land and Income Tax .. 1,365 17 6 341 16 8 Land for Settlements .. 5 2 6 12 7 7 Lands and Survey .. 5,974 11 10 3,761 2 8 Law Drafting .. .. 9 3 0 8 0 0 j Summary. Legislative Council .. 116 6 4 .. I 1924—April .. .. 11,868 12 7 1,238 17 0 Journals .. .. 48 6 2 .. May .. .. 15,624 13 2 3,162 3 11 Miscellaneous .. .. 88 15 10 June .. .. 13,716 10 5 2,593 12 2 Order Paper.. .. 130 15 8 . . July • • ■ • 18,200 15 4 3,124 8 5 Maori Ethnological Re- 6 17 6 33 1 3 August .. .. 17,623 11 6 4,171 l> 4 search Board September .. 16,847 II 4 2,817 12 3 Marine .. .. 2,316 12 2 506 13 0 October.. .. 19,211 0 9 2,318 9 11 Mental Hospitals .. 486 8 II 371 9 1 November .. ; 15,772 13 4 2,755 13 2 Mines .. .. 533 6 0 241 0 6 , December .. 1 12,275 12 9 3,704 0 4 Museum, Dominion .. 1,058 9 8 49 0 0 • 1925—Januarv .. 9,818 6 8 1,907 7 1 National Provident Fund 458 19 10 107 18 11 February .. 13,939 9 0 3,626 9 9 Native .. .. 533 15 3 388 3 2 March .. .. 19,873 17 11 4,109 13 3 Native Trust Office .. 244 14 3 6.1 2 8 N.Z. Naval Adviser .. 456 3 5 251 10 10 j| Totals .. .. ,184,772 14 9 35,529 13 7 N.Z. Meat Produce Board 14 19 6 22 1 1 j 1

I I I Description. j Sheets. j Stamps. j Value. £ s. d. Postage .. .. .. .. 600,81S 126,335,650 836,546 12 0 Postal notes .. .. .. .. .. 318,172 3,181,720 21,891 3 4 Post-cards .. ., . . .. .. 82,500 1,282,500 2,67 ] 1 8 Letter-cards 214,251 2,571,016 10,695 0 0 Duty . .. .. .. .. 3,873 458,747 1,020,452 0 0 Wrappers .. .. .. .. .. 45,562 364,496 910 6 0 Railways .. .. .. .. .. 4,100 492,000 1,700 0 0 Post-cards .. .. .. .. .. .. 266,446 Overprinted to con-Letter-cards .. .. .. .. .. .. 130,666 y form with reduced Wrappers .. .. .. .. .. ■. 77,330 j postal rates. Impressed .. .. .. .. .. ■■ 4,541,013 43,205 9 4 139,701,584 1,938,071 12 4