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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1926.

Return of Adhesive and Impressed Stamps printed from 1st April, 1925, to 31st March, 1926.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (500 copies), £7 10s.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinneb, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 926

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— | Printing. j Stationery. — Printing. Stationery. I I ] £ s. d. £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. Advertising Office .. 51 13 0 25 17 2 N.Z. Naval Adviser .. 254 12 5 362 10 0 Agriculture .. .. 3,242 0 11 1,371 1 7 1 N.Z. Meat Produce Board 7 18 3 21 14 7 Audit Office .. .. 225 12 7 317 16 6 : Patents .. .. 1,848 9 5 102 10 8 Bankruptcy .. .. 121 8 10 119 9 0 Pensions .. .. 1,235 15 0 477 10 8 British Empire Exhibition 891 16 6 .. Police .. .. 3,394 16 5 2,160 6 3 Census and Statistics .. 8,738 8 11 286 0 8 Post and Telegraph, Head 12,079 13 8 64 19 2 Cook Islands Administra- Office tion 122 6 11 378 11 2 Post and Telegraph Stores 21,533 8 2 1,009 19 3 Crown Law Office .. 373 1 9 70 13 1 Prime Minister's Office .. 222 17 2 111 14 0 Customs .. .. 833 4 7 1,136 15 10 Prisons .. .. 504 5 2 697 18 0 Defence .. .. 3,338 3 10 1,831 1 2 Public Service Commis- 123 8 4 130 0 6 Dominion Laboratory .. 246 2 10 78 0 11 sioner Education — Public Service Superar.- 92 10 5 21 0 9 Head Office .. .. 4,696 0 1 1,655 7 4 nuation Board Examination Branch .. 1,258 16 9 12 15 11 Public Trust.Office .. 3,728 3 6 659 7 6 School Journal .. 5,725 4 11 0 5 3 Public Works .. .. 5,189 17 7 6,876 1 6 Teachers' Superannua- 85 2 0 7 8 6 Railways— tion Fund Head Office .. .. 3,666 19 136 84 Electoral .. .. 2,398 14 9 1,158 5 3 Accountant .. .. 353 1 6 11 4 8 Externa] Affairs .. 283 8 9 74 14 2 ' Chief Engineer .. 7 14 3 1116 Friendly Societies .. 68 9 4 .. ! District Traffic Manager 451 14 11 Gazette .. ■■ 7,887 14 8 7 4 6 Day tickets .. .. 998 16 8 Geological Survey .. 532 12 9 34 18 2 Mechanical Engineer .. 68 7 6 0 4 5 Government House .. 207 11 4 40 9 9 Stationery Clerk .. 19,995 11 5 1,098 18 2 Government Life Insur- 1,409 12 10 442 1 4 Stores, Petone .. 2 14 6 715 14 10 ance Ticket Printer .. 1,834 14 10 Health .. .. 2,820 0 11 1,095 1 7 Time-table .. .. 2,355 19 3 Hector Observatory .. 39 1 3 5 8 10 Registrar-General .. 805 19 11 324 16 3 House of Representatives— Samoan Administration.. 552 1 9 614 2 1 Appendices to the 6,922 7 10 .. Stamp Duties .. .. 1,497 12 4 814 9 6 Journals State Advances .. 1,381 16 1 1,052 18 7 Bills .. •. 1,528 9 5 .. State Coal— Hansard .. .. 5,309 8 3 1 5 0 Head Office .. .. 29 19 0 Journals .. .. 6 12 10 .. Christchureh Depot .. .. 25 1 4 Miscellaneous .. .. 9 15 0 Greymouth Depot .. 78 16 1 58 18 11 Order Paper .. 548 7 5 .. Wanagnui Depot .. .. 5 11 5 Statutes .. .. 2,204 14 4 .. Wellington Depot .. 2 0 0 81 18 10 Head Office .. .. 1,911 7 7 645 8 7 State Forest Services .. 1,130 1 5 713 15 1 Immigration .. 211 3 4 75 17 8 State Fire and Accident 1,582 18 9 899 10 10 Industries and Commerce 340 8 11 120 2 8 Insurance Internal Affairs .. 6,622 18 4 1,288 11 2 Stores Control Board .. 29 12 6 26 15 8 Internal Affairs, Minister's 271 1 0 63813 8 Surveyors' Board .. 22 2 2 0 2 8 Office Tourist .. .. 1,363 8 11 353 9 11 Journal of Agriculture .. 2,246 14 11 .. Treasury .. .. 4,141 1 5 473 11 11 Justice .. .. 1,744 16 10 3,007 9 7 Valuation .. .. 624 7 6 470 13 10 Kahiti .. .. 1,671 7 7 .. — Labour .. .. 1,866 0 5 548 18 4 Totals .. .. 188,535 13 6 45,666 1 6 Lands and Deeds .. 1,183 9 7 1,280 4 4 Land and Income Tax .. 1,696 18 11 664 2 7 Land for Settlements .. 3 2 0 7 18 8 Lands and Survey .. 6,834 2 4 4,383 17 9 Sommaky. Law Drafting .. .. 6 8 0 16 16 0 1925 —April .. .. 10,151 5 6 1,830 1 7 Legislative Council —■ May .. .. 15,951 6 3 3,355 0 4 Journals .. .. 184 10 .. June .. .. 16,067 5 1 4,315 12 1 Miscellaneous .. 127 4 11 75 19 3 July .. .. 16,680 3 7 3,812 11 6 Order Paper .. 81 6 6 .. August.. .. 12,901 16 11 4,257 3 11 Maori Ethnological Re- 556 10 0 9 0 0 September .. 19,941 17 8 4,468 16 10 search Board October .. 15,094 5 9 4,491 13 1 Marine .. .. 2,447 0 11 540 14 7 November .. 15,270 19 11 3,905 9 6 Mental Hospitals .. 806 8 8 541 5 3 December .. 15,346 8 1 3,466 3 8 Mines .. .. 353 5 4 259 6 7 1926—January .. 10,973 2 1 2,581 15 2 Museum, Dominion .. 838 17 2 110 19 0 Februarv .. 15,363 8 11 4,465 8 8 National Provident Fund 363 7 7 141 4 10 March .. 24,793 13 9 4,716 5 2 Native .. .. 706 13 1 490 10 4 Native Trust Office .. 151 17 9 83 1 5 Totals .. .. 188,535 13 6 45,666 1 6

Description. j Sheets. ' Stamps. ' Value. £ s. d. Postage .. .. .. .. .. 883,013 193,374,612 j 1,019,055 7 0 Postal notes .. .. .. .. .. 246,200 2,462,000 j 16,714 19 2 Post-cards .. .. .. .. .. 102,560 1,640,960 3,415 12 11 Letter-cards .. .. .. .. 195,832 2,349,980 9,767 1 8 Duty .. .. .. .. .. 11,620 1,376,018 2,221,998 0 0 Wrappers .. .. .. .. .. 49,238 393,904 983 5 0 Railways .. .. .. .. .. 16,000 1,630,000 39,750 0 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. .. 3,007 3,000 6 5 0 Impressed .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,655,961 44,812 9 1 1,507,500 207,886,435 3,356,502 19 10