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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1927.
Return of Adhesive and Impressed Stamps from 1st April, 1926, to 31st March, 1927.
Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (500 copies), £6 12s. 6d..
By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 927.
Price 3d.]
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Office or Department. Value of Printing. stationery ' Office or Department. Value of Printing. stationery £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Advertising .. .. 64 11 2 36 15 8 Mental Hospitals .. 845 8 6 399 18 0 Agriculture .. .. 3,090 4 8 1,523 16 3 Mines .. .. 540 5 8 280 15 10 Audit .. .. 211 14 4 307 15 0 Museum, Dominion .. 967 16 6 67 19 5 Bankruptcy .. .. 156 11 5 90 0 1 National Provident Fund 386 11 3 130 7 10 Census and Statistics .. 8,338 .3 11 273 13 6 Native, Head Office .. 784 12 3 450 2 10 Cook Island Administration 148 19 7 220 6 4 Native Trustee .. 246 4 6 155 17 11 Crown Law .. ... 47 12 9 136 7 10 N.Z. Naval Adviser .. 143 12 11 446 0 4 Customs .. .. 935 0 7 1,223 16 0 N.Z. Meat Producers 1 13 0 22 14 7 Defence .. .. 3,013 10 6 1,701 9 5 Board Dominion Laboratory .. 219 7 1 79 9 6 Patents .. .. 1,491 17 0 391 17 0 Education — Pensions .. .. 1,578 13 4 664 13 4 Head Office.. .. 3,838 3 11 1.667 12 8 Police .. .. 4,358 3 11 1,940 6 7 Examination Branch 1,247 3 0 7 3 0 1 Post and Telegraph— School Journal .. 5,725 9 6 3 2 9 Head Office .. .. : 19,251 11 8 58 19 1 Teachers' Superannua- 74 17 0 0 9 0 j Stores .. .. 23,986 4 3 889 13 8 tion Fund j j Stores Division .. .. 251 7 1 Electoral .. .. 294 8 3 123 15 2 Prime Minister's Office .. 268 5 4 199 15 0 External Affairs .. 404 13 7 i 137 13 3 ! Prisons .. .. j 679 15 1 588 19 11 Friendly Societies .. 84 15 6 ; ! .. Public Service Commis- ! 119 11 4 77 4 8 Gazette .. .. 8,346 16 10 10 18 2 I sioner Geological Survey .. 1,388 13 6 26 13 0 j Public Service Superan- i 109 17 9 36 8 3 Government Actuary .. 42 10 9 27 16 11 nuation Board Government House .. 280 7 7 54 6 1 Public Trust .. .. ; 3,391 7 6 866 2 3 Government Life Insurance 1,572 7 5 437 5 7 Public Works .. .. 5,801 10 3 6,913 1 4 Health .. .. 2,440 0 9 1,179 15 5 Railways— Dominion Observatory .. 26 9 9 7 15 5 Head Office .. .. , 1,763 9 8 96 1 1 House of Representatives— Accountant .. .. 573 16 6 ' 13 8 11 Head Office.. .. 874 11 3 399 15 4 Chief Engineer .. 9 8 6 19 18 0 Appendix to Journals 7,319 12 8 .. District Traffic Manager 438 0 0 Bills .. .. 1,748 13 7 .. Day tickets .. .. j 868 12 10 Hansard .. .. 5,600 19 0 .. Stationery Clerk .. > 22,597 6 6 1,452 18 2 Journals .. .. 433 6 9 .. Stores, Petone .. ! 1 1 0 584 12 9 Order Papers .. 444 19 0 .. Time-table .. .. 1.781 9 6 Statutes .. .. 6,187 7 2 0 9 0 Ticket-printer .. 1.277 6 11 Immigration .. .. 292 4 4 111 12 6 ; Registrar-General .. 1,116 14 10 275 17 4 Industries and Commerce 157 10 3 116 13 8 : Samoan Administration.. 180 18 5 348 18 4 Internal Affairs .. 5,634 12 11 1,620 12 8 ! Scientific and Industrial 50 5 6 142 2 11 Internal Affairs (Ministers' 278 16 5 541 0 1 Research Offices) | Stamp Duties .. .. 1.421 6 7 625 9 5 Journal of Agriculture .. 2,283 18 8 .. ! State Advances .. 2,398 19 9 745 1 10 Justice .. .. 2,384 5 I 2,876 15 5 State Coal— Kahiti .. .. 1,754 4 8 .. ' Head Office .. .. 60 4 3 Labour .. .. 1,950 15 8 631 8 9 Christchurch Depot .. 23 11 7 15 2 0 Land and Deeds .. 1,025 8 5 979 14 11 ' Greymouth Depot .. 123 4 8 59 9 0 1 Land and Income Tax .. 1,671 0 8 590 16 9 ' Wanganui Depot .. 24 3 4 9 1 5 Lands for Settlement .. 5 7 3 4 7 7: Wellington Depot .. 44 10 6 18 5 10 Lands and Survey .. 7,657 5 0 3,426 11 11 j State Forest Service .. 1,183 13 1 690 7 6 Law Drafting .. .. 344 16 9 11 11 6 State Fire and Accident 1,439 7 8 897 3 1 Legislative Council— Insurance Head Office .. .. 829 12 11 66 19 2 Stores Control Board .. 610 13 6 23 11 0' Appendix to Journals.. 28 0 0 .. Surveyors'Board .. 12 12 0 Bills .. .. 286 7 0 .. Tourist .. .. 1,129 1 4 323 0 5 Journals .. .. 120 3 8 .. Treasury .. ..- 4.071 11 2 542 19 10 Order Papers .. 92 2 0 .. ! Valuation .. .. 766 8 10 455 0 4 Maori Ethnological Re- .. 68 0 0 search Board Totals .. 202,500 19 11 43,404 11 6 Marine .. .. 2,181 5 1 509 12 2 r—=■ Summary. 1926—April .. .. 18,522 12 11 1,660 12 5 1926—November .. [ 22,732 17 9 | 4,609 8 6 May .. .. 22,069 7 2 4,221 3 1 December .. ! 12,964 5 7 1 3,165 13 9 June .. .. 16,741 0 2 i 3,583 0 9 1927—January .. | 7,352 11 3 j 2,539 7 3 July .. .. 19,783 11 2 3,863 16 5 February .. 15,049 11 9 | 3,948 4 7 August.. .. 17,800 7 4 5,471 19 11 ;i March !. .. 20,652 18 9 3,911 12 2 September .. 18,054 18 7 3,476 7 11 October .. 10,776 17 6 2,953 4 9 j Totals .. 202,500 19 11 143,404 11 6
Description. | Sheets. | Stamps. Value. ) I . I s. d. Postage .. .. .. .. .. 858,628 187,053,789 1,109,091 2 6 Postal notes .. .. .. .. .. 367,400 3,674,000 24,669 1 8 Post-cards .. .. .. .. .. 141,375 2,262,000 4,664 14 6 Letter-cards .. .. .. .. .. 232,501 2,790,014 11,578 10 8 Duty .. .. .. .. .. 13,510 1,420,133 2,013,501 0 0 Wrappers .. .. .. .. .. 66,000 528,000 1,317 14 0 Railways .. .. .. .. .. 39,000 3,900,000 157,500 0 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. .. 6,387 6,320 — 18 3 4 Impressed .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,450,621 43,055 10 8 1,724,801 206,084,877 3,365,395 17 4