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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1933.

Return of Adhesive and Impressed Stamps printed from 1st April, 1932, to 31st March, 1933.

Post Office Investment Certificates printed: Sheets, 3,721; certificates, 31,907; value, £1,136,777.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (400 copies), £5 10s.

Price -M.l

By Authority : G. H. Loney, Government Printer, Wellington.—1933.

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Office or Department. Value of Printing. stationery- Office or Department. j Value of Prlntlng.| stationery £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d, Advertising .. .. 21 9 9 .. Native Trustee .. 353 7 2 90 17 10 Agriculture— Naval Defence.. .. 177 14 6 351 9 11 Head Office.. .. 2,107 0 5 1,323 2 7 New Zealand Meat Pro- 3 13 17 *5 7 Journal .. .. 1,412 10 10 .. ducers'Board Audit .. .. 191 5 9 315 0 2 New Zealand Reparation 64 19 8 73 19 9 Bankruptcy .. .. 82 10 1 134 19 0 Estates Census and Statistics .. 4,098 8 4 140 16 0 Patents .. .. 767 19 5 46 13 8 Cook Islands — Pensions .. .. 1,202 14 11 340 12 4 Head Office.. .. 59 16 10 30 15 7 Police .. .. 2,397 1 9 2,925 10 8 Niue .. .. 5 16 4 91 14 7 Post and Telegraph — Rarotonga .. .. 81 2 0 392 6 0 Head Office .. .. 12,519 3 7 89 17 10 Crown Law .. .. 31 18 2 168 6 2 Stores .. .. 3 17 1 57 12 9 Customs .. .. 476 9 1 799 12 11 Stores Division .. 10,002 8 8 88 13 1 Defence .. .. 632 10 6 551 19 3 Workshops .. .. .. 0 17 0 Dominion Laboratory .. 62 13 5 31 16 4 Prime Minister's Office .. 88 0 0 122 9 2 Dominion Observatory .. 60 3 9 9 12 5 Prisons .. .. 20O 9 3 451 2 3 Education — Public Service Commis- 63 111 10010 5 Head Office.. .. 2,608 12 8 1,564 11 3 sioner Examination Branch .. 899 17 11 8 9 7 Public Service Superannua- 115 18 5 47 4 4 Teachers' Superannua- 87 172 1119 tion tion Fund Public Trust .. .. 1,686 16 6 1,498 9 4 Electoral .. .. 56 15 0 25 2 6 Public Works .. .. 2,173 4 0 3,944 18 2 External Affairs .. 201 6 1 55 4 6 Railways— Friendly Societies .. [ 70 1 3 .. Head Office .. .. 1,425 5 8 215 13 1 Gazette .. .. 5,994 9 10 0 4 0 Accountant .. .. .. 12 0 10 Geological Survey .. 2 7 5 29 4 0 Advertising .. .. 3 14 5 14 9 6 Government Actuary .. j 12 9 6 15 9 8 Chief Engineer .. 1 7 11 10 0 Government House .. 115 13 4 41 2 11 Chief Mechanical En- .. 0 8 1 Government Life Insur- 1,388 9 2 371 15 5 gineer ance ! Day tickets .. .. 589 0 0 Health .. .. 1,402 2 6 767 7 0 j District Traffic Manager 1,825 4 10 House of Representatives — |j Publicity .. .. 640 11 10 0 14 1 Head Office .. .. 367 18 8 675 3 9 j Refreshment Branch .. 0 10 4 Appendices to Journals 3,649 8 7 .. j| Road Motor Services .. 36 4 4 Bellamy's .. .. 23 9 0 .. Stores —Woburn .. 6,341 13 11 366 15 0 Bills .. .. I 1,848 16 4 .. | Ticket Printer .. 665 1 10 Hansard .. .. 7,469 2 7 1 13 1 Registrar-General .. 517 4 6 207 7 4 Journals .. .. 282 18 6 .. | Rural Intermediate Credit 338 4 8 1 13 10 Library .. .. 459 16 10 42 1 3 [ Board Ministers'Offices .. .. 48 11 0 | Samoan Affairs .. 33 8 2 387 10 10 Order Papers .. 686 15 11 .. j, Scientific and Industrial 1,587 4 4 172 12 10 Statutes .. .. 574 1 10 .. j| Research Immigration .. *.. 699 6 14 2j| Stamp Duties .. .. 683 11 4 492 0 9 Industries and Commerce, 1,767 13 9 468 9 7 I State Advances .. 803 4 7 747 14 5 Tourist, and Publicity i! State Coal— Internal Affairs — j Head Office .. .. 4 17 10 Head Office.. .. 549 7 5 651 19 5 )[ Christchurch .. 57 6 10 11 1 0 Ministers' Offices .. 336 16 1 326 5 4 [ Greymouth .. .. 54 0 7 40 15 8 Justice .. .. 1,153 6 3 4,346 7 3 I Wanganui .. .. 2 3 3 3 9 9 Labour .. .. 1,315 16 6 1,177 14 4 1 Wellington .. .. 18 7 11 16 18 0 Land and Deeds .. 406 17 11 469 17 6 State Fire Insurance .. 1,009 8 4 734 14 3 Land and Income Tax .. 1,188 0 1 617 8 10 State Forest Service .. 150 6 11 405 3 8 Lands and Survey .. 3,452 7 1 2,998 0 0 jj Stores Control Board .. 77 15 2 18 10 6 Law Drafting .. .. 18 5 10 44 10 11 Survey Board of New Zea- 11 6 8 0 6 9 Legislative Council— land Head Office .. 43 9 10 166 1 8 Transport .. .. 251 12 4 148 8 2 Bills .. • ■ 202 0 2 .. Treasury— Order Papers .. 90 1 5 .. Head Office .. .. 4,235 2 2 493 12 11 Maori Ethnological Re- 2 15 10 .. Debentures .. . . 204 6 1 search Board Rural Advances Bonds 2 12 8 Marine .. .. 1,246 12 7 239 1 4 Unemployment Board .. 2,466 15 4 443 7 5 Mental Hospitals .. 322 2 6 620 18 5 Valuation .. .. 224 1 3 289 16 6 Mines .. .. 412 17 8 224 7 3 Museum, Dominion .. 37 16 10 43 0 11 | Totals .. 106,896 11 8 36,276 14 5 National Provident Fund 201 13 3 125 16 4 =—-— 1 —— Native .. .. 534 1 6 637 19 3 Summary. 1932 —April .. .. 4,987 17 7 2,808 7 9 1932—November .. 9,262 19 9 . 3,838 6 10 May .. .. 7.169 6 8 4,084 9 7 December .. 10,680 10 7 5,510 1 6 June .. 6,590 2 0 1,987 18 3 1933—January .. 4,238 10 3 2,926 13 6 July .. .. 10,106 3 8 2,129 15 11 February .. 8,245 18 4 2,642 16 7 August.. .. 8,675 17 9 2,604 4 10 March .. .. 17,947 5 4 3,521 13 7 September .. 7,695 15 9 2,190 7 6 , October .. 11,296 4 0 2,031 18 7 Totals .. 106,896 11 8 36,276 14 5

Description. Sheets. Stamps. Value. £ s. d. Postage .. •• •■ 750,118 169,394,860 901,209 14 2 Postalnotes ! 272,787 24,828 111 II Post-cards 110,760 1,772,000 3,815 8 S Letter-cards 132,000 1,281,500 6,900 8 5 Duty .. .. .. ■ .. I 8,262 1,293,038 2,760,910 0 0 Unemployment-relief .. .. .. .. 37,000 8,845,440 2,176,979 0 0 Newspaper-wrappers .. .. .. •■ 15,000 120,000 380 18 6 Embossed envelopes 20,026 19,950 332 10 0 EmboBsed envelopes (overprinted to comply with .. 511,419 revised postal rates) Impressed •• 4,437,437 | 43,554 9 0 Totals .. .. .. .. 1,345.943 I 190,403,514 I 5.917,911 85