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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1940.

Return of Adhesive Stamps, Postal Notes, etc., printed from 1st April, 1939, to 31st March, 1940.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—]

-Preparation, not given; printing (470 copies), £7.

Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.—l94o.

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. Agriculture .. .. 5,217 9 3 2,088 13 7 Musoum, Dominion •• 5 5 1 26 6 5 Air .. .. .. 6,152 17 6 5,030 8 9 National Broadcasting 2,251 7 8 495 8 2 Army .. .. 6,711 16 6 4,633 19 10 Service Audit .. .. 231 10 9 274 3 6 National Commercial 684 1 1 663 9 10 Bankruptcy .. .. 52 16 9 71 18 4 Broadcasting Service Census and Statistics .. 5,919 2 0 278 19 5 National Provident Fund 240 9 0 115 19 1 Crown Law .. .. 115 15 7 191 3 0 Native .. .. 1,809 19 3 1,154 0 3 Customs .. .. 1,692 14 1 1,658 6 0 Naval Defence .. 865 7 7 1,418 2 6 Dominion Laboratory .. 192 11 0 104 11 6 New Zealand Meat-pro- 17 2 0 4 16 3 Dominion Observatory .. 21 6 7 22 2 6 ducers Board Education .. .. 9,517 17 10 2,774 15 1 New Zealand Reparation 43 1 6 59 15 11 Electoral .. .. 95 6 1 8 2 3 Estates External Affairs .. 615 16 1 1,233 10 6 Patents .. .. 1,043 5 8 56 3 8 Friendly Societies .. 89 10 1 .. Pensions . . . • 7 7 6 5 9 2 Gazette .. .. 6,462 1 8 .. Police .. .. 3,314 5 4 2,955 11 5 Government Actuary .. 7 16 6 21 5 9 Post and Telegraph .. 47,890 17 11 675 19 4 Government House .. 163 16 4 67 4 9 Prime Minister's .. 906 10 10 235 17 0 Government Life Insurance 1,260 0 6 510 12 3 Prisons .. 195 14 4 324 18 4 Health .. .. 3,940 3 8 .1,537 19 6 Public Service Commis- 223 17 10 172 7 8 House of Representatives—• sioner Head Office .. .. 905 12 11 587 14 11 Public Service Superan- 101 11 2 75 4 7 Appendices to Journals 2,936 3 6 .. nuation Bellamy's .. .. 26 16 8 2 10 9 Public Trust .. .. 2,928 6 6 660 6 11 Bills ' .. .. 889 19 1 .. Public Works .. . . 7,485 16 4 11.239 19 3 Hansard .. .. 5,546 17 11 0 12 3 Railways .. .. 32,675 14 7 1,720 11 8 Journals .. . . 300 4 8 .. Registrar-General .. 584 10 5 263 6 2 Library .. . . 888 0 1 36 18 11 Reserve Bank of New 705 19 9 38 10 0 Order Papers .. 371 4 2 . . Zealand Statutes ... .. 168 10 3 .. Rural Intermediate Credit 67 19 0 Housing Construction . . 974 7 9 1,397 12 9 j Board Industries and Commerce, 4,136 19 3 1,637 10 3 ! Scientific and Industrial 4,479 2 9 811 I 5 Tourist and Publicity I Research Internal Affairs .. 4,255 18 10 1,762 4 7 j Social Security .. 4,441 12 5 2,733 10 11 Justice .. .. 1,209 1 0 1,793 9 2 Stamp Duties .. .. 773 13 1 334 12 11 Labour .. .. 3,137 16 4 1,497 0 11 State Advances .. 2,317 5 9 2,074 8 2 Land and Deeds .. 492 13 7 338 II II State Coal .. . . 245 8 8 172 8 7 Land and Income Tax .. 10,397 7 9 1,601 1 0 State Eire Insurance .. 1,897 13 8 887 10 0 Lands and Survey .. 3,590 19 6 4,159 3 7 State Eorest Service 971 12 9 1,027 9 0 Law Drafting .. . . 11 15 4 37 8 7 State Iron and Steel .. 35 9 5 84 16 5 Legislative Council— Survey Board of New 6 7 .1.0 Head Office . . .. 159 14 9 57 17 6 Zealand Bills .. .. 139 3 5 .. Transport .. .. 1,185 7 7 863 1 7 Journals .. .. 42 1.4 5 .. Treasury .. .. 3,603 3 6 745 17 9 Order Papers . . 39 0 0 . . Valuation .. .. 671 14 4 299 15 9 Marine .. .. 1,525 19 I 329 2 5 Marketing .. .. 1,284 0 10 725 2 0 Mental Hospitals .. 419 7 10 835 9 7 Totals .. 217,359 9 4 70,003 12 4 Mines .. .. 371 9 7 299 8 8 -- Summary. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1939—April .. .. 12,716 9 5 2,601 19 9 1939—November .. 15,671 9 7 6,049 7 9 May .. .. 23,281 12 0 8,719 0 1 December .. 16,708 2 8 3,472 10 11 June .. .. 16,860 14 8 7,298 4 10 1940—January.. .. 10,859 2 2 4,673 3 11 July .. .. 17,707 9 4 6,090 17 4 February .. 14,533 5 5 6,320 1 3 August .. .. 19,410 16 0 5,935 4 10 March .. .. 28,769 12 11 6,238 19 4 September .. 21,423 4 11 6,256 14 0 October.. .. 19,417 .10 3 6,347 8 4 Totals .. 217,359 9 4 70,003 12 4

[ ' I Description. Sheets. Stamps. | Value. £ s. d. Postage .. .. .. .. .. 20,535 3,506,520 21,137 13 4 Postal notes .. .. .. .. .. 367,600 3,676,000 44,800 16 6 Post-cards .. .. .. .. .. 90,290 1,443,584 3,452 4 0 Letter-cards .. .. .. .. .. 126,875 1,518,900 9,049 2 8 Duty .. .. .. .. .. 8,777 1,336,299 8,057,552 0 0 Social Security .. .. .. .. 68,000 15,933,120 3,465,207 0 0 Honey seal .. .. .. .. .. 9,500 2,235,360 10,403 5 0 Newspaper wrappers .. .. .. .. 20,000 159,200 398 0 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. .. 1,089,711 1,084,560 5,894 2 4 Totals .. .. .. .. 1,801,288 30,893,543 11,617,894 3 10