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APPENDIX.

HEAD OFFICE DRAUGHTING BRANCH. (R. G. Dick, Assistant Surveyor-General.) Map Publications. The following tables summarize the printing-costs, sales, and credits of maps published by the Department for the year ending 31st March, 1940 : —

Table 1a. —Summary of Printing-costs of Map Publications for the Year ended 31st March, 1940.

Table 1b. —Summary of Map Sales and Credits for the Year ended 31st March, 1940.

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Class of Map. Number of Number of Total Cost . Average Cost Average Cost r Issues. Maps printed. per Issue. per Map. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. Survey Districts, 40 oh. .. 35 1,902 245 16 9 7 0 6 2 7 Survey Districts, 80 ch. .. 12 3,000 85 19 7 7 3 4 0 7 Counties .. .. .. 1 300 7 17 2 Boroughs .. .. .. 2 305 168 6 1 84 3 0 11 0 Territorial (4-mile) .. .. 5 2,500 97 19 11 19 12 0 0 10 Miscellaneous .. .. 12 11,549 861 13 2 71 16 10 1 6 Totals .. .. 67 19,556 1,467 12 8

Item. Credits. £ s. d. £ s. d. Sale of lithographs to the public .. .. .. 941 19 8 Sale of lithographs to other Departments .. .. 937 19 3 Lithographs issued free to other Departments .. 719 16 9 Lithographs for office use .. .. .. 665 16 2 3,265 11 10 Sale of publications and plan forms .. .. 526 14 2 Search fees .. .. .. .. .. 22 6 6 Royalty fees .. .. .. .. .. 409 17 4 Total .. .. .. .. .. £4,224 9 10