PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT ON THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1890 Session I, H-16

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1890. NEW ZEALAND.

PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT ON THE).

Presented to both Ho2ises of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sic, — Printing and Stationery Department, Wellington, 2nd July, 1890. In submitting my annual report on the department for the year 1889 I have much pleasure in stating that the result of the year's.operations shows a marked improvement in many respects over those of previous years. The period covered by the last report included only four months' occupancy of the new premises. A considerable portion of that time was necessarily taken up in removing and re-arranging the plant and machinery, so that barely more than two months of that year may be regarded as the period during which all the inconveniences and drawbacks incident to removal were overcome, and the reorganization of the office accomplished. Now that a complete period under the new order of things is presented for review, the increased productiveness of the department is apparent. The number of orders received last year was 3,336 as compared with 2,292 for the previous year, showing an increase of 1,044 ; the number of copies printed, 29,404,737 as against 20,940,891; the number of pages, 20,455 as against 17,i00; and the total value of work done, £28,758 12s. lid. as compared with £24,043 Is. 3d. of the previous year; showing an increase of £4,715 lis. 7d. On reference to the balance-sheet it will be found that this result has been achieved at a less outlay for wages and overtime than that paid during the previous year, the respective amounts for 1888 and 1889 being £16,642 3s. sd. as against £16,309 14s. Id., showing a reduction of £332 9s. 4d. The "working expenses account" also comes out very satisfactorily. The items "fuel and gas," which cost £551 ss. 3d. in 1887, £451 4s. 9d. in 1888, only cost £168 4s. 3d. for fuel during the past year, for which latter sum, with the addition of salary of engine-driver (£140), the office is heated, lighted, and the whole of the motive-power for the machinery obtained. The comparison is greatly in favour of the present mode of heating and lighting when the size of the respective buildings —the old and the new—are considered, as it is estimated that fully one-third more heat and light are required in the present premises, while the motive-power needed to drive the additional machinery now in use is also much greater. Again referring to the balance-sheet, it will be found on turning to the profit and loss account, that after making all necessary allowances for interest and depreciation on building and plant, ground-rent, &c, the result shows a profit to the credit of the colony of £7,240 lis. lid. The number and classification of employes is shown in Table No. 3. The largest staff of hands employed was during the months of June and July, when it reached 163, while in November following the number dropped to 120. The return of work performed by the audit-branch of the department—-where all accounts for printing and advertising undergo examination before payment—shows that during the year 3,030 separate accounts were scrutinised, from which deductions were made to the amount of £100 14s. 7d. —the total amount passed for payment being £8,431 9s. lOd. New Publications. The new publications issued during the past year comprise, among others, Vol. XXII. of the " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute," Vol. VI. of White's " Ancient History of the Maori," and the New Zealand Law Eeports in monthly parts. The following works are now in the press, and will be issued shortly: Part 11. of the " Manual of Grasses and Forage Plants useful to New Zealand," by T. Mackay; an introductory Class-book of Botany for use in New Zealand schools, by G. M. Thomson, F.L.S.; and the Official Eecord of the Dunedin and South Seas Exhibition. I—H. 16.

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Stamp-printing Branch. Having been requested by the Government to take over the control of the Stamp-printing Branch of the Stamp Department, the necessary preparations for doing so are now being made. The printing-plant will be modernised by the introduction of new and efficient machinery for the various operations of printing, gumming, and perforating; and the old hand-presses now in use, which are both slow and costly, will be practically superseded. The present method of production, even with the staff working overtime, barely suffices to keep pace with the demands ; but with the new machinery ordered, —comprising one of Napier and Son's double-platen machines, and an American Colts's Armory-press,—it is hoped that the output will be largely augmented, and any prospective increase in the demand amply provided for. For gumming and perforating the sheets one of Newsum's gumming machines, and a couple of Blackhall's rotary perforating machines have been ordered; and steam-heated cupboards will be provided for drying the sheets. ' These improved methods will result in a saving of nearly £400 per annum in expenditure on labour, and obviate the necessity of resorting to overtime to keep up the stocks as at present. A new series of stamps for the use of the Government Insurance Department will shortly be issued, the steel dies for which are being executed locally. They consist of six denominations— from a halfpenny to one shilling. The two dies already completed are artistically designed and creditably executed. Electrotypes from them are now in course of preparation in this department. A new series of stamps for the Bailway Department, to be used for the carriage of newspapers by train, are among the productions issued from this office during the past year. Stereotype Branch. The number of stereotype plates cast last year was 1,176 ; of electrotypes, 2,566 (included in which are 5 plates of postage stamps, 240 heads in each). The number of rubber stamps manufactured for Government departments was 294. The railway-ticket printing executed by this branch during the year was as follows : Kailway tickets, 2,331,010; season tickets, 10,698; flag-station tickets, 344,500; luggage tickets, 64,000; parcels tickets, 48,950; weighbridge tickets, 18,600. Stationery Office. The number of requisitions received and complied with during the year ending the 31st December last was 9,876, or at the rate of 32 per day. The number of separate items in the requisitions was 45,157. The quantity of waste paper shipped was 47J tons, representing in value £136 4s. 9d. The local paper-mills purchase all waste material of this description. I have, &c, Geo. Didsbury, Government Printer and Stores Manager. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

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No. 1. PEOFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE GOVEENMENT FEINTING OFFICE FOE THE YEAE ENDING 31st DECEMBEE, 1889. 1. —The Colony of New Zealand on Account of the Government Printing Office. Db. £ s. d. Cn. £ s. dTo Value of work done .. .. .. 28,758 12 11 By Value of buildings and plant, 31st Cash received, viz.:— December, 1889 .. .. .. 33,487 4 0 Advertisements .. .. .. 390 511 Cash paid for wages and overtime .. 16,309 14 1 Uazettc subscriptions .. .. 38 2 6 Working-expenses .. .. .. 489 9 4 Official publications .. .. 1,250 8 9 Ground-rent of old store .. .. 40 0 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 2,846 17 7 Interest on buildings and plant .. 1,674 7 0 Land Transfer and gold-mining adver- Value of materials used .. .. 6,916 1110 tisements.. .. .. .. 100 17 6 Profit and loss .. .. .. 7,240 1111 Value of articles made, repairs, &c, by office engineer .. .. .. 86 5 9 Value of rubber-stamps, electros, &c, for other departments.. .. .. 128 6 5 33,599 17 4 Balance .. .. 32,558 0 10 £66,157 18 2 £66,157 18 2 2. —Stock and Buildings Account. Db. £ s. d. Cb. £ s. d. To Value of buildings, Ist January, 1889 .. 18,546 10 0 By Value of buildings and plant, 31st Improvements during year .. .. 360 15 6 December, 1889 .. .. .. 32,558 010 Value of plant, Ist January, 1889 .. 14,458 15 10 Depreciation of buildings and plant Additions during year .. .. 121 2 8 carried to Profit and Loss Account.. 929 :i 2 £33,487 4 0 £33,487 4 0 Value of buildings and plant, brought down .. .. .. .. 32,558 0 10 3.—Salaries Account. Db. £ s. d. Cb. £ s. d. To Wages—permanent hands .. .. 5,998 10 5 By Transfer to Profit and Loss Account .. 16,309 14 1 extra hands .. .. 9,522 4 8 Overtime .. .. .. .. 651 19 0 Night-watchman .. .. .. 137 0 0 £16,309 14 1 £16,309 14 1 4. —Working-expenses Account. Db. £ s. d. Cb. £ s. d. To Fuel .. .. .. .. 168 4 3 By Transfer to Profit and Loss Account .. 489 9 4 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 321 5 1 £489 9 4 £489 9 4 s.—Printing and Binding Account. Db. £ s. d. Cb. £ s. d. To Value of paper consumed, including By Value of work done and cash received 33,599 17 4 freight and other charges .. 6,117 5 9 To Value of binding materials, &c, including freight and other charges .. 799 6 1 ■ Balance to Profit and Loss Account .. 26,683 5 6! £33,599 17 4 £33,599 17 4 6.—Profit and Loss Account. Db. £ s. d. Cb. £ s. d. To Depreciation on buildings and plant .. 929 3 2 By Balance Printing and Binding AcSalaries and overtime .. .. 16,309 14 1 count .. .. .. .. 26,683 5 6 Working-expenses .. .. .. 489 9 4 Ground-rent of old store .. .. 40 0 0 Interest on plant and buildings .. 1,674 7 0 Profit to credit of colony .. .. 7,240 1111 £26,683 5 6 £26,683 5 6 Samuel Costall, Accountant.

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No. 2. Return of the Value of Printing and Binding executed by the Government Printing Department during the Year ended 31st December, 1889.

No. 3. Return of the Number and Classification of the Employés in the Government Printing Department during the Year ended 31st December, 1889.

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Printing. Department. Number of Copies. Number Authors' of Pages. Corrections. Value. Binding. Totals. Audit Colonial Secretary Gazette Branch Constabulary Customs Marine Crown Lands Crown Law Defence Education General Assembly— House of Representatives— Order Paper Papers and returns Journals Miscellaneous Legislative Council— Order Paper Journals and Appendix Miscellaneous Joint Account Bills Hansard Statutes Geological Governor's Establishment Insurance Justice Bankruptcy Land Transfer Lunacy and Hospitals Mines Stock Branch Miscellaneous Native Post and Telegraph Money Order and Savings Bank .. Printing and Stationery Store Branch Prisons Property-tax Public Trust Public Works Public Buildings Railways Registrar-General Stamp Survey Treasury Registrar, Friendly Societies 8,342 35,507 304,534 84,411 103,895 32,877 229,729 29 150 1,462 263 189 121 276 Hours. 2 7 487 9 33 £ s. d. 20 17 6 75 1 6 2,256 11 4 406 14 0 172 17 0 65 15 6 410 6 0 £ s. d. 10 19 6 13 16 4 209 3 0 55 5 0 28 19 6 24 0 0 142 8 10 12 5 9 48 13 6 185 16 4 £ s. d. 31 17 0 88 17 10 2,465 14 10 461 19 6 201 16 6 89 15 6 552 14 10 12 5 9 155 1 6 381 19 4 20 71,779 121,374 310 257 16 2 iocV 8 0 196 3 0 49,503 188,135 275 27,912 476 1,962 336 385 37 1,238 87 65 291 5 6 3,170 4 6 248 13 6 122 2 0 16 10 6 244 6 6 31 18 6 72 1 10 307 16 0 3,414 11 0 280 12 0 194 3 10 31,892 3,850 7,389 264,790 98,184 109,500 23,958 24,870 17,127 841,519 167,940 10,250 27,888 35,737 82,253 97,528 52,748 230,105 10,515,116 917,340 81,327 86,034 4,985 352,162 997 17,027 31,271 7,057,207 194,920 97,922 51,289 580,177 22,102 103 284 140 483 1,328 1,953 357 1,097 118 319 463 2 13 81 361 50 239 1,129 1,019 427 87 8 43 130 16 144 229 1,856 557 39 253 263 48 15 105 21 17 2,296 2,228 "257 180 3 71 631 74 73 14 0 154 4 6 49 5 0 233 7 6 965 9 3 2,188 13 0 353 11 6 395 15 3 71 8 0 499 2 7 310 1 6 0 7 0 276 10 6 52 8 0 421 2 o 86 0 6 344 0 0 911 17 7 2,922 3 7 370 15 0 64 11 6 48 10 0 20 19 0 211 18 6 3 4 0 72 13 0 140 19 6 1,749 8 0 1,073 16 0 179 0 6 114 5 0 35G 4 0 33 19 0 0 13 0 30 9 1 18 16 4 276 2 4 27 11 0 265 16 2 402 12 6 76 18 3 47 12 2 118 6 10 85 15 0 10 6 10 63 4 8 28 1 0 237 12 10 49 1 0 162 4 11 93 13 4 383 15 3 241 6 8 10 19 0 576 19 4 10 1 6 310 11 2 3 14 10 74 15 3 21 2 6 1,188 19 6 139 19 10 11 0 6 67 8 0 308 19 6 7 11 2 74 7 0 184 13 7 68 1 4 509 9 10 993 0 3 2,454 9 2 750 4 0 472 13 6 119 0 2 617 9 5 401 17 0 16 14 4 339 15 2 80 9 0 058 15 4 135 1 6 506 4 11 1,005 10 11 3,305 18 10 618 1 8 75 10 6 625 9 4 31 1 0 522 9 8 6 18 10 147 8 3 102 2 0 2,938 7 6 1,213 15 10 190 1 0 181 13 0 605 3 6 41 10 2 8 1 18 65 380 126 "l07 2 Totals 29,404,737 20,455 8,603 22,310 5 1 6,448 7 10 28,758 12 11

§ 9 a a £ a p u to fa 4 a s 3 3 © 3 H 3 E a B < 3 A 3 s Sc o 00 O G s c u (a A > o V'a u f A 2 9 3 9 B Overseers Readers Compositors Machinists, pressmen, paperwetter, cutters, engineer, and engine-driver Bookbinders, including one overseer Females in binding branch Apprentices, machine and errand boys Assistants Stereotyper 3 3 4 : 4 37 ; 41 9 | 9 8 3 35 9 3 8 34 9 3 •' 3 3 5 41 58 9 I 9 3 5 61 9 3 5 01 9 3 6 58 9 3 4 41 8 3 3 23 8 3 3 85 8 12 '' 12 ia 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 ! 10 41 | 41 16 42 17 41 17 21 39 j 38 21 39 22 38 28 88 22 36 21 36 SI 33 8 ' 8 i ! i 131 | 135 8 1 8 1 11 11 1 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 Totals 130 138 159 163 163 140 i i 120 129 162 130

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No. 4. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Paper, Envelopes, &c., issued to the Government Printing Office during the Year 1889.

No. 5. Number of Vouchers examined, the Amount of Deductions made, and the Total Amount passed for Payment, during the Year 1889.

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Quantity. Description. Amount. Quantity. Description. Amount. R. q. 22 0 0 5 23 10 26 10 14 0 27 0 60 10 22 10 277 0 I Hand-made post folio | Large post cheque i Post blue wove „ double large Turkey mill, post 8vo. J Vellum, post 8vo. ' Cream wove large post Silverburn Double post folio, cream wove, 481b. Double post folio (money orders), 481b. 8vo. note, large, 4|lb. 4to. letter, largo, 101b. £ s. d. 31 1 6 0 7 0 4 14 0 11 5 3 4 14 0 10 14 9 19 3 2 12 1 10 202 18 4 R. q. 1,551 10 92 5 23 7 43 0 57 17 I Royal— Yellow wove, printing Coloured Hand-made superfine Imitation hand-made superfine I Medium, — Hand-made Imitation hand-made Hand-made loan Imperial— Hand-made Imitation hand-made Cartridge, 001b. Cartridge, double demv, glazed, buff Double imperial, brown Demy blotting-paper £ s. d. 477 7 10 39 4 3 40 14 0 102 13 3 124 8 3 39 0 21 5 19 5 1 3 o ica io m 34 10' 11 0 38 10 6 14 18 4 2 13 0 33 10 7 0 19 19 9 3 7 0 •1 15 6 20 2 O 26 5 :i 20 14 3 8 17 9 5 12 6 4 79 16 19 0 722 10 33 19 Foolscap— Cream laid, 181b. hand-made, 181b. .. Azure laid Double copying Imitation hand-made cream wove double Toned double Sheet and a half Cream laid quad. Pink and buff quad. Turkey mill Map-paper, 28 x 26 Buff double .. Yellow wove double Blue wove double Coloured double, 261b. Cream wove double, 301b. Silverburn 1 14 9 2 15 9 77 14 0 7 10 9 239 14 0 32 10 6 11 0 i 19 5 13 1 3 13 9 G 32,000 147,000 387,000 ( 450 1,800 1,000 Total paper 5,412 16 2 - 2 10 ! 11 0 1,252 5 713 0 5 0 2 15 88 0 2,807 5 709 10 52 5 1,490 0 10 0 I 1 5 0 5 8 7 688 12 0 207 19 2 5 2 6 9 7 6 13 4 0 835 3 3 328 7 6 22 4 3 770 0 10 9 12 0 Envelopes— Demy, cream wove Foolscap, cream wove No. 7, cream laid 15 x 10 14x5 13x6 Cards— Double small large 10 2 8 71 16 3 84 7 3 9 16 1 3 2 6 1 19 0 8,385 20,400 2 13 4 21 4 0 6,446 13,300 Total envelopes, Ac. Parchment Pasteboards 211 1 7 423 3 0 70 5 0 50 0 Double crown yellow wove 10 1G 0 Total parchment, &c. .. 493 8 0 136 15 225 10 561 10 71 10 441 5 7 10 Demy— Coloured Blue laid Yellow wove double Hand-made Toned double Gummed 30 19 0 123 9 0 343 18 3 9G 10 6 253 15 4 6 5 9 Summary— Paper Mnvelopos, &c. .. .'. Parchment, &c. 5,412 16 2 211 1 7 493 8 0 Total 6,117 5 9

Period. Number. Deductions. Amount passe 1 Ixamincd during the month of January „ February „ March « April May June July » „ August September .. „ „ October „ November .. » „ December .. ;; :: 289 292 268 278 333 220 372 196 156 168 211 247 £ s. a. 16 7 7 16 12 7 2 11 0 1 13 11 7 11 0 5 G 7 13 8 1 4 11 2 3 8 4 11 12 1 0 17 1 10 15 2 £ s. d. 936 17 11 934 8 8 008 11 10 632 3 10 820 18 9 795 8 0 1,017 2 5 442 0 5 439 15 10 415 5 G 637 10 9 745 11 4 Totals 3,030 3,030 100 14 7 8,431 9 10

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No. 6. Return of the Value of Printing and Binding executed at the Lyttelton Gaol during the Year ended 31st December, 1889.

\Api>ii,ximaU Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,300 copies), £i 7s. Od.]

By Authority: Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9o.

Printing and stationery Prisons Department. Number of Copies. 625,774 208,658 Number of Jobs. 303 101 Value. £ s. 352 11 124 10 303 101 £ s. d. 352 11 0 124 10 6 Totals 834,432 834,432 404 404 477 1 477 1 G