PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1920.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1920 Session I, H-36

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1920. NEW ZEALAND

PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1920.

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

BEPORT. Sir,— 1 have the honour to submit the annual report upon the working of this Department for the year ended 31st March, 1920. The tables accompanying the report show the nature, extent, and result of the year's working. Gazette. The number printed was 1,750. the number of subscribers 190, and the amount received £307 18s. Hansard. The, number of Hansards printed Eor session 1919 was 7,450, the number of subscribers 117, and the amount received £28 15s. Stamp-printing. —The number of sheets of stamps of various values printed was 1,181,248, the number of stamps 159,630,239, and the value £7,404,396 17s. In addition war-loan certificates of a value of £197,000 were printed by this branch. Stereo and Electro Plates. The number of stereo-plates cast during the year was 23,576, the weight being 17,821 lb. The number of electrotypes was 5,288, and the weight 2,316 II). Rubber Stamps. —The number of rubber stamps made was 7,877. Railway Tickets. —9,469,652 railway tickets were printed, the largest number (1,316,375) being printed in December. Work of the Year. -The work of the Department is growing, and, in order to keep it under, it is still necessary for two shifts to be employed in the Machine Branch. The year has been a busy one. Overtime. —In some of the branches it was quite impossible to get through the work without a considerable amount of overtime being necessary, but it has been avoided wherever possible, the working of extra hours being neither economical nor healthy. Paper and Stationery. The prices lor paper are still soaring, and full supplies are exceedingly difficult to obtain. To keep up stocks involves constant attention, the fulfilment of orders never being certain until the goods have actually arrived. This applies equally to printings, writings, and news. All orders for printing and stationery supplies from Departments have to be carefully scrutinized before being executed, and frequently it has been necessary to very considerably cut them down. Responsible officers of Departments should give careful attention to this matter of ordering ; it is very serious, and needs the utmost care. I have called attention to this for the past two years, but I am obliged to again refer to it. Stationery is in much the same position as paper—prices abnormal and stocks short. Envelopes are especially difficult to secure, some sizes being unobtainable. Binding-materials have advanced considerably, and the prices for some of these goods are startling Machinery. —The position in regard to obtaining machinery is better than when I last reported, but it is still far from normal. Manufacturers are so overloaded with orders that deliveries are slow. Where at one time a machine could be delivered in a few months, it is now a question of at least a year or two before it can be supplied. The best and fastest machinery should be secured when such is available, and, as I reported last year, an officer should be sent abroad to buy the most up-to-date machinery for the Department at the earliest opportunity. It would well repay the expenditure. The work of Government printing is growing so fast that it is necessary to get the best of machinery to keep pace with it.

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A new letter-card machine, built by Bell and Valentine, of Melbourne, has been installed and is doing satisfactory work. The disk ruling-machine, ordered in 19.16, has just arrived, and is in process of being set up, This should be a valuable addition to the plant. Three railway-ticket-printing machines are under order from Waterlow and Sons, and should be delivered soon. The ticket-printing plant will then be up to date. We have also under order four letterpress printing-machines (three large Whari'dales, and one small fast-printing press) and one " Reliable " flat-bed litho printing-machine. The binding machinery needs radical improvement, and orders have been placed for a casemaking machine, a rounding and backing machine, and a cloth-cutting machine. More machinery is required to keep this branch up with the times, and I propose in the near future to place orders for other up-to-date machines. For the, Photo-litho Branch a " Macbeth " are, lamp is under order, and should be delivered within the, next few months. The generator and water-tank which were used when our machinery was steam-driven have been sold, but the steam-engines have not yet been disposed of. The Staff. —The staff has had a strenuous year, and I have pleasure in testifying to the 'valuable services rendered by all in responsible, positions. Marcus ¥. Marks, Hon. the Minister in Charge. Government Printer.

T PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT. Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1920. Dr. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. Or. Assets. £ s, d. £ s. d. To Capital Account .. 107.040 4 2 By Buildings .. .. 43,390 7 7 Sundry creditors .. 1,813 9 4 Less depreciation .. .. 1,084 15 0 Consolidated Fund Account 41,416 11 4 £ s. d. 42,305 12 7 Suspense Account .. 3,048 4 3 Plant—Printing .. 11,339 12 7 153,317 9 1 Less depreciation 850 10 0 Profit and Loss Account (balanoe to credit of) 9,634 10 9 10,489 2 7 Plant -Binding .. 3,024 11 1 Less depreciation 225 0 0 2,799 11 I « Plant—Litho and Photo .. 1,670 4 3 Less depreciation 125 5 0 1,544 19 3 Plant—Engine-room 369 16 9 Less depreciation 41 0 o 328 16 9 15,162 9 8 Type .. .. .. 7,440 8 8 Less depreciation 555 0 0 1 tj, 885 8 8 Furniture .. .. 131 7 11 Less depreciation 32 5 0 399 2 II Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 58,787 11 11 Stock'in hand .. .. .. .. 39,411 14 1 £162,951 19 10 £162,951 19 10 Profit and Loss Account for the Year ending 31st March, 1920. Dr. £ s. cl. £ s. (I. Or. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Lighting and water .. 2,173 610 By Paper Stock Account .. .. 1,373 11 2 Repairs and maintenance .. 1,666 2 6 Manufacturing Account .. 2,029 7 1 Salaries, .. .. .. 4,616 12 5 Stationery Trading Account .. 6,945 13 6 Office expenses ... .. 360 6 6 Publishing Account .. .. 1,292 311 Discount .. .. .. 76 7 5 29,640 15 8 Freight .. .. ..1,258 10 8 Postage .. ~ . . 1.541 5 4 Medical services .. .. 118 5 0 Bad debts. . .. .. 0 1 3 Interest Account .. .. 5,281 12 0 Depreciation .. .. 2,913 15 0 . 20,006 4I I Balance—Profit for year .. .. 9,634 10 9 £29,640 15 8 £29,640 15 8 Wellington, 22nd June, 1920. B. B. Allen, Accountant.

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Return of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1920.

Printing. Stationery. Advertising Office Agriculture Audit Office Bacteriological Laboratory Bankruptcy Board of Trade Cambridge Sanatorium Coal Control Cook Islands Administration .. Crown Law Office Customs Defence Military Supplies Purchase Boards National Efficiency Board ,, New Zealand Munitions and Supplies ,, Repatriation ,, Soldiers' Financial Assistance . . Units Education —Head Office ,, Examination Branch ,, School Journal ., Teachers' Superannuation Fund Electoral External Affairs Forestry Friendly Societies Gazette" .. General Assembly —Bills „ Hansard . . ,, Joint Account ,. Statutes Geological Survey Government Accident Insurance Government Firewood Depot Government House Government Life Insurance Government Statistician Hector Observatory Hospitals and Charitable Aid .. House of Representatives —Appendix .. ,, Journals ,, Miscellaneous ,, Order Paper Immigration Imperial Government Supplies Internal Affairs Internal Affairs. Minister's Offices Journal of Agriculture Jusl ice Kahili Labour Band and Deeds Land and Income Tax Land for Settlements Lands and Survey . . Legislative Council —Appendix ,, Journals.. ,, Miscellaneous ,, Order Paper Marine Mental Hospitals Meteorological Mines Museum, Dominion National Provident Fund . . ... Native New Zealand Naval Adviser Patents Pensions Police Post and Telegraph—Head Office ,, Controller of Stores £ s. d. 89 5 0 3,259 9 8 176 11 6 6 15 0 65 13 6 72 11 0 25 18 0 44 0 0 28 12 0 90 12 0 891 11 6 11,971 16 4 116 0 0 0 11 0 239 19 6 2,120 6 6 45 1 0 2 0 0 2,170 10 9 1,113 10 0 6,250 16 I 86 8 0 3.815 0 2 82 19 0 323 I 6 131 14 6 9,723 12 I 956 11 6 4,943 13 0 445 13 0 2.679 6 9 474 7 0 178 8 0 77 17 6 194 3 3 1,895 1 6 6,914 14 3 48 3 6 6,215 10 6 440 17 6 494 5 6 586 11 6 69 11 6 11 2 6 3.213 9 3 322 3 0 5,858 HI 0 2.098 2 0 2.377 17 I 2.099 19 3 501 7 0 2.265 0 III 22 18 6 6,741 7 5 21 7 6 1)3 15 6 38 II 0 90 8 0 1.759 17 9 336 14 0 102 3 0 353 7 3 987 11 o till 9 2 1.070 11 6 16 6 3 1.332 1 9 2.023 15 6 3,236 1 1 3 4.797 6 6 31,832 lo o £ s. d. 49 1 10 1,770 11 0 165 4 4 34 12 9 49 15 6 96 0 0 11 0 0 17 15 0 44 4 5 52 18 11 847 16 7 8,579 18 7 64 1 1 I 19 8 116 1 7 855 16 3 0 12 0 997 I 7 1 5 3 1,043 2 10 110 10 6 36 4 8 3 14 8 82 9 3 22 4 6 29 18 9 9 1 I 54 12 7 1,166 1 4 331 14 11 7 0 10 7 8 9 138 13 8 54 9 10 130 5 0 818 1 6 312 0 8 I .786 15 1 60S 4 4 517 15 2 1,141 18 9 28 2 0 3,017 19 8 I'J 1 6 332 12 1 301 I 11 10 3 1 2.".;; 17 6 84 19 10 209 13 3 118 10 6 31 3 1 16 2 7 SSS 17 8 1,282 3 7 65 0 8 552 12 0

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Return of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments, etc. — continued.

Return of Adhesive and Impressed Stamps printed from 1st April, 1919, to 31st March, 1920.

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given ; printing (500 copies), £5 10s-.

Authority : Mahous P. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington.—l92o.

Price 3d.]

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Printing. Stationery. Prime Minister's Office Prisons Public Health Public Service Commissioner Public Service Journal Public Service Stores Tender Board Public Service Superannuation Board .. Public Trust Office Public Works Railways —Head Office ,, Accountant ,, Chief Engineer ,, Chief Traffic Manager ,, Day tickets ,, Mechanical Engineer ,, Stationery Clerk ,, Stores Manager ,, Stores, Petone ,, Ticket-printer ,, Time-table . . Registrar-General Stamp State Advances State Coal-Head Office ,, Christchurch Depot ,, Grey mouth Depot ,, Wanganui Depot ,, Wellington Depot State, Fire Insurance Tourist £ s. d. 219 8 6 355 15 3 2,416 18 8 412 7 0 249 17 6 39 11 6 81 14 0 6,882 18 3 2,879 6 3 1,111 8 9 39 12 0 £ s. (I. 81 6 11 328 4 7 521 0 9 279 0 I 0 6 0 19 8 8 2,418 6 9 2.396 13 7 29 14 6 16 13 3 Oil 6 1 0 6 184 12 6 995 14 4 185 11 0 18,249 5 8 0 5 0 47 16 0 I ,323 2 10 2.479 18 9 1,191 5 4 1,376 15 3 742 4 5 47 11 0 1 5 0 49 13 0 I 4 0 9 0 0 882 9 1 480 9 9 4.032 8 1 857 8 4 0 I 6 30 19 0 0 13 6 If 2 7 1 10 3 309 16 2 705 1 0 124 12 1 68 0 8 8 12 0 35 15 5 5 2 7 11 12 8 275 3 6 205 40 5 379 10 6 285 16 3 Treasury Valuation Totals 191,633 3 7 38,283 16 1 Summary. 1918—April May .June, July August September October November December 1919 -January February March 10,128 3 4 16,706 3 2 12,642 2 0 13,767 8 5 13,252 6 8 17.373 16 5 19.591 10 11 20,548 19 9 9.698 3 5 12,631 14 3 14,503 19 10 30,788 15 5 1,821 11 9 4,194 6 11 3,276 1 8 3,238 2 8 3,787 7 8 3.148 2 5 3.292 3 1 3,789 8 6 3,275 2 6 2,241 3 6 1,983 14 7 4,236 10 10 Totals 191,633 3 7 38,283 16 I

Description. Sheets. . Stamps. Value. 1 I I Duty Impressed stamps Letter-cards Newspaper-wrappers Postage Postal notes Post-cards Railway 11.932 1,412,929 16,023.296 212,260 1,910,346 44,491 355,928 594,015 135,899,740 238,800 2,388,000 76,250 1,220,000 3,500 420,000 11,932 212,260 44,491 594,015 238,800 76,250 3,500 1,412,929 16,023.296 1,910,346 355,928 135,899,740 2,388,000 1,220,000 420,000 £ s. d. 6.366.696 10 0 133,504 13 0 11,875 0 0 807 18 0 874,468 10 0 10,068 1 0 5,076 5 0 1,900 0 0 Totals 1,181,248 159,630,239 7,404,396 17 0 War-loan Iertificates. Sheets, 40 ; notes, 401 ; value, £197,000.