PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1929.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1929 Session I, H-36

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1929. NEW ZEALAND.

PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1929.

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

Sir, — Printing and Stationery Department, Wellington, 31st July, 1929. I have the honour to submit the annual report upon the working of this Department for the year ended 31st March, 1929. The tables accompanying the report show the nature, extent, and result of the year's working. Gazette. —The number printed of each issue was 1,120, the number of subscribers 532, and the amount received from subscribers and sales £3,193. Hansard. —The number printed of each issue for session 1928 was 6,900, the number of subscribers 138, and the amount received from subscribers and sales £199. Stamp-printing.—Stamps to the value of £2,910,152, postal notes to the value of £24,960, and Post Office investment certificates to the value of £51,070 were printed. Stereo and Electro Plates.—The number of stereo-plates cast during the year was 42,142, of which 2,567 were nickel-plated, the weight being 26,851 lb. The number of electrotypes was 4,235, and the weight 518 lb. Rubber Stamps.—The number of rubber stamps made was 1,927. Railway Tickets. —7,124,493 railway tickets were printed, the largest number (984,463) being printed in October. Work of the Year. —All branches of the Department have been kept fairly busy, but there has not been the same necessity to employ extra hands to keep pace with requirements. During the year the Photo-litho and Process Engraving Branch dealt with 56 maps of survey districts and boroughs, 70 sale plans and posters, 4 large county maps, 426 miscellaneous maps, plans, cheque forms, debenture forms, and diagrams. A large number of half-tone, line, and three-colour blocks were made, in addition to a number of bromide prints, enlargements, lantern-slides, and transparencies. The Stationery Office dealt with 13,924 requisitions for stationery, the total sales amounting to £39,017. These requisitions comprised 122,124 items, and, in addition to parcels, 2,768 cases of stationery were despatched. Cash orders numbered 6,857. In addition, 329 typewriters, of the value of £4,909, were issued. Paper. —Stocks throughout the year have been well maintained, prices showing a decline on those of last year. The issues for the year amounted to £41,058, comprising 69,700 packages of paper and boards, and 14,158,000 envelopes. Machinery. —During the year several new machines designed to give a greater output were installed. These are working satisfactorily. New folding-machines are required in the Binding Branch, as the machines at present in use are obsolete. Modern frames and make-up cabinets are al»o required in the composing-rooms. Accommodation. —The question of providing adequate accommodation for several of the branches requires early consideration. The portion of the building occupied by the Stationery Office is too small to enable the work to be handled in the most economical manner. Additional space is also required in this branch for the display of Government publications. Finance. —The year's working has resulted in a profit of £2,813 7s. lOd. after charging interest on capital and depreciation in full. The result is satisfactory. Staff. —I have pleasure in testifying to the whole-hearted services of those holding responsible positions, while the staff generally has worked well. I have, &c., W. A. G. Skinneb, The Hon. the Minister in Charge. Government Printer.

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Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Sundry debtors .. .. .. 246,358 15 11 By Salaries .. .. .. .. 94,079 11 1 Publications and publishing .. .. 2,863 7 3 Wages .. .. .. .. .. 35,797 0 3 Sales — £ s. d. Overtime .. .. .. .. 2,607 12 2 Stationery .. .. .. 1 15 8 Allowance to officers performing higher duties 27 15 11 New typewriters .. 59 9 0 Purchases paper, stationery, &c. .. .. 57,746 0 5 Second-hand typewriters .. 35 0 0 Purchases stores.. .. .. .. 6,876 3 9 Stores .. .. .. 154 0 8 Freight, cartage, insurance, &e. .. .. 8,610 0 3 Waste products .. 13 13 1 I Machinery (new, and repairs to) .. .. 5,140 6 2 263 18 5 | Type .. . . .. .. .. 606 15 10 Refunds— "j Monotype extras .. .. .. 467 3 1 Freight .... ..315 j Monotype metal.. .. .. .. 388 6 3 Salaries and wages .. .. 54 17 1 | Fuel, gas, power, light, and water .. .. 2,539 111 Postages .. .. 46 4 8 j Medical services .. .. . ■ 219 9 3 104 32 j Office equipment .. .. .. 118 3 8 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 1,814 19 10 Telephone services . . .. .. 142 18 8 Window-cleaning and rubbish-removal .. 129 3 6 Proportion of rent, &c., High Commissioner's Office .. .. .. .. 360 0 0 Wages—Charwomen, watchmen, &c. .. 2,043 19 7 Audit fee .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 j Contingencies .. .. • .. .. 612 6 Repairs to buildings .. .. .. 768 15 4 Compassionate allowances to widows of • j deceased officers .. .. .. 340 0 0 | Change-over of electrical installation (balance) 226 19 9 Grants in lieu of leave of absence .. .. 29 5 0 I Public Works expenditure on buildings— New steel windows in com- £ s. d. posing-room .. .. 234 111 Additions to photo-gallery .. 378 0 0 Ambulance and library rooms 37 9 3 649 11 2 Refund to Departments for publications sold.. 7,658 2 4 Balance to Treasury Adjustment Account .. 20,096 7 1 £249,590 4 9 j £249,590 4 9 Trading Account tor the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Dr. Cr. To Paper and materials — £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sales— £ s. d. Stock at beginning .. 28,719 8 7 Manufacturing .. .. .. 184,270 17 9 Add purchases .. .. 33,914 17 6 Less work in progress, 31st March, 1928 .. 13,460 510 62,634 6 1 170,810 11 11 Less stock on hand, 31st Add work in progress, 31st March, 1929 .. 15,249 14 6 March, 1929 .. .. 25,221 9 6 — 37,412 16 7 186,060 6 5 Stationery— Stationery and publications .. .. 39,017 7 5 Stock at beginning .. 15,106 17 5 Typewriters .. .. .. .. 4,909 15 6 Add purchases .. .. 29,229 14 1 — 229,987 9 4 44,336 11 6 Discounts received .. .. .. 192 5 0 Less stock on hand, 31st March, 1929 .. .. 15,532 0 5 28,804 11 1 Typewriters— Stock at beginning .. 1,459 14 0 Add purchases .. .. 3,613 7 7 5,073 1 7 Less stock on hand, 31st March, 1929 .. .. 645 15 0 4,427 6 7 Wages (productive) .. 84,157 8 0 Wages (establishment) ... 28,507 1 2 Wages (Stationery Office) .. 5,826 5 10 Freight (inward) .. .. 6,224 18 9 Lighting (proportion) .. 666 0 4 Power .. .. .. 759 0 1 Fuel .. .. .. 764 15 4 Water .. .. .. 185 15 0 • 127,091 4 6 Balance transferred to Profit and Loss Account .. .. .. .. 32,443 15 7 £230,179 14 4 £230,179 14 4

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Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Office salaries .. .. .. .. 6,591 15 1 By Balance transferred from Trading Account .. 32,443 15 7 Repairs and alterations to buildings and plant.. 1,349 6 4 Storing and handling stationery, &c., for other Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 1,509 9 1 Government Departments .. .. 651 19 2 Freight (outward) .. .. .. 1,835 010 Commission on sales of publications.. .. 3,144 0 7 Insurance .. .. .. .. 178 8 9 Rents receivable .. .. .. . . 392 5 0 Exchange .. .. .. .. 0 15 3 Interest receivable .. .. .. 51 15 11 Discounts allowed .. .. .. 95 8 9 Telephones (rental) .. .. .. 133 11 2 Medical services .. .. .. .. 179 2 9 Lighting (proportion) .. .. .. 40 0 0 Proportion of rent, &c., High Commissioner's Office .. .. .. .. 360 0 0 Office expenses .. .. .. ... 312 8 1 Audit fee .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Wages —Charwomen and watchmen.. .. 2,021 15 7 Interest on capital .. .. .. 10,383 10 9 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 8,410 11 0 Compassionate allowances to widows of deceased officers .. .. .. 340 0 0 Grant in lieu of leave of absence .. .. 29 5 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 2,813 710 £36,683 16 3 £36,683 16 3 By Balance brought down .. .. .. £2,813 710 Note.—lnterest at the rate of 4J per cent, has been charged on capital for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital Account .. .. .. .. 230,745 5 2 Land .. .. .. .. .. 60,600 0 0 Creditors —■ £ s. d. Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 47,532 10 3 Departmental .. .. 4,541 8 7 Plant and machinery— £ s. d. Sundry .. .. .. 2,440 6 9 Composing plant .. .. 464 9 4 6,981 15 4 Monotype plant .. .. 8,612 15 2 Wages accrued .. .. . . .. 624 18 3 Addressograph plant .. 659 15 0 Bad Debts Reserve .. .. .. .. 197 15 9 Printing plant .. .. 23,925 18 7 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 33,550 211 Binding plant .. ..12,109 9 3 Writing-off Suspense Account .. .. 167 11 6 Litho plant .. .. 3,099 9 8 Balance, Profit and Loss Account .. .. 2,813 7 10 Photo plant .. .. 1,644 15 8 Stereotype plant .. .. 1,739 14 6 Engine-room plant .. .. 1,557 3 9 Miscellaneous plant .. .. 6,196 16 8 60,010 7 7 Furniture, fittings, and office equipment .. .. .. .. 2,194 7 6 Type .. .. .. .. 9,127 14 0 Accessories — Composing Branch .. .. 3,389 10 7 Addressograph Branch .. 48 0 0 Printing Branch .. .. 76 8 11 Binding Branch .. .. 813 8 0 Litho Branch .. .. 200 9 6 Photo Branch .. .. 62 10 3 Stereotype Branch .. .. 14 13 8 Engine-room .. .. 57 19 9 Paper-store .. .. 62 1 1 4,725 1 9 Payments in advance .. .. .. 2 16 8 Debtors —■ Departmental .. ..22,115 6 3 Sundry .. .. .. 2,253' 19 5 ■ 24,369 5 8 Work in progress .. .. .. .. 15,249 14 6 Old stores for disposal .. .. .. 13 19 0 Stock on hand .. .. .. .. 41,399 411 Stock Suspense Account .. .. .. 89 14 11 Assets to be written off .. .. .. 78 3 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 9,687 16 4 £275,080 16 9 £275,080 16 9 Public Works Department administration expenses (£25) are included for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation. E. V. Paul, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the Receipts and Payments, Trading, and Profit and Loss Accounts, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller &nd Auditor-General.

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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1929.

Return of Adhesive and Impressed Stamps printed from 1st April, 1928, to 31st March, 1929.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (450 copies), £6.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 929.

Price 3d.]

Office or Department. Value of Printing. stationery Office or Department. Value of Printing. stationery. t!± 1 : ; f ■ ■ v?" —' j ? —P —1 " ~~~ : — £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. Advertising .. .. 21 7 6 0 9 0 Mental Hospitals .. 699 6 8 619 1 2 Agriculture— Mines .. .. 388 7 10 202 2 5 Head Office .. .. 2,780 5 7 1,834 3 6 Museum, Dominion .. 179 5 9 54 14 7 Journal .. .. 2,027 8 3 . . National Provident Fund 358 19 2 149 11 4 Audit .. .. 130 18 0 330 9 3 Native .. .. 737 16 8 547 15 5 Bankruptcy .. .. 122 14 0 154 9 4 Native Trust .. .. 78 2 2 106 3 5 Board of Maori Arts . 2 2 0 5 8 11 Naval Defence.. .. 198 12 8 507 6 0 Census and Statistics .. 8,796 18 11 199 14 6 New Zealand Meat Pro- 42 2 6 22 9 3 Cook Islands .. .. 450 19 11 244 13 6 dueers'Board Crown Law .. .. 63 10 6 110 19 4 Patents .. .. 1,509 8 11 99 15 8 Customs .. .. 1,377 9 3 1,248 18 1 Pensions .. .. 1,187 4 0 603 10 6 Defence .. .. 3,225 17 3 1,691 10 8 Police .. .. 2,833 0 1 1,906 6 1 Dominion Laboratory .. 183 18 2 54 11 2 Post and Telegraph— Dominion Observatory .. 30 0 6 12 15 1 Head Office .. .. 22,514 9 8 70 4 0 Education — Stores .. .. 128 4 9 366 16 6 Head Office .. .. 4,507 8 3 1,817 15 4 Stores Division .. 14,088 9 2 293 2 1 Examination Branch 1,195 0 9 2 14 0 Prime Minister's Office .. 198 0 10 210 11 3 School Journal .. 5,585 0 11 4 8 6 Prisons .. .. 421 18 0 478 6 7 Teachers' Superannua- 141 16 3 0 11 1 Public Service Commis- 96 13 7 101 8 0 tion Fund sioner Electoral .. .. 2,386 6 0 1,279 17 7 Public Service Superan- 83 10 6 20 4 11 External Affairs .. 422 17 6 68 2 1 nuation Friendly Societies .. 62 19 0 .. Public Trust .. .. 3,002 13 4 1,428 7 4 Gazette .. .. 8,483 14 11 .. Public Works .. .. 4,463 0 1 7,525 4 8 Geological Survey .. 622 4 0 35 2 7 Railways— Government Actuary .. 22 3 0 17 9 2 Head Office .. .. 3,544 7 1 580 12 8 Government Life Insurance 1,268 5 11 366 6 4 Accountant .. .. 34 17 0 13 0 7 Government House .. 223 7 10 27 0 7 Day tickets .. .. 831. 16 8 Health .. .. 3,016 18 4 1,225 11 0 District Traffic Manager 2,689 5 6 0 7 1 House of Representatives— Stationery Clerk .. 14,582 18 0 1,663 18 6 Head Office .. .. 572 2 8 325 17 6 Stores, Petone .. 2 3 0 430 3 0 Appendices to Journals 5,372 12 1 .. Ticket-printer .. 1,311 1 7 Bellamy's .. .. 32 8 0 .. Time-table .. .. 1,751 13 6 Bills .. .. 1,420 14 9 .. Registrar-General .. 691 19 3 245 8 2 Hansard .. 6,234 18 8 134 10 4 Rural Intermediate Credit 710 0 10 7 8 0 Library .. .. 449 3 0 26 11 6 Board Journal .. .. 452 11 0 .. Samoan Affairs .. 43 17 6 372 8 11 Order Paper.. .. 429 6 0 .. Scientific and Industrial 1,665 15 1 340 14 10 Statutes .. .. 3,090 15 5 .. Research Immigration .. .. 34 19 9 62 15 5 Stamp Duties .. .. 990 6 11 566 2 11 Industries and Commerce 272 10 7 133 18 11 State Advances .. 753 12 9 896 8 8 Internal Affairs— State Coal — Head Office.. .. 4,615 8 10 1,214 14 10 Head Office .. .. 23 19 2 4 14 6 Ministers' Offices .. 577 14 7 743 2 6 Christchurch .. 20 13 7 12 19 7 Justice .. .. 1,052 14 4 2,654 12 11 Greymouth .. .. 53 6 2 87 10 2 Kahiti .. .. 1,871 8 4 .. Wanganui .. .. 21 8 0 6 6 2 Labour .. .. 2,241 12 7 586 9 6 Wellington .. .. 30 0 0 27 7 6 Lands and Deeds .. 897 2 7 583 7 4 State Fire Insurance .. 1,149 14 1 705 7 5 Land and Income Tax .. 1,938 18 11 544 15 7 State Forest Service .. 1,595 0 1 1,052 2 11 Lands and Survey .. 6,284 3 1 3,770 12 0 Stores Control Board .. 307 11 0 45 18 0 Law Drafting .. .. 353 14 0 11 13 10 Surveyors Board of New 19 7 6 0 6 8 Legislative Council — Zealand Head Office.. .. 88 19 11 50 11 1 Tourist .. .. 1,185 5 3 361 5 5 Journals .. .. 160 0 0 .. Treasury— Order Paper.. .. 89 8 6 .. Head Office .. .. 3,450 18 1 387 18 8 Bills .. .. 2714 6 .. Debentures .. .. 438 5 0 Maori Ethnological Re- 401 15 0 .. Valuation .. .. 638 14 1 673 14 5 search Board — Marine .. .. 1,746 15 1 390 4 1 Totals .. 179,851 17 8 45,762 3 10 Summary. 1928—April .. .. 12,573 10 2 1,823 11 8 1928—November .. 16,953 3 5 4,133 7 9 May .. .. 14,047 "6 6 4,121 10 4 December .. 17,720 16 1 4,322 10 5 June .. .. 11,851 6 3 4,089 16 9 1929—January .. 9,401 8 4 2,807 10 8 July .. .. 14,796 10 4 3,933 12 1 February .. 13,241 12 5 4,298 19 9 August.. .. 21,228 2 3 6,038 19 2 March .. .. 20,871 9 9 3,952 5 7 September .. 12,619 4 5 3,162 2 8 October.. .. 14,547 7 9 3,077 17 0 Totals .. 179,851 17 8 45,762 3 10

Description. Sheets. | Stamps. Value. £ s. d. Postage .. .. •• •• •• 809,471 178,054,721 1,106,407 0 0 Postal notes .. .. .. .. •• 365,200 3,652,000 24,960 3 4 Post-cards .. .. .. .. .. 153,000 2,448,000 4,928 9 6 Letter-cards .. .. .. .. .. 230,620 2,768,243 11,499 6 5 Duty .. .. .. •• •• 6,492 764,850 1,672,131 0 0 Newspaper-wrappers .. .. .. .. 60,000 480,000 1,196 3 0 Railways .. .. .. .. •• 19,000 2,280,000 65,000 0 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. .. 21,935 21,912 48 12 4 Impressed .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,037,051 48,942 3 2 Totals .. .. .. .. 1,665,718 195,506,777 2,935,112 17 9 Post Office Investment Certificates printed : Sheets, 645 ; Certificates, 5,160 ; Value, £51,070.