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Return of Value of Printing and Stationery issued to Departments for the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

Return of Adhesive Stamps, Postal Notes, etc., printed from 1st April, 1938, to 31st March, 1939.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given printing (494 copies), £8.

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 939.

Price 6d.]

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Olike or Department. Value of Printing.! stationery, j Office or Department. Value of Printing.] stationery. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Agriculture .. .. 10,653 14 5 2,615 8 0 National Broadcasting 2,752 4 0 692 17 2 Air .. .. .. 1,702 1 4 1,494 1 3 Service Army .. .. 1,638 6 0 1,768 18 6 National Commercial 1,298 16 0 1,164 2 2 Audit .. .. 201 2 4 438 3 11 Broadcasting Service Bankruptcy .. .. 17 19 4 91 8 8 National Provident Fund 243 3 4 179 10 8 Census and Statistics .. 5,123 16 4 263 16 0 Native .. 2,278 9 3 1,719 2 8 Cook Islands .. .. 123 19 10 588 7 8 Naval Defence .. . . 527 14 11 1,089 19 11. Crown Law .. .. 133 10 10 198 8 7 New Zealand Meat Pro- 18 14 7 4 10 11 Customs .. .. 1,980 6 11 2,241 10 6 ducers Board Dominion Laboratory .. 157 9 7 139 8 5 New Zealand Reparation 61 4 0 59 12 3 Dominion Observatory .. 11 2 8 32 14 9 Estates Education .. .. 10,171 10 3 14,502 1 11 Patents .. .. 1,002 4 11 83 1 3 Electoral .. .. 2,552 7 0 1,608 9 2 Pensions .. .. 1,928 9 4 1,222 14 5 External Affairs .. 319 6 9 239 17 4 Police.. .. .. 3,121 10 0 3,346 10 10 Friendly Societies . . 75 17 7 .. Post and Telegraph .. 52,955 0 3 1,203 3 2 Gazette .. .. 5,975 11 1 .. Primary Products Market- 948 13 11 557 15 7 Government Actuary .. 4 19 10 1 14 10 ing Government House .. 207 15 2 42 15 1 Prime Minister . . 408 19 3 230 11 9 Government Life Insurance 1,481 4 11 546 16 2 Prisons .. .. 57 2 1 430 10 3 Health .. .. 2,640 9 2 1,746 16 1 Public Service Commis- 288 15 6 201 10 5 House of Representatives—■ sioner Head Office . . . . 508 14 10 575 17 2 Public Service Superan- 144 12 10 66 18 1 Appendices to Journals 3,671 13 .. nuation Fund Bellamy's .. .. 13 8 2 0 7 0 Public Trust .. .. 3,957 11 7 830 0 4 Bills ' .. .. 780 10 7 .. Public Works .. .. 8,733 1 6 14,616 8 5 Hansard .. .. 5,515 17 7 .. Railways .. .. 31,941 7 3 2,655 10 5 Journals .. .. 429 13 7 .. Registrar-General .. 888 16 10 288 10 5 Library .. .. 950 2 6 51 14 1 Reserve Bank of New 79 5 4 48 16 2 Order Papers . . 322 3 9 .. Zealand Statutes .. . . 104 5 8 .. Rural Intermediate Credit 34 12 2 Ho using Construction .. 753 5 10 1,365 4 10 Board Industries and Commerce, 6,403 6 6 1,715 10 4 Samoan Affairs .. 320 15 3 777 17 1 Tourist and Publicity Scientific and Industrial 4,502 2 7 1,197 2 9 Internal Affairs .. 5,945 5 4 2,048 18 7 Research Justice .. •• 1,423 13 10 2,848 8 1 Social Security .. 3,892 6 10 216 2 2 Labour .. .. 7,327 10 6 3,454 16 4 Stamp Duties .. .. 1,226 2 11 479 13 1 Land and Deeds .. 413 17 2 387 3 10 State Advances .. 2,876 15 3 3,065 13 2 Land and Income Tax .. 3,377 19 4 2,719 12 8 State Coal .. .. 143 16 4 124 11 10 Lands and Survey .. 4,413 7 3 5,317 4 0 State Eire Insurance .. 1,843 3 8 1,290 11 9 Law Drafting .. .. 8 7 4 19 9 10 State Forest Service .. 1,196 18 4 964 8 9 Legislative Council — State Iron and Steel . . 38 12 .J 136 13 3 Head Office .. .. 72 14 2 57 16 0 Survey Board of New 0 11 11 Bills .. .. 127 16 7 .. Zealand J ournals .. ■. 99 4 2 .. Transport .. ■ • 1,399 9 8 865 1 11 Order Papers .. 31 II 6 . . Treasury .. .. 3,386 3 7 588 2 4 Marine .. .. 1,511 2 2 406 12 3 Valuation .. .. 500 6 8 629 1 11 Mental Hospitals .. 416 19 0 904 11 4 Minos .. .. 366 14 5 321 2 10 Totals .. 225,174 11 1 91,807 2 9 Museum, Dominion .. 15 12 8 25 19 6 1 " Summary. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1938 —April .. .. 11,487 16 1 3,212 1 6 1938 —November .. 20,121 17 5 5,919 16 3 May .. .. 15,669 2 5 12,834 0 6 December .. 14,859 9 I 6,165 9 0 June .. .. 17,085 1 10 7,095 15 9 1939—January.. .. 16,862 4 0 9,029 6 8 July .. .. 18,044 12 7 7,458 5 7 Fobruary .. 23,054 1 7 8,263 17 5 August .. .. 18,779 5 4 7,561 3 3 March .. .. 35,924 9 3 9,142 10 11 September .. 19,679 15 4 7,484 15 11 October .. 13,606 16 2 7,640 0 0 Totals .. 225,174 11 1 91,807 2 9

Description. j Sheets. Stamps. j Value. £ 8. d. Postage .. .. .. .. •• 21,557 3,354,263 79,008 11 8 Postal notes .. .. .. •• •• 457,400 4,574,000 41,368 6 8 Post-cards .. .. .. .•• 138,462 2,215,400 4,562 0 0 Letter-cards .. .. .. .. •• 149,167 1,790,000 7,336 5 0 Duty •• 6,987 1,096,167 1,565,035 0 0 Employment,.. .. .. .. .. 49,000 11,658,960 1,391,661 0 0 Social Security .. •• ■■ 70,500 16,829,280 2,153,573 0 0 Honey seal . . .. ■. • ■ • • 8,956 2,128,560 10,753 15 0 Newspaper wrappers .. .. .. .. 40,000 320,000 961 7 0 Embossed envelopes .. .. .. .. 1,156,002 1,153,094 5,289 13 2 Railway freight stamps .. .. -. 4,120 480,000 2,500 0 0 Totals .. .. .. .. 2,102,151 45,599,724 5,262,048 18 6