HEAD 55 - PRINTING DEPARTMENT
Estimate 1963-64
Revised estimate 1962-63
Approved estimate 1962-63
$4,897,200
4,390,000
4,528,200
Actual expenditure 1961-62
3,757,933
1962-63
1963-64
Difference
Permanent staff
253
263
+ 10
Net increase
10
New posts
2 Apprentices
8 Labourers (5*)
10
229
* Approved by Special Warrant during the year.
2 additional posts of Apprentice are provided with a view to ensuring a sufficiency of qualified staff to meet future requirements.
The 5 posts of Labourer were approved during 1962-63 to undertake duties formerly performed by Printing Assistants in the Binding and Finishing Sections. The 3 additional labourers are required for the handling and transportation of paper, printed matter etc., both in the stores and main works section of the department.
The increase of $408,200 shown under Other Charges Annually Recurrent is due mainly to expansion of activities in all sections of the department.
Under Special Expenditure, provision is included for a casing-in machine, a collator, an automatic counting machine, a wirestitcher and a wrappering machine for the Binding and Finishing Section to enable this Section to handle efficiently and economically the increasing amount of work required to be done. A Chinese typecasting machine is required as a result of the increasing demand for the printing of reports etc. in Chinese. Provision is also made for a film drying cabinet for use in the Offset Section and for a time clock for use at the main works entrance.
HEAD 56 - PRISONS DEPARTMENT
Estimate 1963-64
$13,571,500
Revised estimate 1962-63
12,314,000
Approved estimate 1962-63
12,238,900
Actual expenditure 1961-62
11,176,550
Permanent staff
Supernumerary staff
Net increase
1962-63
1,055
1963-64
Difference
1,079
+ 24
1
21
+ 20
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