The fees received in the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1877, amounted to $903,20. The two principle items were Charters of Incorporation. $410 00, and sale of Statutes, £261,90; 8,895 letters, petitions, &c., were received, and 5,978 letters written and sent.

In the Registrar's Branch, 5,250 documents were engrossed and recorded, and 2,277 pages of manuscript additional copied.

In the Queen's Printer's Branch the Canada Gazette continues to show a deficit. The cost for the fiscal year was 3,757,50. The receipts $914,37 The number printed was 1,165, of which 1,084 copies were gratis to official persons, the other 81 to subscribers and advertisers. Of the [unclear: Statutes], 22,000 copies of Vol. I. were printed—17,500 English and 4,500 French. Of Vol. 11 6,000 English and 2,000 French were printed. The cost when completed was $11,137,89, or an average of about 46? cents a volume, including the cost of a number of the Acts printed separately A Supplementary Volume of Criminal Law for 1875–76–77 was also printed for the use of Justices of the Peace, the cost of which was $953,79 for 3,500 copies.

In the Departmental Printing, &c., there was a decrease in the cost of ordinary work, and an increase in the cost of Confidential work. There was a marked decrease in the work done outside of the contractors. The Advertising accounts submitted for audit amounted to $12, 751,58 an increase of $221,29 over the previous year. The expenses of ordinary Depart, mental Printing and Binding were $50,388 27; of Stationery for same, $28 369,03; and of Confidential Printing, $9,139.76; total, $85,897.

The cost of Departmental Printing for six months ending December 31st, 1877, was $21,112 and of Stationery, $13,731. The total amount of advertising in newspapers, receiving Government patronage was $12,751, of which $5,451 was in Ontario, and $3,740 in Quebec.

2,315 parcels and cases were packed and sent off. Both paper and freights were lower than at any former period; 22,263 lbs of waste paper was collected during the year and sold for $157.77.