Every attempt continues to be made to ensure that all material coming
within the terms of the Act is deposited and preserved. During the year
an inquiry was held into the Copyright Act and evidence was given on
deposit and on some minor changes of the law that are needed.
Copyright receipts were issued during 1957 for 961 items, that is for
books, pamphlets, and first issues of periodicals other than those
issued by Government Departments, an increase from 778 in 1956. In
addition 193 annual reports, 78 yearbooks and almanacs, 149 bulletins,
163 school magazines, and 260 local body balance sheets were received.
In view of the deposit of this latter material in the Library it is no
longer thought necessary for it to be laid on the table of the House.
Further details relating to publishing in New Zealand are given in the
following table:
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|G W |P |R |S |P P |P |S |U A|F A|G L|H T|B |M |T
|e o |h |e |o |a a |h |c |s r|i r|e i|i r|i |a |o
|n r |i |l |c |r p |i |i |e t|n t|n t|s a|o |p |t
|e k |l |i |i |l e |l |e |f s|e s|e e|t v|g |s |a
|r s |o |g |o |i r |o |n |u | |r r|o e|r | |l
|a |s |i |l |a s |l |c |l | |a a|r l|a | |
|l |o |o |o |m |o |e | | |l t|y |p | |
| |p |n |g |e e |g | | | | u| |h | |
| |h | |y |n t |y | | | | r|a |y | |
| |y | | |t c | | | | | e|n | | |
| | | | |a . | | | | | |d | | |
| | | | |r | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |y | | | | | | | | |
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Commercial-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Books | 2 | 5| 28| 74| | 1| 9| 71|21 |18 |43 10| | 282
Pamphlets | 7 | 2|121| 95| | |15| 46|13 |15 |19 | 7| | 340
Maps | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30| 30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Government | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
publications--| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Books | 4 | | | 29|118 | 2|15|13 | 2 | | 4 | | | 187
Pamphlets | | | | 56|233 | 1|10|72 | 9 | 1 | 3 | | | 385
Maps | | | | | | | | | | | |105| 105
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Total |13 | 7|149|254|351 | 4|49|202|45 |34 |69 17|135|1,329
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During 1956, 272 books, 284 pamphlets, and 4 maps were issued by
commercial publishers, while 107 books, 312 pamphlets, and 120 maps
were issued by Government Departments. This gave a total of 1,099
items.