Public petitions. Return of the number of petitions presented and printed in the five years ending 1862, with the total number of signatures in each year; and the average number of public petitions presented and printed, and signatures; also, abstracts of the sums paid for printing, folding, &c., reports and appendixes, and indexes to reports and appendixes on public petitions in the year 1862; and of the sums paid for printing, folding, &c., distinguishing the cost of paper, of the reports and appendixes, and indexes to reports and appendixes on public petitions, for five years ending 1862, showing the total and average expense (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, no. 0.98, of session 1861) [electronic resource].