ECONOMY IN PAPER

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2806, 26 June 1916, Page 6

ECONOMY IN PAPER

FEINTING OFFICE EEPOET. The necessity for economy in paper is the dominant note of the annual report of the Printing and Stationery Department, 'presented to the House en Friday. It is pointed out that the cost of some papers has risen from 100 to 200 per cent., and that the difficulty in procuring supplies is not likely to" be. lessened as time goes on. The plea for economy issued by the Eoyal Commission on Paper Supplies set- up in England is repeated and endorsed, and the moral pointed by tho announcement that all Departmental reports have been considerably reduced in bulk and the quantity of Parliamentary papers of all sorts lessened. Fortunately for the Department large orders were placed before the crisis became acute —thus saving the Government thousands of pounds-but the strictest. economy is held to be necessary. After .E2GI7 depreciaiinn on plant and buildings, the year's profit is set at .£5377. .For 8500 nansards prated and distributed to 103 subscribers, 4M3 2s was received. The cost of printing and binding was .£3144. Great numbers of stamps were printed (luring the year, the total number of all sorts beiM ■"0 030,874, valued at JT1,459,82G. The postal needs were .£911,460 The new building, it is stated,,will. bo completed sliortlv and will afford much needed relief in the matter of Accommodation. A rotary printing machine is represented as an urgent requirement.' P>r which negotiations are now on f00t... it would bo a great labour-saver, ami quadruple the output in some classes of worK.