STATIONERY V. CUSTOMS.
To the Editor. Sir,—l am not at all surprised at seeing in your paper of last night that colored printing paper belonging to a stationer in town was detained at the Custom-house as dutiable. There would be some excuse for the officers of Customs had the paper been white, as I believe very few stationers in town can tell tno difference between a good cream wove printing (white) and an inferior cream wove writing paper. But tbe youngest printer in town can at once distirvgui.-h between a colored printing and a colored w iting paper. Mr Hay is not the first sufferer by detention, but I hope that after the publicity given to such redtapeism the Government may see their way to establish a stationery office such as is established under all oth'-r Governments, and 1 have no doubt they would be able to judge for the Custom officers what was colored printing and what was not, and also efficiently manage the stationery contracts.—l am. &c., A Mew Chum Stationer. Dunedin, September 16.
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Evening Star, Issue 3610, 17 September 1874, Page 3
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176STATIONERY V. CUSTOMS. Evening Star, Issue 3610, 17 September 1874, Page 3
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