A COLONIAL PRINTING OFFICE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2921, 5 August 1882, Page 3

A COLONIAL PRINTING OFFICE.

The illowing affords a glimpse of the Governr oenfcPrinting Office, Sydney:— “ The cr imposing branch is, of course, the mail ■ i department in a printing office, and np< in the efficiency of the com positors and printers the department is, . to a lan ge extent, dependent. The total number ■of compositors employed in the Govern, meat Printing Office daring the sitting • of Parliament is usually about 120, on of whom are. establishment’ I lands, and the remainder are on piece w ork. With this number of workmen tb ie office can turn out 220 foolscap pages *of matter per day. In the composing branch there are 3600 cases of type, v reighing 72,0001 b; An enormous quanti ,ty of type is kept standing—-th»t is, ma 1 tter which has to be used .again, and is subject to little alteration, is kept in tyj. pe instead of being distributed. The t otal quantity of standing matter in the i office is 3866 galleys, weighing 98 toi* is, and representing nearly 11,000 foolsc jap pages. In the case of pernt matter, such as official forms , whicl a are required at intervals, and are are o ; .ot subject to alteration, the matter is st< jreo-typed. About 5600 stereotype platf. js, representing nearly, 2000 jobs, are 1; kept in stock.”