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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 997, 17 November 1868, Page 2

Paper Manufacture xn Victohia. — The Melbourne Argus informs us that since operations were commenced at Mi*. Ramsden's paper-mill, in the beginning of May last, the manufacture has gone on continuously, no accident having occurred to interrupt the process. It is also worthy of remark that the hands employed at the mill have now acquired the requisite familiarity with the work in which they are engaged, and such manual dexterity as considerably lessens the cost ot the manufacturing process. No difficulty is now experienced through the inaptitude of the persons employed, and the work goes on as smoothly as in any old established factory. Another improvement is, that the raw material of the manufacture is now supplied in greater abundance, new sources of supply having been" discovered —such as the waste hemp, or tow, from the adjoining rope-walk, &c., rags, old ropes, sugar bags, and such like waifs df flax and cotton goods, are more carefully preserved than they used to be. Experiments have been made with native grasses and fibrous plants, which have been so successful as to show that paper can be made from them ; but hitherto the cost of working them up has rendered them ineligible as a paper material. Another interesting fact in connection with this new industry is that several native earths have been found valuable as coloring materials. Among the products of the mill are blue, orange, yellow, buff, and pink wrapping papers, besides many shades of brown; and several of these colours are produced with native materials. At present several newspapers in this and the adjoining colonies are being printed on Mr. Hamsden's paper, and preparations are being made, by importing an additional calendering machine, to enlarge this branch of the business. The colored wrapping papers, we may observe, appear to be of excellent quality, and bagmakers who obtain their supplies from Mr. Eamsden enjoy the advantage of having their paper cut to any sizes they please.