ECONOMY IN PAPER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3250, 28 June 1916, Page 62

ECONOMY IN PAPER.

WELLINGTON, Juno 23. The necessity for economy in paper is the dominant note of the annual report of the printing- and stationery department, presented to the House to-day. This pointed out that the cost of some papers had risen from 100 to 200 per cent., and that the difficulty of procuring.supplies was not likely to be lessened as time went on. The plea for economy issued by the Royal Commission on paper supplies set up in England was repeated and "endorsed, and the moral was pointed by the announcement that all department reports had been considerably, reduced in bulk, and the quantity of parliamentary papers of all sorts lessoned Fortunately for (lie department, large orders were placed before the crisis became acute, thus saving-' the Government thousands of pounds, but the strictest economy is held to bo necessary. After allowing £2617 for deprecation on plant and buildings the year's profit is set down at £5377. For CSOO Hansards printed and distributed to 193 subscribers £42 2s was received. The cost of printing was £3144. Great numbers of stamps were printed during the year, the total number of all sorts being 220,030,874, valued at £1,489,826. The postal needs were £911,469.