usually azure or blue laid, tub-sized, and air-dried. Hand-made papers are necessary for many books which are in constant use, to ensure the permanence of the records. Engine-sized account book papers are not recommended for stock, although the papers are suitable for much work of a temporary nature. Tinted writings can be obtained in great variety, and reference to the sample books of the wholesale houses will serve to guide in making a safe stock selection.
Only small quantities of gummed paper should be kept, demy being the usual size, and a paper weighing about 18 lb. per ream (ungummed) is a fair quality. Non-curling gummed paper is of course the kind to purchase.
Stock boards will usually be royal in size. Good qualities of pasteboards, two substances of ivories, a full range of pulp boards in various tints will be a useful selection. Thicker boards, useful for show cards, are stocked in royal and imperial, one-sided white boards, one-sided coated and two-sided coated, in 10- and 12- sheet substances, should be kept in small quantities. The lithographer requires litho. papers of various substances and qualities in sizes to suit the machines of his establishment. The lithographer can frequently transfer several jobs on to one stone of the full size of the machine, and work more economically than by using papers and machines of smaller sizes. For black work a fair litho. paper in several substances should be stocked, for colour work a heavier paper in one or two substances only, and small quantities of plate, plan, chart and chromo papers will be required. All the writings and miscellaneous papers mentioned earlier will be included in the stock warehouse of the lithographer.
Stock accounts should be kept very carefully. Employers should insist that paper drawn for making ready, for proofing, and for set-off sheets be accounted
