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COMPOSITORS'WORK,

COMP ILED FROM

INTERLOCUTOROFIfHE COURT OF SESSION

AND.USAGE OF THE TRADE.

1&11a eolltlltitttt e IlOlltn f rom tIl t l.ar gt ll t O fli tt ll.

Approved by the Trade , .Tune 1869.

EDINBURGH :

PRINTED BY W. H. LIZARS, 3 ST. JAMES' SQUARE.

M.DCCC.LIX.

COMPOSITORS' SCALE OF PRICES.

Interlocutor, Section I . -BOOK.WORK, &c.

, First, That all works which are understood by pri nte rs, to fall under the usual designation of Common, such, as Hum e's Hi story, octavo, or the Spectator , be paid, for at th e rate of 4;td. sterling, for setting up and'di stribut ing each thousand lett ers or typ es, to be, reckoned as formerly by th e letter N, including pay­, ment for heads and dir ections, that is, the line at, the bead of th e page, denotin g the subject, and th e, line in which is th e catch or direction word, at the, bottom of the page, which heads and directions the• purs uers were not here tofore paid for .'

1. Den ominat ions of Worlc- All above five sheets isa book or work, and paid ~d. per thou sand letters ; aboveone sheet to five is a pamphl et, and paid as in book-work,with an additiona l charge per sheet for furnitur e; a sheetor under is a j ob, and paid 5td . per thousa nd .

2. Casting up - As a measure of width, the let ter N" Iwhich varies much in proportionate thi ckness, has been ~

universally superseded by th e en quad . An odd en inth e length of the page count s an em, and a thi ck space inthe width is reckoned an en ; an odd 500 or above, in a

r shee t, counts 1000, an d 3d. or ab ove, in the pric e per she et ,counts 6d.- lesser nu mbers being lost; em or en quadr at s,or other space, used at th e beginni ng and end of lin es, isreckone d an em in the widt h. The head lin e, though sepa ­rat ed by a single lead from th e text , is r eckoned two lin esin the cast up, and when set on a different type from the

I work, or with ju sti ficati on of figur es, a halfpenny per pageT to be paid . W hen:b ookbind ers' sign atur es are appended,

and a blank li ne set to each page, th e blank line is inclndedin the cast up. W orks print ed in half sheets are cast up assheets. Bastard fount s of one remove are cast up to th e£lept h and width of th e fount s to which they belong. Bas­t ard fount s of mor e than one remove, t o be paid a hal f­penny per thousand ex tra .

3. Titl es, Half Ti tles, &:c., to be pa id in all cases ast wo pa ges of the work, though print ed separat ely, and notr equirin g blanks to be made up.

4. Dedications, Pr ef aces, or other in troduc tory matt er ,though in larger type, to be paid the same pric e as th ebody of th e work; if in smaller typ e th an th e text, to becast up by the ty pe on which they are composed.

"") 5. Eto tra cts, Mottoes, Oontents to Chap ters , and th e like ,set on smalle r typ e th an th e body of the work, to be paid,in 8 \' 0 . and und er , three l ines Id., and in 4to . two lin es Ld.,up to t he difference between extracts and text; if on smaller

) type tha n Minion, an extra charge to be made, according to\ size of typ e an d width of line. Wh en two or thr ee fount s(Ext racts , &c.), occur in a page, thr ee lines a penn y to bepaid for each, up to the difference between text and smallestfount . In all cases, E xtra cts, Notes, &c., to be countedsepara tely by t he pag e, an d an odd line is charged Id .

6. Foot No tes to works in 8 \' 0 . and under , to be paidthr ee lines Ld., and in 4to . two lin es Id . on each page; ifin two columns, in 8 1'0 . and under, four nar row lin es Ld.,and in 4to., thre e narrow lin es Id . F oot notes set on smaller

\ ty pe than Mini on to be paid ex tra , according to size of typeand width of lin e. Fo ot Notes separa ted from the t ext bya r ule, an additional halfpenny to be paid. N otes on No tes,

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set on smaller type than th e original not e, to be paid as sepa ­rate notes.

7. Sid e Not es not exceeding 6 ems Pi ca, Minion andabove, thr ee lin es I d. ; Nonp areil, two lines I d. Und erRun ners (that part of side note which exte nds under th etext) to be charg ed as foot notes, with 3d . each additional.

8. Out- in -N otes to be pa id th r ee lin es Ld., with theaddition in unl ead ed matter of Ld., and in leaded matt er .::­of l~. each not e, for ju stification.~9. For eign Languag e, and old Scotch and English, andP rovinci alisms, in common type, occurrin g as E xtracts , tobe paid six lin es Id. extr a, up to difference.

10. Superior L ett ers or Figures, a hal fpenny for each \ ~justificatio n.

11. I ndices to be charged one halfp enny per th ousandextr a ; the price for column matter bein g paid in addi tionwhen such occurs. See Rul e 63. [By Indices is meantsuch mat ter as bear s r efer ence to th e various subj ects con­tained in th e work , wheth er headed with the word Indexor not. ]

12. Attth ors' Oorrect'ions to be paid 6d. per hour ; andnot less than 6d. to be paid for each tim e of layin g up a~- I n repr ints, where no author' s pr oof is sent out ,the compositor to be paid corr ection s for all proofs after I~the second.

13. Ma tter driven ou t by leads or woodcuts to be charg edby the compositor to whom the matt er belongs.

14. Bl ank pa ges to be filled up at the option of theauthor , th e compositor cha rging for his previous trouble

. in making up the blank.15. Comcels to be paid as pages of the work ; but when

the volume is clear ed off, to be paid as und er Rul e 1.16. Works in Thirt y-t wos (Roya l or Demy), to be paid

Is . per sheet extra ; in Fort y-eights, 2s., and in Sixt y -fours,2s. 6d. per she et extra . [In casting up, no sheet to beconsidered single which exceeds 520 superficial inches ofprinted matter, including borders and rules and inn er mar­gins i all ofl arg er dimensions to be cast up as t wo sheets.]

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17. Wol'lcs in L arg e Type- Works in larg er type thanE nglish, to be cast up as En glish.

18. Sm all sized Works in large Type, to be paid at thefollowing rat es, if th ey do not come to more by the castup. En glish and larger type, Demy, not less than 6s. persheet; Pica, 7s. 6d. En glish 12mo., not less than 9s. 6d.,and Pic a, not less than 10s. 6d . per sheet.

I19. Works in Double Croun» and upwards, to be paid

6d. per form addition al, for the trouble and ri sk of movingsuch unwieldy forms . .

20. Wo1"1cs with Rul es or Type Bord ers, to be cast upaccord ing to the actual dimensions of th e type, an extraprice being paid for th e rul es or borders, according tothe trouble occasioned; but not less than 3d. per page to~ ~~. .

21. Ola rendon, or other fancy typ e, used in Diction­aries , Catalogues, or other works, to be paid three lin esId . extra .

22 . Woodcu ts, when insert ed in the mat ter or worked inpages with th e work, belong to the compositor. If justifi edinto th e sides of pages, 2d. to be allowed in unleaded matt er,and 3d. in leaded matt er. Wh en woodcuts are workedseparately, they do not belong to the compositor.

23. Matt er Overrun-P ages overrun from a small sizeto a larger , or vice versa, to be paid one-half of themeasure to which the y are overrun.

24. Covers to Periodi cals, Reports, and other work, to bepaid as a page of the work (if forming but one page), withextra for small type when such occurs, and belong to thecompositor s employed thereon.

25. S t61'eotype Works-All matt er ster eotyped by usingplaster of Par is, or other substance causing loss of tim eto the compositor, to be cast up, if with high spaces, onefarthing per thousand, if with low or medium spaces onehalfpenny per thousand extra. When low leads are used,to be paid one halfpenny per thousand extra. When im­

, posed in small chesses, an allowance per sheet for furnitur eto be made as in Rule 49.

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26. Slip :Matter - Work s sent out in slips to be made upand imposed at th e expense of the employer, and chargedas sent to press. .

27. Illegible Oopy- When copy is illegible, and abounds \in contractions, or is in other than the common characters,

. or when dialogue matter occurs where th e. quotation~ ~nd

paragraph s are not distin ctly mark ed, causmg loss o~ time Ito the compositor, an allowance to be made pr oportlOnateto the time lost.

28. Establishment Wages - Tha t,.th e wages of estab­lishment men shall not be less than 25s. per week, of10 hours a-day and not less than thr ee month s' engage ­ment to be accepted, Th e above does not depri ve frommakin g up time for th e Saturd ay half holiday.

29. Division of Work - E xtra s, Author 's Corrections, 1&c., belong to the hands engaged on the work. E stab­lishment men are not entitl ed to make up the matter ofline men, nor to any blank s or scheme on any work onwhich lin e men ar e engaged, unless th ey are regularl yemployed on such work, and th en only to their share.. 30. Overtim e to be paid 3d. extr a per hour for each hour \not included in the ten regular working hours of the office ; ,each day being reckoned by itself. .

31. Wages in all cases to be paid weekly.

Foolscap or CrownDemy or R oyalDouble CrownDouble Demy ...

Section II .-SESSI ON·W ORK and JOBS.

, Second, Th at for printing pap ers in causes before the, Court of Session, called Session-Work , and for Job s,, such as postin g bill s, adv erti sements, and the like,, th e pursuers be paid at the rat e of 5~d. for sett ing, up and distri buting each th ousand typ es or letters,, r eckoned as above , including heads and dir ections,, when they occt;r, as before explained .'

32. Session, Parl iamentary Work, and Assembly Oases,including ~ts of P arli ament , Minute-Books, Rolls, EdictalCitati ons, &c., t o be cast up at 5t d. per thou sand .

33. Quotings or Side Titl es to be paid 9d. in additionto th e pric e per pag e.

J " 34. Imterlocutors set on smaller type th an the body ofr r the pag e, to be pai d sixpence additiona l. Wh ere In ter­

locutors exceed twelve lines, all above to be pa id three lin esa penny , to the difference of price of page.

35. Side Notes, not less th an Long Prim er, and notexceeding 6 ems Pi ca, to be paid thr ee lines a penny ,if exceeding 6 ems, two lin es a penny on each page.

36. Sid e L etters and Eiqures to be paid I s. per sheet

)in Session; and in P arli amentary Bill s, or where th ematt er is leaded, I s. 4d. per sheet .

I37. Sup erior L etters or Figu res to be paid a halfp enny

for each ju stification.38. Fo·reign L ang uage or Scotch, in common typ e,-i loccurring as extracts in Session-work, to be paid six lines

a penny extra .39. Scheme or other extr as occurrin g in Session-work,

to be paid as in book-work, but takin g the higher r ate perthousand. -JS'

40. Oorrections to be paid 9d. per hour in Court ofSession work, Parliam entar y work, and work connected withChurch Courts.

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JOBS .

41. J obs of one sheet or und er, to be cast up at 5~d .

per thousand; if in foreign language, or Gaelic, to be castup at 6d. per thousand ; when set on smaller type thanMinion , to take th e pr oportionate advan ce. E xtr as to bepaid as in book-work, but tak ing the higher r ate per thou­sand. J obs to be cast up to the exact amount th ey cometo by letter s, and not to g ain or lose the odd pence orhundreds as in book-work .

42. J obs of three pag es in 4to and under, to be paidfour pages. J obs of two pages, with indorse on 3rd or 4thpage, to be paid two pages and indorse.

43. In J obs prin ted on every alterna te page, the blankpages are not charge d, but an extra allowance is mad e forimposition, as in Rul e 49.

44. Script Type, when lar ger than Pica , to be cast upas Pi ca at 5~d. per thousand; if P ica typ e or less, to becast up as such, and pa id 6§-d. per thousand.

45. Posting Broadsid ee to be paid as follow -.s. d.4 05 06 07 0

P osting Bills 'Containing not more than twelve lines to bepaid three-four ths of the pr ices specified, and if less th aneight lines, one-half. Those bavin g a large portion oftype , not less than Great Primer, t o be paid one-ha lf inaddit ion to the above prices. If less than Great Pri merto be cast up. .

46. Adv ertising Sheets to be paid 5-kd. per 1000, cast } _up to the text, not the display lines.

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Section III. - DICTI ONARIES.

Third , ' That for all Dictionari es, pr inted in the manner, of a Lexicon, there shall be paid at the rat e of 5d., for settin g up and distributin g each thou sand letter s, or types, reckoned as aforesaid, and including heads, and dir ections ; bu t this not to extend to Dictionar ies, of Science, or such as, fr om their natur e, can be' considered only as common matt er, explained as, afor esaid, th at is, where no columns occur in th e'. page.'

47. The Fir st Section of the Interlocutor ref ers to workswhich run on without inte rr upt ion, where th e compositorcan readily take off his line in his memory, and set up hiscase equally. Th e Thir d Section refers to works in whichthe above process is interrup ted, as in L exicons, Catalogues,and Lists of Na mes and Places, &c., r unning on, or whereth ere are contract ions or old spellings r equir ing continualreferen ce to th e copy , and more time and attention thancommon mat ter. To the lat ter class belong English Dic­t ionaries done in the manne r of a L exicon, Indices, Glos­saries, Gazetteers, Auctioneer and Libr ary Catalogues,List s of P er sons or Pl aces run on, works int erspersed withScotch or Old E nglish, and Dictionaries or works of sciencewith scient ific nomenclat ure ; and also P harmacopoaias,when interspersed with L atin words and occasional medicalsigns; but when italics or small cap itals, &c., occur fr e­quently in any of these classes of works, they come underthe rule of Section VIII .

48. Crotchet Lin es-In works, as specified in Rul e 47,where the last word of a line is taken into the line aboveor below, Id . per 1000 extr a to be paid.

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Section IV.-FURNITURE .

, Fourth, Th at P amphlets of five sheets and under , be pai d, I s. per shee t above what th ey come to by letters or'typ es, for furnitur e, th at is, putting in the wood, work, and extr a tr ouble.'

49. At the passing of the Interlocutor, the size forpamphlets was Bvo., as is usual still . T he following areth e rat es for making up furnit ure, to be furnished by th eOver seer - - -

per Sheet. per Sheet.8 . d. 8. d.

Svo. . .. ... ... .. . 1 0 I24mo. 2 012mo.16mo.and 18mo. 1 6 32mo. 2 6

50. Wo rks exceeding five sheets, made up without areturn, to be considered as pamphl ets, and paid as such,until a return of furnitu re is ~ven.

51. W orks done in different sized paper (as mediumand royal), and requirin g an altera t ion in th e furn iture ,to be paid I s. per sheet for each alt eration.

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Section V.-G REEK and SCHEME.

< Fif th, That all works her etofore paid double, in th e, t echnical term s of th e par ties, Gr eek and Scheme,< that is, books in the Greek lan guage, accounts with, columns , rul es and figures, and the like, be advanced, in the ' same proportion, as in the first article above, specified.'

52. Greek, with or without accents, and H ebrew with­out point s, to he paid double . H ebrew with points, to becast up as half text and half point s doubled - one-half ofthe shee t or page to the size of the text, the other half tothe size of the points.

53. L in es 0 1' WO/'ds of Cheek or H ebrew, occurrin g ina work, to be paid Id. for each line or part of a line up toone-ha lf ext ra ; and when more than half the lines in apage contain Greek or Hebre w, to be cast up and paidaccording to th e value, as in Art . 52.

54. .Arabic, and other languages not specified in Rule71, &c., to be paid time, or agreement between parties.

55. Sch eme - ' That is, accounts with columns, rules, and figur es, and such like.' All matt er r eadin g acrossthe page, and divided into measures, generally of differentwid th, and with rul es betwee n , is t ermed Scheme, and byth e Int erlocutor declared to be ent itled to be ' paid double.'The following are th e rates - T wo unequal divi sions ormeasures, with cent re or outside rul es, one-half extra ­Thr ee and four divisions, with or without centre rul es,one-half extr a; with out side rul es, double - Fiv e divi sionsand above, double. In tabl es where extra cutti ngs of

I rule are ne<;essary, an allowance to be made in addit ionto the above char ges.

56. Greek Schem e, &:c.-The charge for Gre ek orHebrew scheme to be once the price of Greek, &c., andonce that of Common matter, cast up according to Art. 2.

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57. Title and Blank Pag es occurring in a scheme workto be charged as common matt er, with the extras of thework, if any . Short scheme pages, however, to be chargedas full pages scheme.

58. Titl e H eadings to scheme to be considered part ofthe Table. Foot Notes to scheme, when smaller type, tobe paid as in Rule 6.

59. Oolumn H eads to Scheme, set on smaller typethan the body, when not exceeding 6 ems Pica in br eadth ,to be charged thr ee lin es a penny; above 6 ems, two lin esa penny. R tvn-up-H eads, when of th e same type as th ei c

body of the Table, to be paid a halfpenn y each; if on , .smaller type, to be paid two lin es a penny. Sub-h eads, asTons, Owts., &:c., to be paid a halfp enny each ju stification.Each heading to be charg ed separately, viz .-a heading ofone lin e to be charged a penn y, and four lin es 2d., in th esame table. .

60. Bl ank Tables of four columns or under to be paidone-half, five columns and above double, cast up to the typeused in the work. H eading s to be paid as in other scheme.

61. Blank Sch edules to be pa id as in Rul e 55, but castup to Pica.

62. Oolumn Works - W hen matt er is set in one equalmeasure , and two or more divisions are placed side by sideon th e same page or broadside, it is term ed column matt er,and differs from scheme in being read down th e columninstead of across the page. The extr a charge is, for Works,P amphlets, and J obs, prin ted in two Columns, if 16 emsor und er of the type used, a halfpenny per th ousand ext ra :three Columns, Id . per thousand : four Columns, one-halfextra : five Columns, double.

63. Portions of Oolu mn matte r, in a work , pamphl et,or job, to be pa id - two Columns, Id . per thousand extr a :thr ee and four Columns, one-half extra: five Columns,double.

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64. Ins ertion of Oolumn rul es, if made to the prop ersize, are includ ed ' in th e above charges; but when thecompositor ha s to cut th e rul es, a halfpenny is allowed foreach when th e char ge is under one-half extr a .

65. Music to be aid 6d. per hour.66. Alg ebra - Simple algebra ical matt er is not charged

\ less than double ; but when complex in its ~ature, a higherIpri ce is paid. Wh ere lines, or small portions of algebra ,occur at differ ent part s of a work, such lines or portion s ar enot measur ed and cast up, but a pric e is paid for themequivalent to th e labour or time employed in executin gth em.

67. Pedigrees to be paid double th e pri ce of common

Imatt er; but as some pedigr ees are more th an ordinaril yheavy, and requir e gre ater att ention and skill to arran geand cast off th e different measures, an ext ra charge to beallowed. .

68. I nt erlin ear Works t o be paid one-hal f ext ra.Wh ere th ese consist of two fount s, having, for example, alin e of Long Primer and a lin e of Brevier alt ernat ely, oneha lf of th e sheet is to be cast up as Long Primer and theother half as Brevier, add ing th e half of their sum to th eprice of the sheet .

Section VI.-FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

'Si xth, That all works print ed in a foreign language ,, though with a common typ e, such as Latin, Fr ench,, and Itali an authors , &c., be paid for at the rate of'5 d. sterling, for setting up and distributing each, thousand letters or typ es.'

69. Dictionaries in a foreign languag e, or Gaelic, to bepaid 5~d . per thousand; and Grammars and School Books,

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6d. per th ousand; and works print ed in a foreign languagetake the other extras , in th e same manner as works printedin En glish, but at th e high er r ate per thou sand.

70. Works in the Saxon language, set up in commontype, with the two Saxon cha racte rs for th , to be paid 5~d.

per thousand.71. Works set up in th e Saxon, German , or Doomesday

characters, to be paid 7id. p er thousand.72. Foreign langua ge, or Gaelic, when set from manu­

script , to be paid one penny per thous and in addition tothe above rat es.

Section VII.-NONPAREIL, PEARL, &c.

, Seventh That all works don e on th e type or letter called, Nonpar eil, and on the lett er called P earl , be paid for, as follows, viz.-5 d. sterlin g for setting up and distr i­, buting each thousand typ es or lett ers in Nonpareil,, and 5-~d. sterling for set ting up and distributi ng eachI thousand lett ers in P earl.'

t,73. The' rates of th e smaller sized founts, as above

sta ted, are propor tionally less than in any other scalewith which we are acquainted. Th ey were prob ably littl ein use when the Int erlocutor was passed. 4.farthin g addi­t ional per th ousand is given for Minion in L ondon, Dubl in,and the Pr ovinces, and the rise on smaller founts thanNonpareil is in all cases double th at of the Int erlocutor,which, it is hoped, will soon be ' augmented by proper autho­I rity, or of consent ofth e parti es inter ested.' Th e followingare th e pr esent rat es-B etween Minion 122 lines to a foot,and Nonpar iel 143 lines, 5d. per thou sand-B etween Non­par eil 143, and Ruby 161 lin es, 5t d. per thou sand-B e­tween Rub y 161, and P earl 180 lines, 5! d. per th ousand­Between P earl 180, and Diamond 20fj lines, n ·d. per thou­sand - Between D iamond 205, and Gem ,220 lin es to afoot, 9d. per th ousand .

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76. Newspap ers to be cast up with in the column rul esby the 100 lin es, if made up by the employer, and byth e square of the page, if made up by a companionsh ip.

77. Time or Alterati ons, to be paid 8d. per hour onN ewspapers of not more th an three publications in th eweek; and on Daily Papers, 10d. per hour - not lessthan a quar ter of an hour to be paid. Correct ions tobe taken up as ordi nar y copy.

78. The estab lished wages on Newspapers to be - ForW eekly newspapers, 25s.; Bi-weekly, 26s.; Three times aweek, 28s.; and Dai ly newspapers, 32s. 6d. per week of 60hours. Night work to count ti me and a half, applicabl eonly to weeklies, bi-weeklies, and tri-w eekli es.

- 79. Standing Advertisements and over matt er belong tothe establishment ; but if gi ven out for distribut ion, andagain required for inser tion, to belong to the compositorent itled to copy.

80. The compositor is ent itled to put in and charg e allrul es, dashes, woodcuts, or standing heads.

81. Advert isement s with a r ule round as a border, tobe paid 3d. extra .

82. Mat ter in a foreign language, if set from MS ., tobe paid one-half extra.

83. Two-column matter , with or withont rules, t o be paidone-half extr a ; if in three or more columns, double; wheretwo columns are divided int o three, one-fourt h ext ra to bepa id for each full-breadth column. Wh ere made-up bra cesare used, I d. to be paid for each.

84. Head s to Tables, whether set on the same fount orsmaller, to be paid thr ee lines a penny .

85. Mat ter consisting of names and figures r un on, as instatistica l r eturn s and subscription lists, and where fromth e natur e of th e copy loss of time is occasioned, an ext raallowance to be made.

86. Man uscript when badly writt en, or so int erl ined asto cause delay to th e compositor, an ext ra allowance to bemade.

87. Wh en th e hands are requir ed to wait for telegraph

6td. per 1000.7d.nod.nd.

74. Th e above section of the Interl ocutor does notdepri ve the work of any other extra it may be entitled to,and if in a smaller type than Minion, it tak es th e pr opor­t ionate advance.

Section IX .-NEWSPAPERS and PERIODICALS.

, Eig hth, That Grammars and School-books, where Roman, and It alic words occur alte rnately, with br aces, diffe­, rent j ustifications, &c., be paid for at the rate of 5?td., for setting up and distributing each thousand .lette rs, or ty pes; heads and directions, as above explained,, being always to be pai d for, at the different relative, r ates, where th ey occur, under articles fourth , fifth,, sixth, seventh, and eighth, before mentioned.'

Section VIII .-GRAMMARS , SCHOOL-BOOKS , &c.

'An d N in th ly, Th at Newspapers be paid for in propor­'t ion to the rate hereby fixed for each th ousand, letters, accord ing to the first article above specified.'

75. Th e following are the rates for Newspapers of not-mor e th an two publicat ions a week -

Long Prim er to Minion.. . 51d. per 1000.E merald and Nonpare il 5?td.Ru by 5id .

•Pea rl 6d.Newspape rs published three times a week to be pa id a

halfpenny per thousand in addi tion to th e above ra tes.On Daily P apers, or those of more th an th ree publi ca-

tions a week -Long P rimer to MinionEm erald and Nonpare ilRubyP earl

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51d.5~d.

6d.6id.

5d. per 1000.5kd. "5~d. "6d. "

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ea.61d.61d.

For the first 8 lines of Rule 75, Sec. 9, p. 14, read ,-:Th efollowing are the rates for Newspapers :-

W eeklies-Long Prim er to MinionE merald and Nonpar eilRuby .Pearl .

Bi·W eeklies-Long Pr imer to MinionEmerald and NonpareilRuby .P earl ..

Tri -Weekli es-Long P rimer to MinionEmera ld and NonpareilRuby .Pea rl .

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copy, an allowance of threepence per hour to be-paid, be­sides matter set , from the time ordinary copy is finishedfor the paper; and if required to attend for second editions,within eight hours from the time of leaving the office, 9d.extra to be paid, besides matte r set.

88. Supernum eraries called to assist on newspapers tobe paid 3d. extra per hour , or part of an hour , after eighto'clock at night.

89. Sunday-work on newspapers, other than da ily , tobe paid 6d. per hour extra .

90. Periodicals - Peri odicals of five sheets and under,when composed of one or more articl es, though th e foliosrun on, to be cast up to th e square of the page at 5d. perth ousand. If cast in slips, such publi cations to be made upand imposed at the expense of the establishment . P eriodi­cals to be paid 3d. per hour extra for night work.

. 91. Standing adverti sement s in adverti sing sheets be-long to the establishment when they const itut e distin ct

!'pages ; but if given out for distrib ut ion, and again requiredfor inserti on, or if th ere be less than one-thi rd of a page ofstanding advertis ements on any page, they belong to thecompositors on the work. Stereotype pages in advertisingsheets to be paid as pages of the work.

PR INTED BY w . H . LIZAR R, ED JXBUBGH.