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copies could be struck off in future
and forwarded to me for transmission
The cost of
to the Stationery Office.
the additional copies and the cost of
freight to this country is borne by
Stationery Office Funds and details
of the cost involved should be noti-
fied to me when the reports are des-
patched.
3.
wouldbe
I therefore suggest that in
future Hong Kong might adopt this
course when printing its Annual Report.
I am informed that the size should be
Royal Octavo, the type small pica for
plain matter and bourgeois for footnotes
and inserted matter plain, tabular
and table. The paper is Printing
Double Royal 46/480s' "A" quality
white shade. The size of the page
should be the same in all reports but
variations in the style of printing
or in the quality of the paper would
not be material. Recent Colonial
Annual Reports forwarded to you from
apart from the saving to public funds
time to time will give specimens of the
general style adopted, and I shall be
glad to learn whether you agree to this
proposal for the future. it has the
advantage of enabling the report to be
issued to the public more quickly and
also allows the Colonial Government to
publish whatever details and tabular
statements it thinks fit without risk
of excisions, which is sometimes con-
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siderable as you will see from a
A
comparison of the report as printed in
Hong Kong and as published by the
Stationery Office.
I have etc.
(Sigaed) DEVONSHIRE
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