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two to a press one journeyman and one apprentice except with the more advanced apprentices, who had charge of a press with a younger apprentice to help them. The sheets were printed on dry paper. The colour was furnished us dry and was ground and mixed as it was needed, mostly by the apprentice, while the journeyman made the forme ready. This was gene- rally the rule all over the shop. All colours came dry, except Chinese blue and black, and perhaps a few others. A man was employed to grind most of the ink, where compara- tively large quantities were needed, but on smaller and more particular jobs, each pressman had his own stone muller and ground and mixed his own ink. In the oil-print department they had certain standard tints, of which they kept a little stock on hand, carefully protected from drying, and replenished them by fresh grinding when needed. 104 Licensee and other Printers Most of these formes were kept locked up all the time. When a run was finished, the chase with tympan frame attached, containing all the make-ready, was lifted off the press and carefully stood aside, and the chase with the next two colours put on. This, while involving quite an outlay for chases, etc., effected a considerable saving of time in making ready. A different point hole was used for each impression, as can be seen by some of the prints I have sent you; fifteen or more point holes are on some, showing that that number of colours have been used. It would take quite an expert to pick out and number the different colours. When our firm moved their shops from London to Kingston-on- Thames, about 1860, several of our men left and were employed by Kron- heim Company, who were endeavouring to do that class of work, but' I

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