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Rh the compositors much time in making. It should also be observed that the publisher, in this case, becomes responsible for the payments to those persons.

(384.) It is not necessary that the author should avail himself of this intervention, although it is the interest of the publisher that he should; and booksellers usually maintain that the author cannot procure his paper or printing at a cheaper rate if he go at once to the producers. This appears from the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Commons in the Copyright Acts, May 8, 1818.

Mr. O. Rees, bookseller, of the house of Longman and Co., Paternoster-row, examined:—

(385.) There appears to be little reason for this distinction in charging for printing a larger price to the author than to the publisher, provided the former is able to give equal security for the payment. With respect to the additional charge on paper, if the