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90 Large stocks should be kept in stacks; the counsel of perfection being that no paper should actually touch the floor, but stand on boards with a space beneath. If paper is moved in and out of the warehouse by transporter trucks it will stand on the platforms supplied and be available for moving rapidly to the machine-room. Smaller stacks will be ranged in racks or on shelves so arranged as to be easily accessible, the larger papers nearer the floor, and the smaller papers, which can be handled more easily, on the higher shelves. The arrangement in classes is advised, writings, printings, coated, coloured papers having definite positions, the sizes also being arranged for ease of handling. Each section, size, and variety should be clearly marked to ensure accuracy and economy in issue as well as in keeping stocks up to correct strength. A new arrival should not be dumped down anywhere, but should take its place in the proper section, be considered as valuable material, and handled accordingly. Coated papers generally and imitation art papers mark and crease badly if carelessly handled, but if all papers are treated carefully it will 'not be necessary to give instruction for handling special papers.

Papers are received from different mills packed in different ways. If reams are received in bales, it is usual to unpack and to stack in single reams, as subsequent handling is easier in the lighter weight. Heavy papers and boards are packed in quantities smaller than reams to facilitate removal in and out, paper in half or quarter reams, and boards in packets of 100, 144, or 250. The method of packing reams or parcels is sometimes excellent, but at other times it leaves something to be desired. If the wrappers are not strong enough for the paper contained, they break as the reams are moved, and the edges of the paper are