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sheets, i.e. Nos. 8& 10, six sheets of the size required for the books can be had with very little, if any, waste; whereas, with the sheets coming 22" x 27" in size, there would be considerable waste, and just what the value of the waste would be could not be determined until after the cutting to size were done, and in the figures given above for Nos. 20, 25 & 30, I have assumed for comparative purposes that the waste would have the same value per pound as the larger sheets.
The prices were arrived at by determining the number of boards for use of the books, obtainable from each bundle of stock, which comes at fifty pounds to the bundle, and at 9c per pound - 
No. 8 having 8 sheets to the bundle of the size given.
No. 10 having 10 sheets to the bundle of the size given.
No. 20 having 20 sheets to the bundle of the size given.
and so on. Mr. Backus observed that the use of a single sheet of any of these samples considering the size of the books, would not give stiffness enough, and it is their practice in making blank books, to paste a lower grade of paper stock to the board and keep it in a flat position for quite a long time, until necessary for use, and this lower grade board, if used in connection with the quality of other of the samples, would increase the cost above the figures I have give, about one third.
Mr. Freer, thinking that paper board would prove more suitable for binding manuscripts, then wooden boards, provided,

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