The  successful  working  of  these  presses  and  their  utility  being
brought  to  the  notice  of  Government,  they  ordered  that  a  press
should  be  set  up  at  the  Huzoor  station  of  the  most  important
Collectorates,  and  fifteen  districts  were  shortly  afterwards  sup-
plied. By  March  1859  every  district  was  furnished  with  its
own  press,  and  labor  is  now  greatly  economized  by  the  printing  of
numerous  papers,  such  as  puttahs,  forms  of  account,  circulars,
Proceedings  of  Government,  of  the  High  Court,  and  of  the  Board
of  Revenue,  &c.,  which  formerly  had  to  be  copied  in  manu-
script. The  presses  are  worked  under  the  orders  of  the  Collec-
tors and  managed  by  a  Supervisor  or  Head  Compositor  receiv-
ing a  salary  of  Rupees  50  per  mensem.  In  1873-74  Mr.  Keys,
Superintendent  of  the  Government  Press  at  Madras,  was  deputed
to  inspect  and  report  upon  the  working  of  the  several  District
Presses.  He  brought  to  light  several  abuses  which  have  been
since  rectified  and  prepared  a  manual  for  the  guidance  of  the
press  establishment.  The  subjoined  statement  shows  the  annual
value  of  work  done  and  the  receipts  and  charges  during  the  last
ten  years  : —


Estimated

Years.
value

of  the

work  done.
Receipts.
Charges.
ES.
RS.
RS.
