The house of Harrison; being an account of the family and firm of Harrison and sons, printers to the King (1914) (14777256742)

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Title: The house of Harrison; being an account of the family and firm of Harrison and sons, printers to the King
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Harrison, C. R. (Cecil Reeves), 1856-1940 Harrison, H. G. (Harry George), b. 1866
Subjects: Harrison family Harrison, firm, publishers, London
Publisher: London, Harrison and Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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nd Revenue Department. The revenue nettedby the nation for many years has been somewhere in the region of;^12,000 a year. So through changes of various kinds the Firm hasendeavoured to accommodate itself to official requirements and thework has been carried out, we may say, to the satisfaction of theauthorities concerned. But history repeats itself, and in 1910 the authorities decided to goback to an organization for the issue of the London Gazette, which hadbeen in vogue two generations earlier. A new official Lofidon GazetteOffice was to be started ; the payment for advertisements was to be incash in lieu of stamps, and a contractor was to be found for the duty ofprinting, and to act as a sale agent for the Government. The system of open competition for Government work is nowfirmly established, and the practice of accepting the lowest tender almostuniversal, despite all other considerations ; when, in September, 1910,a formal printed notice was received at St. Martins Lane, from the
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14 THE HOUSE OF HARRISON Controller of the Stationery Office, stating that the Firms tender forthe printing and publication of the London Gasette had not beenaccepted, it was felt that an interesting chapter in their business historywas closing. With feelings of regret, largely perhaps sentimental, butwhich were shared in official circles and b) the public, they saw thatthe work was then to pass to other hands, and that traditions extendingover a century and a-half were to be broken. Messrs, Harrison and Sons, however, still remain Agents for thereception of advertisements, this branch of the business being separatefrom the work of printing and publishing. It has been said that the great days of the Gacette have gone forever. Now, if it contains anything in the nature of news, it is probablynews only so far as it is the official announcement, the news itself havingreached the public ear through other channels. But at one time it wasthe medium, and the only medium, through which the pu