At the beginning of this month printerian matters were very brisk, and several extra hands were taken on at the Government Printing Office, but last Saturday they were told off again, with the expectation that things will look up again after the Easter holidays. The private offices have been fairly brisk, and one old firm has gone into new premises; Messrs Haggett & Percy, who for some time had been the lessees of the New Zealand Times jobbing office, having started for themselves in the old Union S.S. Co.'s buildings, where they are getting a fair share of the work of this city.

The great topic of the month in Typographic circles has been the proposed delegation from the N.Z.T.A. to wait upon the meeting of the Master Printers' Association in Dunedin, during the first week in April, with the object of bringing the two bodies more in touch with each other than they have yet been, and also to discuss some plan whereby the interference of outside bodies with the printing trade may to a large extent be done away with. The meeting is bound to result in good, and both associations have taken the proposition (which emanated from the Canterbury Typographical Association) up with spirit. At a meeting of the Executive Council, N.Z.T.A., last week, to consider the matter, that body determined to arrange for each of its branches—Napier, Wellington, and Otago—to send a delegate at the Council's expense, and also decided to appoint a delegate to represent the Council. Auckland was also asked to send a representative, but stated in reply that funds would not permit. Canterbury, I believe, sends its efficient and popular secretary, Mr Gerard; Napier also sends its secretary, Mr Carruth; Wellington has appointed as its representative, Mr John Rigg; and I have not yet heard who is to represent Dunedin.