<P> The paper shortage often made it more difficult than usual for authors to get work published . In 1944, George Orwell wrote: </P> <P> In Mr Stanley Unwin's recent pamphlet Publishing in Peace and War, some interesting facts are given about the quantities of paper allotted by the Government for various purposes . Here are the present figures: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Newspapers </Td> <Td> 250,000 tons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> H.M. Stationery Office </Td> <Td> 100,000 tons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Periodicals </Td> <Td> (nearly) 50,000 tons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Books </Td> <Td> 22,000 tons </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Newspapers </Td> <Td> 250,000 tons </Td> </Tr>

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