GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING: RETURNS SHOWING AMOUNT SPENT BY GOVERNMENT FOR ADVERTISING IN THE COLONY FROM THE YEAR 1886-87 TO 1893-94; ALSO, COPIES OF ALL CIRCULARS OR INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS REGARDING THE INSERTION OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, H-28

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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING: RETURNS SHOWING AMOUNT SPENT BY GOVERNMENT FOR ADVERTISING IN THE COLONY FROM THE YEAR 1886-87 TO 1893-94; ALSO, COPIES OF ALL CIRCULARS OR INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS REGARDING THE INSERTION OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

Return to Orders of the House of Representatives. Ordered (22nd August), " That a return be laid before this House showing the gross amount spent on advertising by all the departments of the Government in the newspapers of the colony during each of the financial years from 1886-87 to 1893-94."—(Dr. Newman.) Ordered (sth September), " That a return be laid before this House giving copies of all circulars or instructions sent to all Government officers regarding the insertion of advertisements in the newspapers in tho colony."—(Sir R. Stout.)

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Return showing Gross Amount spent on Advertising by all the Departments of the Government in the Newspapers of the Colony during each of the Financial Years from 1886-87 to 1893-94.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 23rd October, 1894. Hugh Bollen, Under-Secretary.

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Department. 1883-87. 1887-88. 1888-89. 1889-90.^ 1890-91. 1891-92. 1892-93. 1S03-94. Total. £ S. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. • a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ a. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. Agriculture 62 0 5 148 6 9 72 8 2 25 17 0 22 18 9 68 8 0 47 2 11 447 2 0 Colonial Secretary 228 19 2 1,011 9 10 134 5 5 139 10 11 1,101 13 5 209 8 6 75 5 2 1,509 9 6 4,410 1 11 Customs 25 10 1 3 10 1 10 0 1 13 9 3 8 0 0 3 6 | 35 6 4 Defence 593 3 10 I 544 17 7 | 417 1 3 | 335 3 5 1' 322 7 9 j 300 0 9 347 3 8 I 282 10 11 3,142 9 2 Education 84 1 11 14 5 10 14 11 3 35 7 8 1 21 12 9 14 3 4 28 11 1 22 10 5 235 4 3 Government Life Insurance 792 2 8 360 8 4 465 3 6 692 6 5 ! 780 8 6 666 13 3 630 11 5 715 5 6 5,102 19 7 Justice 139 7 9 226 17 6 155 14 5 148 5 4 180 13 8 117 15 0 122 8 9 315 8 4 1,400 10 9 Labour 89 15 10 77 18 5 167 14 3 Land- and Income-tax 781 13 1 171 0 3 351 8 11 I 525 9 11 55 15 8 331 3 0 438 1 11 229 2 4 2,883 15 1 Lands and Survey 2,902 4 9 1,703 3 0 1,054 4 6 1,478 4 9 1,252 13 1 1,121 3 4 1,907 2 7 1,542 6 8 12,961 2 8 Lunacy and Charitable 58 10 10 54 9 0 56 8 5 105 4 4 51 5 10 62 0 0 80 4 1 87 12 4 ! 555 14 10 Marine 26 15 0 25 14 9 j 36 7 10 36 14 3 38 14 10 10 15 0 38 18 10 63 13 10 277 14 4 Mines 186 11 0 103 1 6 38 7 3 126 7 0 151 9 9 109 13 4 108 6 7 96 12 6 j 920 8 11 Police 9 13 4 2 17 0 4 10 5 14 9 7 15 4 8 12 0 5 7 6 2 2 6 42 2 10 Post and Telegraph* 67 3 0 265 14 0 33 19 7 322 14 0 153 0 8 368 14 10 59 7 9 1,270 13 10 Prisons 12 12 9 12 12 3 11 7 0 11 8 0 11 10 3 14 5 6 15 7 9 18 2 3 107 5 9 Public Trustee 357 19 8 323 18 0 i 129 12 0 161 14 11 110 IS 0 162 15 4 189 16 11 237 2 0 1,673 17 4 Public Works 1,239 11 7 561 14 10 764 12 10 426 7 10 448 0 11 | 709 10 4 216 3 3 435 11 7 4,801 13 2 Railways 3,059 9 10 3,692 4 7 j j 2,766 13 0 2,839 17 5 ! I 3,200 14 0 I 2,770 11 10 ; 2,667 0 8 2,783 16 0 24,380 7 4 Stamps, &c. 376 3 0 I 242 4 7 289 4 2 256 14 3 257 18 9 277 10 7 259 0 9 338 4 2 2,297 0 3 Treasury 83 8 6 10 8 6 8 13 9 6 7 6 6 5 0 8 7 9 6 5 0 9 7 10 139 3 10 i i ! I 11,532 8 8 |.9,216 1 4 7,115 7 8 7,434 6 5 8,350 2 3 ! 7,073 16 3 7,662 14 7 8,873 11 3 67,258 8 5 * Becords of 18S6-87 burnt in Post Office fire.

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Betubn of all Cibculaes or Insteuctions sent to all Government Offices regarding the Insertion of Advertisements in the Newspapers in the Colony.

(Memorandum.) Copies of the attached "List, of Newspapers in which Government Advertisements are to be inserted " were forwarded to all Government officers concerned, but no circulars or instructions were sent except by the Bublic Works Department and the Justice Department. Copies of the circulars issued by these departments are annexed. Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, September, 1894. Under-Secretary.

(94/1337;) April, 1894. List of Neiuspapers in which Government Advertisements are to be inserted. Auckland Evening Star ... Auckland. Golden Bay Argus ... Collingwood. Weekly Standard... ... „ Colonist ... ...Nelson. New Zealand Graphic ... „ Takaka News ... ... Takaka. Observer ... ... „ Charleston Herald ...Charleston. .) New Zealand Herald ... „ Lyell Times ... ... Lyell. Coromandel County News ... Coromandel. Buller Miner ... ... Westport. Northern Advertiser ... Dargaville. Westport Times ... ... „ Waikato Times ... ... Hamilton. Brunner News ... ... Brunnerton. Northern Luminary ... Kawakawa. Evening Star ... ... Greymouth. Manukau Gazette... ...Onehunga. Grey Biver Argus :.. „ Hot Lakes Chronicle ... Botorua. Beefton Guardian ... Beefton. Northern Advocate ... Whangarei. Hokitika Guardian ... Hokitika. Opotiki Herald ... ...Opotiki. West Coast Times ... „ Hauraki Tribune ... ... Baeroa. Kumara Times ... ... Kumara. Bay of Blenty Times ... Tauranga. Boss and Okarito Advocate Boss. Thames'Star' ... ...Thames. Akaroa Mail ... ... Akaroa. Thames Advertiser ... „ Ashburton Guardian ... Ashburton. Boverty Bay Herald ... Gisborne. Canterbury Times ...Christchurch. Biglewood Becord... ... Inglewood. Lyttelton Times ... ... „ Budget ... ... ... New Blymouth. Star ... ... ... „ Taranaki Herald ... ... „ Bress ... .. ... „ Egmont Settler ... ... Stratford. Standard ... ... Bangiora. Evening News ... ... Napier. Ellesmere Guardian ... Southbridge. Hawke's Bay Herald ... „ Temuka Leader ... ...Temuka. Wairoa Guardian ... ...Wairoa. Timaru Herald ... ... Timaru. Egmont Star ... ... Hawera. Waimate Times ... ... Waimate. Baraekaretu Express ... Hunterville. Oamaru Mail ... ... Oamaru. Mercury... ... ... Marton. Eree Bress ... ... Balclutha. Wanganui Herald... ...Wanganui. Clutha County Gazette ...Clinton. Yeoman... ... ... „ Dunstan Times ... ...Clyde. Wairarapa Observer ... Carterton. Cromwell Argus ... ... Cromwell. Eeilding Star ... ... Beilding. Evening Star ... ... Dunedin. Manawatu Herald... ...Eoxton. N.Z. Bisurance, Einance, Wairarapa Standard ... Grey town. and Mining Journal ... „ Eketahunaandßahiatua Mail Masterton. New Zealand Tablet ... „ Wairarapa Star ... ... „ Otago Daily Times ... „ , Weekly Star ... ... „ Otago Workman... ... „ Pahiatua Herald ... ... Pahiatua. People's Journal... ... „ Bush Advocate ... ... Danevirke. Bruce Herald ... ...Milton. Manawatu Daily Standard ... Balmerston North. Taieri Advocate ... ... Mosgiel. Manawatu Earmer ...Shannon. Mount Ida Chronicle ... Naseby. Evening Bress ... ... Wellington. Balmerston and Waikouaiti Fair Blay ... ... „ Times ... ... Palmerston. New Zealand Mail ... „ Tapanui Courier ... ... Tapanui. New Zealand Times ... „ Lake County Press ... Arrow Biver. Weeky Herald ... ... „ Southern Standard ...Gore. Evening Star ... ...Blenheim. Southland Daily News ... Invercargill. Marlborough Daily Times ... „ Southland Times... ... „ Express ... ... ... „ Southern Cross ... ... „ Pelorus Guardian ... Havelock. Lake Wakatipu Mail ... Queenstown. Kaikoura Star ... ... Kaikoura. Western Star ... ... Biverton. Marlborough Bress ... Bicton.

Bublic Works Office, (Circular Memorandum for District Engineers). Wellington, 17th May, 1894. List of Newspapers, Enclosed I send you a list of newspapers circulating in your district in which Government advertisements are to be inserted. Will you accordingly, in future, please advertise in such of these papers as may be considered desirable as occasions for advertising arise. H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary for Bublic Works.

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(Circular No. 13. J. 94/715.) Memorandum for Official Assignees. I am directed by the Minister of Justice to forward the enclosed list of newspapers in which Government notices are to be published, in substitution of the list forwarded with Circular No. 9, of the 22nd March, 1893. Advertisements are to be published alternately in the newspapers named in the list and circulating in the district to which the notice relates. In the case of weekly papers Assignees must use their own discretion, so that, while no unfairness is done to these papers, no undue delay in publication of the notice shall take place. With this addition, Circular No. 9, of the 22nd March, 1893, remains in force. C. J. A. Haselden, Department of Justice, Under-Secretary. Wellington, 27th July, 1894. [Vide list attached to Colonial Secretary's Circular, September, 1894.]

(J. 93/326. Circular No. 9.) Department of Justice, Wellington, 22nd March, 1893. Memorandum for Official Assignees. Advertising. I have the honour, by direction of the Minister of Justice, to transmit herewith a list of the newspapers in your district in which advertisements under the Bankruptcy Act are to be published. As a general rule advertisements are to be published once only, but in exceptional cases this may be departed from. An explanation of the special circumstances requiring more than one insertion must, however, accompany the voucher. As regards advertisements in newspapers in places not mentioned in the annexed list, Assignees must use their own discretion, but they should satisfy themselves that a majority of the creditors reside in the district in which the newspapar circulates. Claims for advertising should be sent in once a month or once a quarter, as may be more convenient, and should be accompanied by copies of the advertisements. By order. C. J. A. Haselden,

Under-Secretary. Auckland ... Star, Herald, and Observer, Timaru... ... Timaru Herald. alternately Greymouth ... Argus, Star, and Brunner Gisborne ... Herald. News, alternately. Hawera ... Hawera Star, Egmont Settler. Hokitika ... West Coast Times, Guardian, New Plymouth ... Taranaki Herald. Kumara Times, and Boss Wellington ... Times, Bost. Advocate, alternately. Masterton ... Star. Beefton ... Inangahua Times. Napier... ... Herald and Evening News Dunedin ... Daily Times, Globe, and alternately. Taieri Advocate. Palmerston North Standard. Invercargill ... Southland News, and SouthWanganui ... Herald. ern Standard. Blenheim ... Daily Times, and Marlborough Oamaru ... Oamaru Mail, and Balmerston Express. Times. Nelson... ... Nelson Colonist. Lawrence ... Tuapeka Times. Westport ... Times. Queenstown ... Mail. Christchurch ... Times, and Bress. Naseby ... Mount Ida Chronicle. Ashburton ... Ashburton Mail. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation not given; printing (1,200 copies), £2 9s.

By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB94. Price 3d.]