GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (RETURN OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1895 Session I, H-32b

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1895. NEW ZEALAND.

GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (RETURN OF).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated 24th July, 1895. Ordered, " That a return be laid before tins House showing the newspapers in the colony that received Government advertisements during the past financial year, and the amounts paid to every sucli newspaper respectively; and also a return showing any amounts paid or agreed to be paid during the same period to any Australian papers for advertisements."—(Sir R. Stout.)

Newspapers in the Colony that received Government Advertisements during Financial Year 1594-95, and Amounts paid to each Newspaper. £ s. d. £ s. a. Akaroa Mail ... ... ... 9 6 6 Globe (Dunedin) ... ... ... 4 8 0 Ashburton Guardian ... ... 49 16 0 Golden Bay Argus ... ... ... 416 3 Ashburton Mail ... ... ... 28 11 6 Grey River Argus ... ... ... 121 9 0 Auckland Evening Star (including New Hauraki Tribune ... ... ... 015 9 Zealand Farmer and New Zealand Hawera Morning Post ... ... 4 7 0 Graphic) ... ... ... 400 10 6 Hawera and Normanby Star... ... 75 15 0 Auckland Weekly News (see New Zea- Hawke's Bay Herald, (and including land Herald). Hawke's Bay Weekly Courier) ... 124 18 0 Bay of Plenty Times ... ... 14 210 Hawke's Bay Weekly Courier (see Bruce Herald ... ... ... 27 15 6 Hawke's Bay Herald). Brenner News ... 41 9 6 Hokitika Guardian and Evening Star ... 57 6 0 Budget (New Plymouth) ... ... 5 5 3 Hot Lakes Chronicle ... ... 8 19 9 Buller Miner ... ... ... 22 13 0 Hutt and Petone Chronicle ... ... 1 13 0 Bush Advocate ... ... ... 37 4 6 Inangahua Herald ... ... ... 2 0 0 Canterbury Times (see Lyttelton Times) Inangahua Times ... ... ... 12 3 3 Catholic Times ... ... ... 1 10 0 Ingle wood Record ... ... ... 8 17 4 Charleston Herald ... ... ... 5 18 0 Kaikoura Star ... ... ... 14 4 6 Clutha County Gazette ... ... 14 14 0 Kumara Times ... ... ... 46 15 9 Clutha Leader .. ... ... 22 15 9 Lake County Press (Arrowtown) ... 911 0 Colonist (Nelson) ... ... ... 67 14 9 Lake Wakatipu Mail (Queenstown) ... 16 1110 Coromandel County News ... ... 5 4 3 Leader (Hokitika) ... ... ... 813 0 Cromwell Argus ... ... ... 20 1 0 Lyell Times ... ... ... 10 7 6 Daily News (New Plymouth) ... 33 1 6 Lyttelton Times (including the CanterDaily Telegraph (Napier) ... ... 76 16 0 "bury Times and the Star, Christchurch) 454 10 2 Dunstan Times ... ... ... 17 8 0 Manawatu Daily Standard ... ... 134 12 0 Egmont Post ... ... ... 518 6 Manawatu Daily Times ... ... 57 16 9 Egmont Settler ... ... ... 37 14 3 Manawatu Farmer (Shannon) ... 717 6 Egmont Star ... ... ... 260 Manawatu Herald (Foxton) ... ... 22 1 6 Eketahuna Express ... ... 5 2 0 Manukau Gazette (Onehunga) ... 1 17 0 Eketahuna and Pahiatua Mail (Master- Marlborough Daily Times ... ... 75 11 0 ton) ... ... ... ... 22 14 0 Marlborough Express ... ... 52 14 3 Ellesmere Guardian ... ... 6 5 0 Marlborough Press ... ... ... 30 7 6 Eltham Guardian ... ... ... 8 19 3 Marlborough Weekly News ... ... 1 13 0 Evening News and Hawke's Bay Adver- Mataura Ensign ... .. ... 12 0 3 tiser (Napier) ... ... ... 135 14 6 Mercury (Marton) ... ... ... 61 9 8 Evening Post (Wellington) ... ... 254 10 0 Mount Benger Mail. . ... ... 3 4 0 Evening Press (Wellington) ... ... 79 4 3 Mount Ida Chronicle ... ... 31 9 6 Evening Star (Blenheim) ... ... 10 16 0 Nelson Evening Mail ... ... 37 12 10 Evening Star (Dunedin} ... ... 215 9 0 Nelson Evening Star ... ... 6 2 0 Evening Star (Greymouth) ... ... 102 9 6 New Zealand Farmer (see Auckland Examiner (Woodville) ... ... 32 11 6 Evening Star). Fair Play (Wellington) ... ... 8 6 0 New Zealand Graphic (see Auckland Feilding Star ... ... ... 69 12 3! Evening Star). Free Press (Balclutha) ... ... 29 3 6 I New Zealand Herald (including AuckGeraldine Guardian ... ... 0 9 0| .land Weekly News) ... ... 529 0 5

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Newspapees in ths Colony that received Govebnment Adveetisements— continued. & s. d. £ s. a. New Zealand Insurance, Finance, and Takaka News ... ... ... 2 16 3 Mining Journal (Dunedin) ... ... 26 0 0 Tapanui Courier ... ... ... 21 16 6 New Zealand Mail (see New Zealand Taranaki Herald ... ... 1 ... 138 19 6 Times). Taranaki News ... ... ... 5 0 6 New Zealand Bailway Beview ... 15 0 0 Te Aroha and Ohinermiri News ... 13 3 6 New Zealand Tablet ... ... 7 12 0 Temuka Leader ... ~. ... 14 13 6 New Zealand Times (including New Thames Advertiser ... ... ... 11 11 0 Zealand Mail) ... .. ... 521 7 2 Thames Evening News ... ... 4 0 0 Northern Advertiser (Dargaville) ... 5 9 0 Thames Star ... ... ... 31 15 11 Northern Advocate (Whangarei) ... 35 0 0 Timaru Herald ... ... ... 128 15 2 Northern Luminary (Kawakawa) ... 28 14 6 Truth (Christchurch) ... ... 11 18 0 North Otago Times... ... ... 69 5 5 Tuapeka Times ... ... ... 31 4 0 Oamaru Mail ... ... ... 126 19 3 Waikato Times ... ... ... 75 14 11 Observer (Auckland) ... ... 191 810 Waimate Times ... ... ... 32 5 6 Ohinemuri Gazette .. ... ... 1 13 9 Waimate Witness ... ... ... 9 16 Opotiki Herald ... ... ... 8 2 6 Waimea Plains Review ... ... 10 5 9 Opunake Times ... ... ... 217 0 Waipawa Mail ... ... ... 36 8 0 Otago Daily Times (including Otago Wairarapa Daily News ... ... 110 Witness) ... ... ... 410 0 11 Wairarapa Daily Times (including WaiOtago Workman ... ... ... 410 rarapa Weekly Times) ... ... 50 16 9 Oxford and Cust Observer ... ... 070 Wairarapa Liberal ... ... ... 1186 Pahiatua Herald ... ... ... 10 4 3 Wairarapa Observer ... ... 37 1 0 Pahiatua Star ... ... ... 11 4 0 Wairarapa Standard. ... ... 35 1 6 Palmerston and Waikouaiti Times ... 34 19 0 Wairarapa Star (including Weekly Star) Paraekaretu Express ... ... 21 9 9 (Masterton) ... ... ... 78 11 0 Patea County Press ... ... 29 18 0 Wairarapa Weekly Times (see Wairarapa Patea Mail ... ... ... 5 9 9 Daily Times). Pelorus Guardian ... ... ... 29 3 9 Wairoa Bell (Aratapu) ... ... 14 9 People's Journal (Dunedin) ... ... 10 15 9 Wairoa Guardian. (Wairoa) ... ... 211 0 Poverty Bay Herald ... ... 36 14 0 Wanganui Chronicle ... ... 92 17 9 Press (Christchurch) (including Weekly Wanganui Herald (including the Yeoman) 185 5 9 Press) ... ... ... ... 331 9 9 Weekly Chronicle (Wanganui) ... 2 4 0 Prohibitionist (Christchurch)... ... 55 0 0 Weekly Budget (Dunedin) ... .. 2 3 0 Bangiora Standard ... .. ... 4 6 1 Weekly Herald (Wellington) ... ... 8 6 3 Bangitikei Advocate ... ... 41 19 3 Weekly Press (Christchurch) (see Press). Becord (Inglewood)... ... ... 12 12 6 Weekly Standard (Auckland) ... 65 4 0 Boss and Okarito Advocate ... ... 29 15 0 Weekly Star (Masterton) (see Wairarapa South Canterbury Times ... ... 24 17 3 Star). Southern Cross (Invercargill)... ... 21 8 8 Weekly Times (Invercargill) (see SouthSouthern Standard (Gore) ... ... 45 1 3 land Times). Southland Daily News (Invercargill) ... 152 15 6 West Coast Mail (Ofaki) ... ... 0 9 0 Southlander ('lnvercargill) ... ... 113 9 West Coast Times (Hokitika) .. 108 9 9 Southland Times (including Weekly Western Star (Biverton) ... ... 26 7 8 Times) (Invercargill) ... ... 171 14 5 Westport News ... ... .. 22 14 6 Sporting Beview (Auckland) ... ... 810 3 Westport Times and Evening Star ... 55 3 9 Standard and North Canterbury Guardian 0 12 3 Yeoman (Wanganui) (see Wanganui Star (Christchurch) (see LytteltonTimes). Herald). — — Taieri Advocate ... ... ... 26 0 0 £7,911 7 0

Amounts paid or agreed to be paid during the Financial Year 1894-95 to any Austealian Papees for Adveetisements. £ s. d. £ s. d. Argus (Melbourne) ... ... ... 12 0 0 Leader (Melbourne) ... ... 114 5 0 Australasian (Melbourne) ... ... 103 0 0 Sydney Mail and Sydney Morning Australian Insurance and Banking Herald ... ... ... ... 900 Becord ... ... ... .. 37 16 0 Town and Country Journal (Sydney) ... 4 0 0 Brisbane Newspaper Company ... 4 0 0 Daily Telegraph Company (Sydney) ... 4 0 0 £289 8 0 Launceston Examiner ... ... 170 =

The foregoing return is compiled from information furnished by the various departments. Hugh Pollen, Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 7th October, 1895. Under-Secretary. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,200 copies), £1 13 a. By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9s. Price 3d.]