GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (DETAILED RETURN RELATIVE TO).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1898 Session I, H-26a

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1898. NEW ZEALAND.

GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (DETAILED RETURN RELATIVE TO).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the sth. July, 1898. Ordered " That a return be laid before this House showing,—(l) The amount paid to each newspaper in the oolony for Government advertisements during the year ended the 31st March, 1898; (2) the amount similarly paid for Government printing, etating to whom paid ; (3) the amounts expended for advertising New Zealand soenery (a) m the colony, and (6) outside the colony, stating to whom the same has been paid."—(Mr. Buchanan.)

Amounts paid for Advertising and Printing during the Year ended 31st March, 1898.

To whom paid. Amount paid Amount paid for for Advertising. Printing. Amount paid in Advertising New Zealand Scenery. Total Amount paid. (a) In the (B) Outside Colony. the Colony. £ 8. d. 10 3 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. 10 3 0 10 0 90 i 6 27 6 0 21 5 6 1 6 0 402 8 9 L karoa Mail, Akaroa ..mbridge, A. A., New Plymouth L shburton Guardian, Ashburton Lshburton Mail, &c, Ashburton Lshburton Publishing Company, Ashburton .. ishburton Standard, &c, Ashburton Luokland Evening Star, Auokland .. LUckland Weekly News (included in New Zealand Herald) iay of Plenty Times, Tauranga Setts, A. G., Nelson Srown, Thomson, and Co., Wellington iruce Herald, Milton irunner News, Brunnerton.. Sudget and Taranaki Weekly Herald (included in Taranaki Herald) Suller Miner, Westport Suller Post, Murchison Sush Advocate, Dannevirke.. 'anterbury Times (included in Lyttelton Times) Jashel and Worthington, Auckland .. iaxton Printing Company, Dunedin.. 'harleston Herald, Charleston 'leave and Co., Auckland Jlutha County Gazette, Balolutha .. 'lutha Leader, Balclutha lolonist, Nelson Jooper, H. A., Christohuroh 'oromandel County News, Coromandel loromandel Sun, Coromandel loulls, Culling, and Co., Dunedin .. Jraig and Co., Invercargill 'romwell Argus, &c, Cromwell 'uming, Richard, Christchuroh )aily News, New Plymouth )aily Telegraph, Napier )emoorat, Dunedin )unstan Times, &c, Clyde .. Idwards, W. J., Christohurch Sgmont Post, Stratford 3gmont Settler, Stratford .. 90 "i 6 27 6 0 l"6 0 274 15 9 12 18 0 47 "5 0 24 18 3 14 11 0 0 10 0 77 1 7 10 0 21 5 6 100 18 0 20 6 0 20 9 4 8 2 6 26 15 6 3 15 0 8 15 0 3 2 0 27 0 0 33 4 0 20 9 4 8 2 6 74 0 6 24 18 3 18 6 0 0 10 0 77 1 7 8 15 0 3 2 0 6 14 6 1 10 0 8 7 0 18 16 6 119 3 3 19 13 9 7 10 9 17 6 365 8 2 75 11 6 17 9 3 48 0 0 36 7 10 186 19 9 20 4 0 10 17 0 20 18 9 10 9 68 9 0 614 6 i'lO 0 8 7 0 18 16 6 90 16 5 28 6 10 19 13 9 710 9 17 6 365 8 2 75 11 6 17' 9 3 48' 0 0 36 7 10 148 16 6 20 4 0 10 17 0 38 3 3 20 18 9 10 9 68 9 0

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Amounts paid for Advertising and Printing, &c.— continued.

* This amount (£7,110 18s. Id.) was paid to the Government Printer by the Railway Department.

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To whom paid. Amount paid Amount paid for for Advertising. Printing. Amountpaid in Advertising New Zealand Scenery Total Amount paid. (a) In the Colony. (b) Outside the Colony. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Egmont Star (included in Hawera and Normanby Star) Eketahuna and Pahiatua Mail (including Weekly Star, Masterton) Eketabuna Express, &o., Eketahuna Ellesmere Guardian, Southbridge Eltham Argus, &c, Eltham Eltham Guardian, &c, Eltham Evening News, &c, Napier Evening Post, Wellington Evening Star, Blenheim Evening Star, Dunedin Evening Star, Greymouth Examiner, Woodville Feilding Star, Peilding Field, J. H., Auckland Poden aud Co., W. H., Timaru Poxton Telegraph, &c, Poxton Praaer, T. E., Ghristchurch Free Press, Balolutha George, A. A., Hastings Gilbert, Rowe, and Co., Auokland Golden Bay Argus, Collingwood Goldfields Advocate, &c, Karangahake Government Printer, Sydney Government Printer, Wellington Grey Eiver Argus (inoluding Weekly Argus) .. Hart and Keeling, Palmerston North Hastings Standard, Hastings Hauraki Tribune, &c, Paeroa Hawera and Normanby Star, &c. (including Egmont Star) Hawera Morning Post, &c , Hawera Hawke's Bay Herald, Napier Hokitika Guardian, Hokitika Hot Lakes Chronicle, Rotorua Hutt and Petone Chronicle, Petone Inangahua Herald, &c, Reefton Inangahua Times, &o., Reefton Johnson, E. J. D., Wellington Kaikoura Star, &c, Kaikoura Katipo, Dunedin Kumara Times, Kumara Lake County Press, Arrowtowri Lake Wakatipu Mail, Queenstown Leader, Hokitika (included in West Coast Times) Leigh and Ball, Napier Leighton, J. P., Auckland Leys, W., Auckland Levin and Manukau Express, Levin Lyell Times, Lyell Lyttelton Times (including Canterbury Times and Star) Manawatu Daily Standard, &c, Palmerston North Manawatu Daily Times, Palmerston North .. Manawatu Farmer, &c, Levin Manawatu Herald, Poxton Marlborough Daily Times, Blenheim Marlborough Express, Blenheim Marlborough Press, Picton .. Mataura Ensign, Gore MoCullough, W., Auckland McKee and Gamble, Wellington Mining Standard, Auckland Mount Benger Mail, Roxburgh Mount Ida Chronicle, Naseby Murray, C. E., Auckland Nelson Evening Mail, Nelson Nelson Evening Star, Nelson New Zealand Farmers' Guide, Dunedin New Zealand Graphic, Auckland New Zealand Herald (including Auokland Weekly News) New Zealand Journal of Insurance, Mining, and Finance, Dunedin New Zealand Mail (inoluded in New Zealand Times) New Zealand Mining Journal and Financial Guide, Dunedin 14 9 6 28 18 6 2 16 9 0 12 0 9 3 9 1 10 0 425 16 9 5 3 6 196 3 0 36 0 0 45 3 0 67 13 8 2*12 0 24"9 7 3 - 7 6 0 15 9 63 4 3 124 1 3 4 18 6 57 0 6 61 0 1 173 17 0 52 8 3 24 17 0 1 11 6 13 6 6 11 8 3 33 9 9 4 4 0 32 2 9 17 19 9 14 3 6 53 9 3 219 2 6 2 5 0 0 5 0 27 13 0 26 12 6 17 1 3 0 9 10 17 10 0 4 10 5 16 9 *7,110 18 1 17 10 10 24 8 0 3 5 0 23 1 6 70 10 10 39 14 0 9 12 6 4 2 8 14 9 6 28 18 6 2 16 9 0 12 0 9 3 9 1 10 0 479 6 0 5 3 6 415 5 6 38 5 0 45 8 0 67 13 8 27 13 0 26 12 6 2 12 0 17 1 3 24 19 5 17 10 0 4 10 3 7 6 0 15 9 5 16 9 •7,110 18 1 80 15 1 24 8 0 127 6 3 28 0 0 57 0 6 61 0 1 244 7 10 92 2 3 24 17 0 11 4 0 13 6 6 11 8 3 4 2 8 33 9 9 4 4 0 32 2 9 17 19 9 29 13 6 1510 0 1 16 6 4 17 6 2 17 0 1 16 6 4 17 6 2 17 0 0 18 0 8 6 4 505 18 1 0 18 0 8 6 4 354 4 9 isi' 2 6 io 10 127 7 6 127 7 6 103 4 0 3 19 0 6 19 0 22 18 6 100 10 6 49 16 8 17 11 0 2 2 6 13 5 6 103 4 0 3 19 0 6 19 0 22 18 6 102 13 0 63 2 2 17 11 0 7 10 0 113 0 0 0 6 0 1 18 6 22 8 3 8 6 0 30 7 7 10 5 1 8 8 0 26 4 3 620 8 7 710 0 113 0 0 0 6 0 1 18 6 22 8 3 25 19 1 10 5 1 8 8 0 26 4 3 385 1 7 86 0 4 8 6 235' 7 0 24 16 0 24 16 0 11 15 0 11 15 0

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To whom paid. Amount paid for Advertising. Amount paid Amount paid in Advertising New Zealand Scenery. Total Amount paid. Printing. (a) In the (6) Outside Colony. the Colony. New Zealand Railway Review, Christohurch .. New Zealand Tablet, Dunedin New Zealand Times (including New Zealand Mail) Northern Advocate, Whangarei Northern Luminary, Kawakawa North Otago Times, Oamaru ... Oamaru Mail, Oamaru Observer, Auckland Ohinemuri Gazette, Thames Opotiki Herald, Opotiki .. Opunake Times, Opunake Otago Daily Times (including Otago Witness) Otago Witness (included in Otago Daily Times) Otago Workman, Dunedin Pahiatua Herald, Pahiatua Palmerston and Waikouaiti Times, Palmerston Paraekaretu Express, Hunterville Pelorus Guardian, Havelook People, &c, Wellington Poverty Bay Herald, Gisborne Press, Christchurch (including Weekly Press) Prohibitionist, Christchurch Rangiora Standard, Rangiora Rangitikei Advocate, Marton Record and Waitara Age, Inglewood (including Weekly Record) Redfern, C, Christchuroh Ross and Okarito Advocate, Ross Russell, Willis, and Aicken, Christchuroh Scott Printing Company, Auokland Smith, J. J., Palmerston North Smith, W., Invercargill South Canterbury Times, Timaru Southern Gross, Invercargill Southern Standard, Gore Southlander (included in Southland Daily News) Southland Daily News (including Southlander) Southland Times, Invercargill Spectator, Christchurch Sporting Review, &c, Auckland Standard, &o., Rangiora Star, Christchuroh (included in Lyttelton Times) Stone, Son, and Co., Dunedin Taieri Advooate, Mosgiel Takaka News, &c, Takaka Tapanui Courier, Tapanui Taranaki Herald (including Budget, &c, New Plymouth) Taranaki News, New Plymouth Te Aroha and Ohinemuri News, Te Aroha Te Aroha Times, &c, Te Aroha Telephone, Gisborne .. <,. Temuka Leader, Temuka Thames Advertiser, &c, Thames Thames Star, Thames Timaru Herald, Timaru Tuapeka Recorder, Lawrence Tuapeka Times, Lawrence Turnbull, Hickson, and Palmer, Wellington .. Waihi Miner, Waihi Waikato Advocate, Cambridge Waikato Argus, Hamilton Waikato Times, &c, Hamilton Waimate Times, Waimate Waimate Witness, Manaia .. ■ .. Waipawa Mail, Waipawa Wairarapa Daily Times (including Wairarapa Weekly Times) Wairarapa Leader, Carterton Wairarapa Observer, &c, Carterton Wairarapa Standard, Greytown Wairarapa Star, &c, Masterton Wairarapa Weekly Times (included in Wairarapa Daily Times) Wairoa Bell, &c, Dargaville Wairoa Guardian, Wairoa Waitara Times, &c, Waitara Waitekauri Golden Age, Waihi Wanganui Chronicle, Wanganui £ s. d. 15 0 0 32 16 0 611 0 2 £ s. d. 124' 7 0 £ s..d. £ s. d. £ a. d. 15 0 0 32 16 0 735 7 2 46 4 0 15 3 0 26 2 3 103 11 1 161 12 5 110 7 13 6 9 2 6 400 17 ' 6 5 12 6 6 13 6 0 18 0 51 16 6 15 3 0 26 15 9 104 9 1 161 12 5 110 7 13 6 9 2 6 411 12 6 16'15 0 26 12 6 66 0 11 35 10 6 3 15 0 58 5 0 10 0 23 4 0 309 18 9 31 1 0 3 13 6 62 8 9 10 3 6 26 0 0 6'17 6 26 12 6 66 0 11 61 10 6 3 15 0 58 5 0 10 0 24 1 6 309 18 9 31 1 0 3 13 6 62 8 9 10 3 6 6 13 9 19 4 9 42 10 0 91 14 6 22 3 9 18 6 19 4 9 6 13 9 42 10 0 91 14 6 22 3 9 18 6 32 17 0 41 2 9 23 15 10 32 17 0 39 7 9 23 15 10 i 15 0 187 14 4 146 16 8 96 17 10 40 8 9 1 16 1 5613 9 187 14 4 203 10 5 96 17 10 40 8 9 23 18 10 22' 2 9 38 0 3 2 8 9 14 2 6 109 0 4 39 6 3 19 5 0 39 6 3 57 5 3 2 8 9 14 2 6 109 5 10 0 5 6 26 5 2 12 19 6 1 17 6 9 16 6 36 18 9 42 19 6 52 18 9 125 12 9 0 9 0 29 5 0 012 6 24 0 0 32' 0 0 0 17 6 27 4 0 0 12 0 26 5 2 12 19 6 1 17 6 10 9 0 60 18 9 42 19 6 84 18 9 126 10 3 0 9 0 56 9 0 0 12 0 17 16 3 12 6 2 16 4 62 15 5 32 2 9 0 10 0 73 7 6 65 7 6 17 16 3 12 6 2 9 4 43 7 5 32 2 9 0 10 0 73 7 6 64 12 6 07 0 19 8 0 0 15 0 9 6 0 31 6 6 30 16 0 71 13 3 25 2 6 9 6 0 31 6 6 55 18 6 71 13 3 17 12 5 11 8 3 110 0 16 0 113 11 9 1 11 0 19 3 5 11 8 3 110 0 16 0 166 2 3 5210 6

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Amounts paid for Advertising and Printing, &c. — continued.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,325 copies), £4 4s.

Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9B.

Price 3d.]

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Amoun t paid in Advertising New Zealand Scenery. To whom paid. Amount paid for Advertising. Amount paid Total Amount paid. Printing. (a) In the (6) Outside Colony. the Colony. £ s. d. 114 0 9 £ a. d. 84 10 1 £ s. d. £ a. d. £ e. a. 198 10 10 Wanganui Herald (inoluaing Yeoman) Weekly Argus, Greymouth (inoluded in Grey River Argus, Greymouth) Weekly Budget, Dunedin Weekly Press, Christehuroh (inoluded in Press) Weekly Record, Inglewood (inoluded in Reoord and Waitara Age) Weekly Star, Masterton (inoluded in Eketahuna, &o., Mail) Weeks, H. J., Ohristohurch West Coast Times, Hokitika (including Leader) Western Star, &c, Riverton Westport News, Westport Westport Times, &c, Westport Whitcombe and Tombs, Wellington Wilkie and Co., Dunedin Willis, A. D., Wanganui Winton Record, Winton Wright and Jaques, Auckland Wyndham Herald, Wyndham Yeoman, Wanganui (inoluded in Wanganui Herald) Zealandia Printing-office, Christohuroh 33 14 6 91 17 3 24 14 3 21 10 0 55 5 9 0 6 0 9 10 6 27 4 0 21 5 0 1 13 0 131 6 1 10 7 0 62 16 6 2 19 0 40 0 0 33 14 6 0 6 0 101 7 9 51 18 3 42 15 0 56 18 9 131 6 1 10 7 0 62 16 6 8 14 6 40 0 0 1 16 0 515 6 l'ie o 10 0 10 0 Totals 7,897 13 8 10,112 19 0 27 10 10 18,038 3 6 The foregoing return has been compi iepartments. iled from infi )rmation furn dshed by ;he various Government on, 29th Aii£ Hug: h Podlb: , Under-Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellingt ;ust, 1898.