GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (AMOUNTS PAID FOR) DURING LAST THREE YEARS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1912 Session II, H-29a

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GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (AMOUNTS PAID FOR) DURING LAST THREE YEARS.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 2nd August, 1912. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing the amounts paid for advertisements published in newspapers of this Dominion for the last three years ; the amounts paid to each paper to be shown separately for each year."—(Mr. Davby.)

Return showing Amounts paid for Government Advertisements published in Newspapers of this Dominion for the Three Years ended 31st March, 1912.

Name of Newspaper. Place of Publication, j 1909-10. 1810-11. 1911-12. Total. Akaroa Mail Alexandra Herald Ashburton Guardian Ashburton Mail Athletic Field Auckland and Manukau Times Auckland Free Press Auckland Star .. .. Auckland Weekly News Bay of Island Luminary* Bay of Plenty Times Bluff Press Bruce Herald Budget and Taranaki Weekly Herald Buller Miner BullerPost Canterbury Times Charleston Herald Cheviot News Clutha Leader Colonist.. Coromandel County News Cromwell Argus Daily Telegraph Daily Telegraph Dannevirke Advocate Dannevirke Daily Press Dannevirke Evening News Dominion Dunstan Times East Coast Guardian Egmont Star Eketahuna Express EUesmere Guardian Eltham Argus Evening News 'Evening Post Evening Star Examiner Farmers' Circular Farmers' Union Advocate Feilding Star £ s. d. Akaroa . . 13 0 I Alexandra South 19 8 2 Ashburton .. 54 (i 0 46 I 0 Auckland Onehunga Auckland ... 322 17 6 .. | 139 13 9 Kawakawa . . 24 7 6 Tauranga .. 12 9 0 Bluff .. .. 15 6 0 Milton .. 30 6 0 New Plymouth .. 23 5 0 Westport .. 17 110 Murehison .. I 110 Christchurch .. I 100 4 1 Charleston .. 5 0 0 Cheviot ..i 17 3 3 Balclutha- . . 42 5 6 Nelson .. j 115 8 9 Coromandel .. J 9 0 9 Cromwell . . 21 5 3 Napier .. I 159 8 0 Waihi .. .. 28 16 3 Dannevirke . . ' 68 15 0 15 9 3 19 3 Wellington . 12 16 3 Clyde .. .. 20 9 3 Opotiki . . j 15 6 Hawera .. 8 13 3 Eketahuna .. 35 12 6 Southbridge .. 13 16 0 Eltham . . 40 6 5 Christchurch .. , 19 2 Wellington .. 599 I 11 Dunedin .. 401 10 0 Woodville . . 44 6 3 Dunedin Wellington .. 15 0 3 Feilding .. 103 10 1 £ s. d. 8 19 9 16 19 9 47 10 0 49 14 0 405 19 8 102 16 10 50 3 0 20 8 9 15 15 0 28 13 9 11 19 0 22 18 0 0 10 6 58 17 11 6 10 0 11 10 0 32 7 9 93 14 6 4 12 3 22 1 0 124 5 5 44 3 9 65 18 4 £ s. d. 17 10 3 34 8 6 72 16 0 68 3 0 15 15 0 1 1 3 24 17 0 524 15 7 171 0 6 48 15 0 39 9 0 28 10 6 42 13 6 45 16 3 43 5 0 8 0 6 76 18 9 13 14 0 22 8 6 71 8 1 154 0 0 19 4 9 34 5 6 173 0 3 57 11 3 85 19 0 £ s. d. 39 10 1 70 16 5 174 12 0 163 18 0 15 15 0 1 1 3 24 17 0 1,253 12 9 413 11 J 123 5 6 72 6 9 59 11 6 101 13 3 81 3 3 83 14 0 9 12 0 236 0 9 25 4 0 55 1 9 146 1 4 363 3 3 32 17 9 77 It 9 456 13 8 130 11 3 220 12 4 15 9 3 25 2 10 126 5 6 75 3 9 16 19 4 28 8 9 108 10 0 51 9 0 107 18 4 34 9 2 1,903 3 2 1,320 9 0 147 10 3 1 0 0 40 0 0 253 15 4 0 10 6 9 0 0 16 14 3 2 5 0 7 5 6 31 0 6 11 9 6 30 11 11 1 13 9 596 7 3 393 2 3 46 3 6 23 3 I 104 9 3 38 0 3 13 8 10 12 10 0 41 17 0 26 3 6 37 0 0 31 6 3 707 14 0 525 16 9 57 0 6 1 0 0 24 19 9 89 16 6 60 8 9 * Prior to Lpril, 1910, this paper was known as the Ni irthern Luminary.

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Return showing Amounts paid for Government Advertisements, etc.—continued.

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Name of Newspaper. Place of Publication. 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. Total. Free Press Geraldine Guardian Geraldine Mail Gisborne Times Golden Bay Argus Golden Bay Times Goldfields Advocate Gore Standard Greymouth Evening Star Grey River Argus Hawera and Normanby Star Hawke's Bay Herald Hawke's Bay Tribune* Hokianga Times Hokitika Guardian Horowhenua Chronicle Hot Lakes Chronicle Huntervilie Express Huntly Press Hutt and Petone Chronicle Hutt Valley Independent Inangahua Herald [nangahua Times Inglewood Record Kaiapoi Record Kaikoura Star Kaikoura Sun Kaipara Advertiser Katipo Kawhia Settler King Country Chronicle Kumara Times Lake County Press Lake Wakatipu Mail Liberator Loco. Record Lyttelton Times Manawatu Daily Times Manawatu Evening Standard Manawatu Herald Mangaweka Settler Manukau Chronicle Manukau Gazette Maoriland Worker Marlborough Express Marlborough Herald Marlborough Press Martinborough Star Mataura Ensign .. Mercantile Gazette of New Zealand .. Milton Mirror Morning Press Morrinsville Star Motueka Star Mount Benger Mail Mount Ida Chronicle Nelson Evening Mail New Zealand Bulletin New Zealand Civil Service JoVirnal .. New Zealand Dairyman New Zealand Farmer New Zealand Free Lance New Zealand Herald New Zealand Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic Review New Zealand Journal of Education .. New Zealand Observer New Zealand Railway Officers' Advocate New Zealand Railway Review New Zealand Shipping and Commerce New Zealand Tablet New Zealand Times New Zealand Town and Country Life New Zealand Truth New Zealand Worker North Auckland Age North Auckland Times Northern Advocate Northern Advocate Weekly . . \ Northern Mail .. . . . . Balclutha Temuka Gisborne Collingwood Takaka Karangahake Gore Greymouth Hawera Napier Hastings Kohukohu Hokitika Levin Rotorna Huntervilie Huntly Petone. . Upper Hutt Reefton. £ s. d. 34 15 6 2 2 9 1 2 9 54 10 0 9 1 3 5 2 6 12 15 9 57 9 2 177 3 9 163 14 4 90 5 0 112 18 6 66 14 9 16 3 0 146 12 9 17 1 9 23 9 6 40 14 6 £ s. d. 29 8 3 0 5 7 44 9 3 4 16 10 5 2 6 14 5 0 46 14 9 202 14 6 188 5 6 60 3 6 99 4 0 55 9 0 10 6 0 119 9 0 21 9 3 35 12 6 16 9 3 1 16 3 29 18 0 £ s. d. 53 8 6 7 10 9 0 18 0 91 I 9 18 19 2 14 2 6 15 9 9 46 6 3 222 II 8 202 16 0 73 17 0 131 19 0 81 3 9 11 16 9 .126 15 0 25 3 0 72 4 9 32 19 3 17 I 10 51 5 3 6 3 0 74 19 6 73 2 0 39 8 9 7 8 6 14 13 3 £ s. d. 1,17 12 3 9 13 6 2 6 4 190 I 0 32 17 3 24 7 6 42 10 6 150 10 2 602 9 11 554 15 10 224 5 6 344 1 6 203 7 6 38 5 9 392 16 9 63 14 0 131 6 9 90 3 0 18 18 1 124 8 3 6 3 0 180 14 3 1.79 2 6 83 4 9 7 8 6 37 1 6 7 6 9 28 18 3 35 7 6 25 10 10 121 14 9 197 14 3 79 10 9 84 8 6 0 16 6 2 15 0 1,396 0 6 343 9 6 317 9 3 95 19 9 121 2 3 7 10 9 8 5 0 13 8 9 279 16 1 152 6 6 146 4 6 49 3 6 227 8 II 2 3 9 23 8 0 6 3 0 8 11 3 31 6 9 38 14 0 50 0 9 348 6 2 1 8 6 I 5 0 19 19 6 68 5 0 55!) 11 I 1,243 1 9 199 18 9 43 5 0 55 6 0 56 7 0 29 1.1 0 50 8 9 49 13 6 14 5 0 Inglewood Kaiapoi Kaikoura 8 0 3 1. 11 6 6 9 9 15 0 0 5 0 10 27 2 9 60 13 6 22 5 3 22 15 0 Helensville Wellington Kawhia Te Kuiti Kumara Arrowtown Queenstown Auckland Christchurch 14 8 0 5 15 3 4 1 9 5 7 6 4 19 6 30 13 0 74 7 9 24 1.8 9 27 4 0 18 6 9 15 0 0 15 10 6 63 19 0 62 13 0 32 6 9 34 9 6 0 16 6 2 15 0 563 19 8 136 7 6 119 5 9 42 7 3 49 16 0 Palmerston North 424 7 9 111 2 0 103 12 0 32 13 0 39 11 3 7 10 9 407 13 I 96 0 0 94 II 6 20 19 6 31 15 0 Foxton Mangaweka Onehunga Wellington Blenheim 8 5 0 13 8 9 108 0 6 Picton Martinborough .. Gore Wellington Milton Whangarei Morrinsville Motueka Roxburgh Naseby Nelson Hastings Wellington 99 18 I 89 14 3 46 14 0 16 16 9 67 12 5 71 17 6 62 12 3 42 13 3 15 9 9 61 6 0 56 17 3 16 17 0 98 10 6 2 3 9 23"8 0 6 3 0 8 7 3 10 10 0 15 17 6 113 8 4 5 16 6 12 17 6 13 2 0 81 13 6 8 11 3 17 3 0 15 6 6 21 I 3 153 4 4 1 8 6 i"s 0 19 19 6 44 6 3 205 19 I 523 16 3 106 16 3 Auckland Wellington Auckland 8 6 3 190 11 4 322 6 3 56 12 6 1.5 12 6 163 0 8 396 19 3 36 10 0 Dunedin Auckland Dunedin 0 8 0 114 1 3 0 6 3 0 14 0 111 16 3 3 15 0 0 6 0 215 4 3 3 15 0 1 8 0 441 1 9 7 16 3 Wellington 28 7 5 27 10 0 29 0 0 14 0 0 575 12 0 23 5 0 21 18 9 27 10 0 10 6 0 42 3 0 672 9 6 80 2 6 71 17 3 83 7 5 39 6 0 82 5 0 1,824 3 1 162 5 0 118 5 0 10 5 9 19 7 8 49 5 7 163 2 9 14 8 6 80 11 6 Dunedin Wellington Auckland Wellington Auckland Mangonui Dargaville Whangarei 26 2 0 576 1 7 58 17 6 24 9 0 10 5 9 2 3 0 10 3 4 30 13 3 0 15 0 6 I 9 4 1 7 8 12 6 42 11 6 0 4 6 21 19 9 13 3 1 30 9 9 89 18 0 13 9 0 52 10 0 * Prior to Dcc< imber, 1910, this pa] 'as known as the Hastinyx Standard. ter

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Return showing Amounts paid for Government Advertisements, etc. — continued.

Name of Newspaper. Place of Publication. 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. Total. Northern Mail Weekly North Otago Times Oamaru Mail Observer Ohakune Times Ohinenuiri Gazette Ohura Advocate .. Opotiki Herald Opunako Times Orepuki Advocate Otago Daily Times Otago Witness Otaki Mail Otautau Farmer Otautan Standard Outlook .. Pahiatua Herald Palmerston and Waikouaiti Ti i oa . . Patea County Press Pelorns Guardian Poverty Bay Herald Press Progress Raglan County Chronicle Hangitikei Advocate Red Funnel Magazine Rodney and Otamatea Times Rotorua Times Saturday Night Sentinel and Sporting Times Southern Cross Southland Daily News Southlander Southland Times Spectator Sport Standard Star Stratford Evening Post Taieri Advocate .. '.. Taihape Daily Times Tapanui Courier Taranaki Daily News Taranaki Herald Taumarunui Press Te Aroha and Ohinemuri News Te Aroha Mail Temuka Leader Tomuka News Te Puke Times Thames Advertiser Thames Star Timaru Herald Timaru Post Triad Tuapeka Times Vanguard Waikato Argus .. Waikato Independent Waikato Times Waimarino County Call Wainiate Advertiser Waimate Times Waimate Witness Waipa Post Waipawa Mail Waipukurau Press Wairarapa Age .. Wairarapa Daily News Wairarapa Daily Times Wairarapa Standard Wairoa Sell Wairoa Guardian Waitara Evening Mail Waitemata Post Waitemata Times Wanganui (Chronicle Wanganui Herald Weekly Budget Weekly Chronicle Weekly Graphic Weekly Herald Weekly Press Whangarei Oamaru Christchurch < Hiakune j Paeroa Ohura Opotiki , Opunake Orepuki Dunedin Otaki Otautau . . ' Dunedin . . Pahiatua ! Palmerston Patea . . Havelock Gisborne Christchurch Wellington Raglan Marton Dunedin Warkworth Rotorua ' Auckland In vercargill j Christchurch ! Auckland 1 Rangiora Christchurch Stratford Mosgiel Taihape Tapanui New Plymouth . . £ s. d. I 0 4 6 10 12 1 112 13 :s 10 16 2 29 0 6 i4'i:s 9 1 13 0 33' 13 7 447 8 6 134 15 0 11 8 9 24 14 6 27 19 3 I 12 17 6 34 3 0 31 4 3 15 10 6 59 2 !() 401 19 .-) 3 0 9 102 19 9 16 0 0 2 14 9 53 11 11 J ., 24 17 7 26 13 3 45 6 3 271 8 11 4 10 0 243 i> 8 165 ! 8 12 19 0 4 7 0 73 3 3 27 4 0 75 0 9 12 4 9 96 16 0 97 2 0 27 II 6 22 2 10 27 12 II 26 3 6 51 10 9 49 7 0 110 17 0 98 15 4 1 10 0 31 16 0 03 8 9 27 7 0 79 8 5 4 13 7 17 18 10 18 11 3 30 5 9 29'i4 3 17 14 9 59 3 0 58 18 0 60 13 0 44 6 0 13 4 4 9 17 9 30 13 (i 123 0 0 117 8 0 3 0 0 74 13 9 135 10 0 I £ s. d. \ - £ s. d. ' 0 15 6 6 10 (i I 10 0 18 3 7 U0 17 9 148 10 6 0 9 9 9 3 8 27 9 4 41 17 9 48 17 3 10 3 3 21 14 I 28 17 I 2-9 6 Hi 13 0 27 7 10 40 13 9 412 2 3 541 18 9 84 18 9 131 17 6 22 9 3 25 18 9 19 13 9 38 6 10 21 5 0 40 7 6 14 0 10 11 6 53 12 6 28 17 3 54 5 0 31 0 0 28 19 (i 15 8 (i 34 f) (i 55 16 6 106 15 (i 400 18 8 552 1 9 63 0 0 1 13 8 14 10 0 58 7 6 85 18 9 6 0 0 15 7 5 52 3 9 62 7 6 9 4 5 44 3 9 0 15 0 65 19 0 35 5 7 47 0 I 239 1 0 305 3 6 4 10 0 9 10 235 8 0 307 14 3 140 8 3 231 6 7 0 15 0 10 12 6 22 2 1 4 10 7 30 11 8 58 19 0 65 16 3 18 18 3 40 8 6 40 8 6 61 7 9 14 3 3 26 3 3 87 10 0 165 3 7 85 6 0 137 13 11 32 19 9 50 8 10 2(5 19 0 i 58 7 6 20 10 7 32 9 3 28 13 9 46 10 9 5 18 0 0 10 0 48 17 5 I 80 16 2 48 8 9 93 3 8 105 8 0 160 0 0 94 9 4 134 7 6 27 9 0 58 0 0 0 15 0 70 2 1 106 1 6 31 6 0 49 3 0 102 9 6 128 16 6 5 7 6 14 7 6 26 11 9 32 12 3 24 14 0 35 13 3 13 3 6 28 0 4 7 9 4 21 14 9 -19 13 0 18 10 0 34 14 6 47 19 0 78 4 6 49 13 0 57 6 9 47 12 0 76 0 0 37 18 6 49 5 9 117 4 35 I 1 6 17 8 0 26 18 9 25 18 6 41 8 6 33 18 8 8 7 3 104 II I 130 2 0 102 13 7 114 3 6 .'. 17 0 58 18 9 129 16 3 32 7 7 44 15 0 80 13 9 £ s. d. 7 10 6 30 5 8 372 1 6 0 9 9 47 9 2 119 15 6 10 3 3 65 4 11 20 15 6 101 15 2 1,401 9 6 351 11 3 59 16 9 82 15 I. 89 11 9 1 4 0 83 1 6 117 5 9 91 3 9 65 4 0 221 14 10 1.354 19 10 63 0 0 19 4 5 247 6 0 16 0 0 24 2 2 168 3 2 78 5 9 93 7 3 127 11 11 815 13 5 18 1 0 786 8 II 536 16 6 0 15 0 45 13 7 39 9 3 197 18 6 86 10 9 176 17 0 52 11 3 349 9 7 320 1 11 111 0 I 107 9 10 80 12 9 101 8 0 5 18 0 0 10 0 181 4 4 190 19 5 376 5 0 327 12 2 1 10 0 117 5 0 0 15 0 239 12 4 107 16 0 310 14 5 24 8 7 77 2 10 78 18 6 719 7 7 9 4 101 2 0 70 19 3 185 6 6 165 17 9 184 5 0 131 10 3 60 3 2 54 4 6 98 0 6 33 18 8 8 7 3 357 13 1 334 5 1 3 0 0 1 7 0 263 8 9 32 7 7 260 18 9 Taumarunui Te Aroha I » J Temuka Te Puke ! Thames Timaru Dunedin Lawrence < !hristehureh Hamilton I ('ambridge Hamilton Raetihi Waimate J Manaia Te Awamutu Waipawa Waipukurau Masterton I Carterton Masterton ; Grey town ) Dargaville I Wairoa (H.B.) . . Waitara Devonport Wanganui Dunedin Wanganui Auckland Wellington Christchurch

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Return showing Amounts paid for Government Advertisements, etc.-continued.

P. J. Kelleher, Clerk in Charge. Advertising Office, Wellington, 3rd September, 1912.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,400 copies), £3 ss,

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l2.

Price 3d.]

Name of Newspaper. Place of Publication. 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. Total. Veekly Times .. .. .. Invercargi.il Vest Coast Times .. . . Hokitika Vestern Star .. . . .. I Riverton Vestport News .. .. .. ; Westport Vestport Times .. .. .. j „ Vhakatane County Press .. .. Whakatane Vinton Record .. .. ... Winton Vyndham Farmer .. .. Wyndham Vyndham Herald .. .. j „ Sundry guide-books, time-tables, and j magazines Sundry show catalogues, programmes, tickets, &c. £ s. d. 5 0 0 133 10 9 41 10 11 70 13 6 63 14 0 0 11 3 33 17 10 29 14 3 28 17 3 81 0 0 £ ,s. d. 3 13 1 106 14 3 34 4 8 86 17 6 83 0 3 4 14 0 32 11 8 19 13 9 21 2 3 116 10 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 11 14 0 20 7 1 118 8 6 358 13 6 51 6 8 127 2 3 136 16 0 j 294 7 0 135 7 9! 282 2 0 18 7 9 23 13 0 37 19 7 104 9 1 38 19 6 88 7 6 35 4 9 85 4 3 109 10 0 307 0 0 83 7 4 115 17 4 15,683 15 3 37,611 1 0 8 10 0 24 0 0 11,431 14 6 10,495 11 3