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1895. NEW ZEALAND.

GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (RETURN OF AMOUNTS PAID FOR, SINCE 1890).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated 24th July, 1895. Ordered, " That a return be laid before this House showing the total amounts paid to each newspaper in the colony fo advertising since the year 1890, inclusive."—(Mr. Hall.)

The following return is compiled from information furnished by the various departments. D Hugh Pollen, Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 24th October, 1895. Under-Secretary.

Amounts paid to each Newspaper in the Colony for Advertising since the year 1890, inclusive.

Name of Newspaper. 1890-91. 1891-92. 1892-93. 1893-94. 1894-95. Total. Akaroa Mail Ashburton , Guardian (see Ashburton Mail, &c.) Ashburton Mail (including Ashburton Guardian) Auckland Evening Star (including New Zealand Farmer and New Zealand Graphic) Auckland Weekly News (see New Zealand Herald). Australasian Machinery, Market, &c, Begister Bay of Blenty Times Bruce Herald Brunner News ... Budget and Taranaki Weekly Herald Buller Miner Buller News Bush Advocate (Dannevirke) Canterbury Times (see Lyttelton Times). Catholic Times ... Charleston Herald Chronicle (Tapanui) Clutha County Gazette, &c. Clutha Leader ... Colonist (Nelson) Coromandel County News Cromwell Argus ... Daily News (New Plymouth) Daily Telegraph (Napier) ... Dunstan Times ... Echo (Kamo) Egmont Chronicle Egmont Post Egmont Settler ... £ s. 31 14 d. 5 £ s. 8 17 d, 0 £ s. 11 4 d. 3 £ s. 17 12 d. 3 £ s. d. 9 6 6 £ s. d. 78 14 5 140 2 0 83 10 3 72 15 2 121 1 9 78 7 6 495 16 8 347 16 9 309 18 7 293 0 0 434 19 7 400 10 6 1,786 5 5 1 11 6 1 11 6 40 3 16 4 23 10 4 6 2 29 8 9 15 18 0 37 9 8 21 4 11 25 1 0 28 17 5 1 11 0 28 15 1 33 17 9 46 14 5 0 16 6 14 2 10 27 15 6 41 9 6 5 5 3 133 14 11 118 16 9 178 1 2 7 12 9 7 10 0 1 12 0 41 4 9 10 15 4 1 16 0 49 7 9 35 3 0 22 13 0 76 1 4 3 8 0 195 14 3 11 12 9 56*4 6 37 4 6 14 18 6 10 6 0 17 10 0 12 6 16 12 6 5 9 6 3 9 0 2 18 6 5 15 6 73 14 2 8 6 6 4 11 0 53 17 7 83 12 6 15 0 9 10 9 3 5 2 9 1 10 0 5 18 0 61 0 3 24 2 9 3 9 0 47 11 2 95 13 0 367 4 5 34 4 0 54 10 11 276 12 6 449 10 5 76 12 3 2 5 6 12 4 6 5 18 6 247 18 6 6 9 24 10 83 13 6 19 11 19 73 2 124 10 13 4 6 6 0 6 6 3 0 0 3 18 9 14 15 3 66 6 6 6 7 6 49 18 10 67 19 5 6 16 2 5 6 12 4 6 19 10 5 27 16 0 75 16 0 13 13 9 11 11 11 66 12 4 96 12 6 24 18 0 14 14 0 22 15 9 67 14 9 5 4 3 20 1 0 33 1 6 76 16 0 17 8 0 2 *6 o! 60 *7 9 77*18 0 69 12 6 5 18 6 37 14 3