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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