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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.]