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Return of Amounts paid to each Newspaper, &c. — continued.

The foregoing return has been compiled from information furnished by the various Government departments. Hugh Pollen, Under-Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 6th January, 1898. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,425 copies), £4 Is. 6d.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9B. Price 3d.]

Paid in advertising N.Z. Scenery.* Name of Newspaper. Amount paid for Advertising. Amount paid for Printing. Total Amount paid to ach Newspaper. {a.) In the Colony. Brought forward Te Aroha, &c, News ... Telephone, Gisborne ... Temuka Leader Teviot Herald, Alexandra Thames Advertiser Thames Star ... Timaru Herald Truth, Christchurch Tuapeka Times Waihi Miner ... Waikato Advocate Waikato Argus Waikato Times Waimate Times, Waimate Waimate Witness, Manaia Waimea Plains Eeview Waipawa Mail Wairarapa Daily Times Wairarapa Observer Wairarapa Standard Wairarapa Star Wairoa Bell, Aratapu ... Wairoa Guardian, Wairoa Waitara Times, Waitara Wanganui Chronicle ... Wanganui Herald Weekly Argus, Greymouth Weekly Budget, Dunedin Weekly Chronicle and Patea-Eangitikei Eecord Weekly Herald, Wellington Weekly Press (included in Press) Weekly Standard, Auckland Weekly Star, Masterton Wellington Price Current, &c. ... West Coast Mail (Otaki) West Coast Times Western Star, Eiverton Westport News Westport Times Wyndham Farmer Wyndham Herald Yeoman, Wanganui £ s. d. 8,538 3 7 23 1 0 14 11 9 63 16 3 0 7 6 52 4 10 56 2 0 162 5 0 2 8 4 61 16 0 0 9 0 3 3 0 15 9 2 45 5 3 22 16 9 2 0 6 0 5 3 83 15 6 83 3 0 51 19 0 42 11 6 91 18 6 14 7 5 16 19 9 14 2 0 148 10 7 198 8 6 5 8 0 40 19 0 3 11 3 £ s. 3,820 13 9"0 90 3 11414 0 17 88 "l2 33 19 7 15 35 19 110 8 d. 8 0 6 0 6 6 0 0 3 0 £ S. d. 80 3 7 3 16 6 £ s. d. 12,439 0 10 23 1 0 23 11 9 153 19 9t 0 7 6 52 4 10 170 16 0t 166 19 0 2 8 4 150 8 6t 0 9 0 37 2 0t 23 4 2 81 4 6t 133 4 9t 2 0 6 0 5 3 93 1 6t 93 3 0 51 19 0 95 1 6t 156 4 6t 14 7 5 16 19 9 14 2 0 277 17 7 268 1 6t 5 8 0 40 19 0 3 11 3 9"'6 10 0 0 0 52 10 64 6 0 0 129' 7 69 13 0 0 6 7 0 6 7 0 2 16 0 2 11 0 2 11 0 11 2 2 114 7 8 39 13 6 20 5 9 103 13 9 6 9 0 3 4 6 5 0 0 28 3 0 15 69 11 5 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 16 0 2 11 0 2 11 0 39 5 2t 115 2 8 109 4 6t 25 5 9 104 1 9 6 17 6 3 4 6 5 0 0 Totals 10,178 0 6 4,751 9 11 84 0 1 15,013 10 6 * (6.) Outside the oolony, nil. t Includes also cost of printing electoral rolls.