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1893. NEW ZEALAND.

GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ADVERTISING (EXPENDITURE ON), FOR THREE YEARS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1889.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated 11th October, 1893. Ordered, " That a return bo laid before this House as early as possible next session showing the total amount expended in advertising in connection with the Government railw.ays for the three years ended the 31st day of March, 1889 ; the return to show the amount paid for each year."—(Mr. Guinness.)

Return showing Amount expended in Advertising in connection with the Government Railways for the Three Years ended 31st March, 1889.

t moun1 ;s. Name of Paper. Place published. Total. Year ended Year ended Year ended 31st March, 1887. 31st March, 1888. 31st March, 188a Ashburton Guardian Ashburton Publishing Company Akaroa Mail Australasian W. S. Gazette Bruce Herald Buller News Bush Advocate Bay o£ Plenty Times Clutha Leader Colonist Cambridge News Clutha County Gazette Daily News Daily Telegraph Daily Standard Evening Star Evening Bell.. Evening Star Evening Post Evening Press .. ,. Evening News Evening Mail Evening Mail Evening Star Ellesmere Guardian Evening Star Evening Herald Egmont Star Feilding Star Peatherston Chronicle Grey River Argus Geraldine Chronicle Golden Bay Argus Hawera and Normanby Star Hawke's Bay Herald Illustrated New Zealand News.. Lyttelton Times Lake Wakatipu Mail Lake County Press Land and Sea Manawatu Daily Times Mataura Ensign Marlborough Express Marlborough Times Ashburton Ashburton Akaroa Dunedin Milton Westporfc Danevirke Tauranga Balolutha Nelson Cambridge Clinton New Plymouth Napier Palmerston North.. Auckland Auckland Hastings Wellington Wellington Napier .. .. Timaru Nelson Greymouth Soutbbridge Dunedin .. ,. Dunedin Hawera .. Feilding .. Carterton Greymouth Timaru Collingwood Hawera .. .. Napier Dunedin .. Christohurch Queenstown Arrowtown Port Chalmers Palmerston North.. Gore Blenheim Blenheim Foxton £ s. d. 3 16 6 60 1 3 5 18 3 1513 0 2 5 0 11 1 0 5 4 0 8 15 3 26 1' 8 59 2 0 108 1 6 47 13 3 36 8 3 147 4 0 137 13 3 73 10 6 8 5 6 55 11 0 4 10 142 11 6 135 3 0 £ s. d. 0 13 6 77 5 9 0 6 0 5 8 0 15 2 0 8 10 0 12'l8 0 3 16 26 2 0 90 16 0 3 2 3 50 10 6 50 16 10 60 9 6 117 5 0 123 9 6 92 17 0 26 8 9 4 2 9 25 12 0 10 2 6 156 10 3 184 11 0 1 13 9 27 11 9 £ s. d. 58'l9 9 1 16 0 7 8 0 6 0 9 1 12 3 14 0 5 18 6 2 4 0 10 14 6 15 12 1 38 4 0 59 15 0 4 13 6 13 0 102 12 6 108 14 3 38 5 0 34 14 6 3 12 9 23 13 0 6 18 0 138 8 9 144 6 0 £ s. d. 4 10 0 196 6 9 8 0 3 5 8 0 38 3 0 10 15 9 1 12 3 14 0 29 17 6 10 9 6 8 15 3 10 14 6 67 15 9 188 2 0 3 2 3 218 7 0 102 11 4 103 10 9 367 1 6 369 17 0 204 12 6 61 3 3 16 1 0 104 16 0 21 1 6 437 10 6 464 0 0 1 13 9 58 18 6 2 0 6 72 18 0 2 12 0 0 14 0 114 0 6 185 3 10 3 18 0 833 6 0 11 5 0 3 19 3 3 10 0 99 3 3 54 0 0 42 1 3 50 9 6 18 4 3 13 2 6 2 0 6 22 17 0 24* 7 0 2 12 0 2'5'u 0 23 5 0 53 18 0 3 0 0 233 13 G 0 14 0 59 5 0 86 0 6 0 18 0 333 10 6 4 0 9 31'l0 6 45 5 4 40 10 0 20 6 3 16 9 0 19 6 0 35 7 3 10 18 9 13 4 9 13 7 0 266 2 0 7 4 3 3 19 3 3 10 0 23 6 0 22 15 0 12 7 6 17 16 6