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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALA Nl>

GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (AMOUNTS PAID FOR) DURING LAST THREE YEARS.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 2nd August, 1912. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing the amounts paid for advertisements published in newspapers of this Dominion for the last three years ; the amounts paid to each paper to be shown separately for each year."—(Mr. Davby.)

Return showing Amounts paid for Government Advertisements published in Newspapers of this Dominion for the Three Years ended 31st March, 1912.

Name of Newspaper. Place of Publication, j 1909-10. 1810-11. 1911-12. Total. Akaroa Mail Alexandra Herald Ashburton Guardian Ashburton Mail Athletic Field Auckland and Manukau Times Auckland Free Press Auckland Star .. .. Auckland Weekly News Bay of Island Luminary* Bay of Plenty Times Bluff Press Bruce Herald Budget and Taranaki Weekly Herald Buller Miner BullerPost Canterbury Times Charleston Herald Cheviot News Clutha Leader Colonist.. Coromandel County News Cromwell Argus Daily Telegraph Daily Telegraph Dannevirke Advocate Dannevirke Daily Press Dannevirke Evening News Dominion Dunstan Times East Coast Guardian Egmont Star Eketahuna Express EUesmere Guardian Eltham Argus Evening News 'Evening Post Evening Star Examiner Farmers' Circular Farmers' Union Advocate Feilding Star £ s. d. Akaroa . . 13 0 I Alexandra South 19 8 2 Ashburton .. 54 (i 0 46 I 0 Auckland Onehunga Auckland ... 322 17 6 .. | 139 13 9 Kawakawa . . 24 7 6 Tauranga .. 12 9 0 Bluff .. .. 15 6 0 Milton .. 30 6 0 New Plymouth .. 23 5 0 Westport .. 17 110 Murehison .. I 110 Christchurch .. I 100 4 1 Charleston .. 5 0 0 Cheviot ..i 17 3 3 Balclutha- . . 42 5 6 Nelson .. j 115 8 9 Coromandel .. J 9 0 9 Cromwell . . 21 5 3 Napier .. I 159 8 0 Waihi .. .. 28 16 3 Dannevirke . . ' 68 15 0 15 9 3 19 3 Wellington . 12 16 3 Clyde .. .. 20 9 3 Opotiki . . j 15 6 Hawera .. 8 13 3 Eketahuna .. 35 12 6 Southbridge .. 13 16 0 Eltham . . 40 6 5 Christchurch .. , 19 2 Wellington .. 599 I 11 Dunedin .. 401 10 0 Woodville . . 44 6 3 Dunedin Wellington .. 15 0 3 Feilding .. 103 10 1 £ s. d. 8 19 9 16 19 9 47 10 0 49 14 0 405 19 8 102 16 10 50 3 0 20 8 9 15 15 0 28 13 9 11 19 0 22 18 0 0 10 6 58 17 11 6 10 0 11 10 0 32 7 9 93 14 6 4 12 3 22 1 0 124 5 5 44 3 9 65 18 4 £ s. d. 17 10 3 34 8 6 72 16 0 68 3 0 15 15 0 1 1 3 24 17 0 524 15 7 171 0 6 48 15 0 39 9 0 28 10 6 42 13 6 45 16 3 43 5 0 8 0 6 76 18 9 13 14 0 22 8 6 71 8 1 154 0 0 19 4 9 34 5 6 173 0 3 57 11 3 85 19 0 £ s. d. 39 10 1 70 16 5 174 12 0 163 18 0 15 15 0 1 1 3 24 17 0 1,253 12 9 413 11 J 123 5 6 72 6 9 59 11 6 101 13 3 81 3 3 83 14 0 9 12 0 236 0 9 25 4 0 55 1 9 146 1 4 363 3 3 32 17 9 77 It 9 456 13 8 130 11 3 220 12 4 15 9 3 25 2 10 126 5 6 75 3 9 16 19 4 28 8 9 108 10 0 51 9 0 107 18 4 34 9 2 1,903 3 2 1,320 9 0 147 10 3 1 0 0 40 0 0 253 15 4 0 10 6 9 0 0 16 14 3 2 5 0 7 5 6 31 0 6 11 9 6 30 11 11 1 13 9 596 7 3 393 2 3 46 3 6 23 3 I 104 9 3 38 0 3 13 8 10 12 10 0 41 17 0 26 3 6 37 0 0 31 6 3 707 14 0 525 16 9 57 0 6 1 0 0 24 19 9 89 16 6 60 8 9 * Prior to Lpril, 1910, this paper was known as the Ni irthern Luminary.