The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-14

and the same number in the Bahamas Print
ing was introduced into Nova Scotia twenty
four years before it was commenced in Canada !;
the irst paper was printed in 1851. on half
sheet OF foolscap paper, under the title Of the
| Halifax Gazette. The number now issued al
Halifax Is IL, and there in the country
paris of the province. There are newspapers
published in British Guiana; 2 in French Guia-
ma or at Bahia s at Rio Janeiro 8 al Bue-
nos Ayres, one of which, weekly paper is in
English. There are in jamaica. AtBarbadoes,
A stmi-weekly, tri-weekly, and weekly news
paper. Two of these have been established by
the colored population as their special organs,
and are supported and are conducted entirely by
| this class.
In Germany, newspapers originated in the
"Relatlons, "as they were termed, which sprung
up al Augsburg and Vienna in 1924 and which
appeared in the form of printed letters, but
without date, place, or number The first Ger
man newspaper in numbered sheets, was printed
i in l7l2. The journals published in Austria, in
1888, literary and political, amounted TO rs, of
which % appeared at Vienna, 25 in Milan, 10
IN Lombardy, at Venice, at Verona, and
in Gallicia and Hungary. In the Kingdom of
Hanover there WERE in 1910, only political
journals. In the Netherlands in 1926, there
were in the Dutch language 50 daily and weekly
papers, and several in, French. In Belgium, in
| lS4n, IS Journals were published /; of these So
WeIc III FIeHCl, anu 10 III Flemish In PRUSSIA,
| l6S were published in 1884. In Switzerland
"a weekly in 1925 of which were conducted
/ by Catholic editors, and ID by Protestants. In
| 1917, here were in all Switzerland no more
than 81 printing offices, and l6 periodical jour
nails: and in 1884 there were 90 of the former,
and 81 IF the latter.
The total number of journals published in
Russia in 1899, was ia. The Gazette of ST.
Petersburg circulates 5000 daily. The first
journal in Denmark was in 1914. AT present
there are about 81 daily and weekly publica-
tons, more than half of which are published in
| Copenhagen, and there about 80 monthly
and other periodical works, the greater part of
which are published in the capital. The sup
/ ply of newspapers in Norway is abundant as
the press in that country is perfectly free, and no
tax of any kind is levied on il. Christiana alone
has journals. In 1882 there were about so
newspapers published in the whole of Sweden,
| literary journal, and several magazines. In
Sweden the press IS under very strict censor
ship In 1919 there were 10 publications in
Finland; 8 in Swedish, and 4 in the Finish
| language.
/ The earliest Spanish newspaper was pub
! lished about the commencement Of the eigh-
teenth century. In 1900 only two political news
papers were published; and but few years
ago, only twelve newspapers for population Of
| twelve millions. There are about twenty news
papers and laily journals in Portugal, and one
at the AZons. The whole number Of journals
in Italy exceeds two hundred. Few of the ex
listing pape's date back farther than the com
mencemen of the present century. The Greeks
publish nine four at Athens one at Napoh, two
at Hydra, and two at Mssoonghi The govern
ment Gazette of Corfu is the only journal pub
lished in the Ionian Islands. There are about
dozen periodicals at Malta, most Of them
weekly. At Gibraltar, government paper Of a
very diminutve size, is published daily. The
Fc"W GopsSanpo9Pse II saanqpa *
per, and the Djeredei Havadis, in vulgar Turk.
| ish, containing general information. In the
whole extent Of Africa are fourteen journals.
One has appeared at Agers regularly since its
possession by the French in 1880; two are pub
lished on the western coast, at the American
colony of Liberia. There are eleven political
newspapers at the Cape of Good Hope, half OF
which are printed in English and half in Dutch.
An official gazette was established in Persia in
| 1888 1t is Autographed, In Calcutta there are
six English daily papers, three tri-weekly, eight
weekly, and nine Hindusanee weekly. AT
Bombay there are ten English periodicals issued
semi weekly, and four Hindustanee publica-
| tons. Two weekly English papers were pub
! lished at Canton, but are now removed to Ma
Gao AT Sydney these are eight newspapers
| At Melbourne there three papers published
twice week, and one semi-weeky at Adelaide,
and the others weekly. Swan River has Two
weekly; Van Dieman's Land, thirteen weekly
papers. Materials for printing a newspaper
were sent 10 New Zealand with the first set
tlers the first number of the New Zealand Ga
zette having been printed III London before their
departure. The second number appeared at
| Port Nicholson in 1910; and rival paper was
| forthwith established under the title of the New
| Zealand Advertiser, at kororakilla, Bay of
| Islands. The Sandwich Islands have now their
regular newspaper, the Polyneslan, formerly
called the Sandwich Island Gazette, having
been published at Honolulu for upward Of three
years
| This is probably under estimate. The weekly
issues of the New York press alone exceed $4,000.
There are about 1000 papers in the U. s. the weekly
issues Of whch including the daily papers can scarcely
fall short of 2 100000, making the aggregate little
less than l25 100000 annually.
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