The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-07-29
THE SUNDAY MERCURY.
N EW SPAPER CIRCULATION-THE
81 NDAY MERCURY

HE SUNDAY MERCURY.
N WSPAPER CIRCuIATIoN-THE
~ SUNDAY MERCURY
THE NEW YoKS HERALD.
Receipts Of .as Of the Ss SsT Yo suhd AVE
Daily Newspapers.
Name Of Paper. May is65. issues. p rT issue.
fi iopsd hef'u'y''. cSsod5 as 'S9;3
Tines. Times, .'.............. SeslbO 4tS 80 |
World. 1000 H,SS III Al.
sa ladS D,r.tcS..'.. 49, So 81 III
The sunday Times. Courier and Leader c-cr re
any amount Of receipIs lcss than $4,000 year.
Tho World W. Illegally suppressed, account Of
geci, Of tbc sprinS Of INA Which isct mSHcs lie
fsurce ~ the Assessor. OGlco fail to indicate tho
Trihuncth rough misunderstanding Of the Law, both
omitted TO include their receipts for subscriptions In
the general account OF sAlo,, hich hen aded make
,he WORLDS receipts for the year s26O,S5o, aud the
ibe sund.y Mercury each issue .s1n5J
Receipt. Of the Mercury over tho Herald, each
The erccs, OF our Gale, over thc.c Of the ilersld
alone excod the entire business Of of the other
sunday papers -hilo aggregate toceips, tatcn
IRON the official records than triple those OF ali
COMMENTS UPON THE ABOVE FACTS.
tffom the New Nork Iorald, July %, lSG6l
wwKLy JorRS ALIEN TINS suNpAV MrRcrEv
naies grand aud avery ridiculous boast
loiIonlaton apropos TO the rcurns IRON the Assosors
once, recently pub.shcd by us The substance OF iu
boosting IA, fret that ih circulation Tor lie single
seek isua IA greater than that OF any single issuo
Of the Herald; Next tia, is circulaton lot IL.
weekly issue ha Vcn greater than the average week
" circulation of the Hersd-ite ONE d.v Greater than
our seven and third that it, circulation weekly
IL greater than that OF all the other vtpk together
The Mercury has thus pulled itselt up 30 great size;
but ven nislo pinholu will let on, all the ras and
L m IN iis Iha
Mercury begins Its calculation by suppoeing thst
there are four hundred and niuoty-tyc DAYS IN
year Then, to get daily receipts, II divides our
yearly returns by four hundred ana ninety five aud
tina. leads y into syme little error. Thi. haysry
natural mistake for the editor Of SUNDAY paper. The
Bohenians who write up the Sunday press 40 cou-
| stantiy iuddled With tsnge foot whisky aud had
with any such sublunary and utterly minaoria facts
~ the number OF days ia year Hut 90 nov inform
and ninety-fve days In the year for which the return
| IA question wa made. but only three hundred aud
not, therefore, the Mercury mstos out, s92i2.
! hut sd,OoO. This 10 the figure Al which the Mercury
could have clsim that the Mercury circulation Tor
QUE ,sle r equal to our. anyhow, Hut the price Of
The Hcrsd 1. .od for four cents. aud the Mercury
ior sisht Thus a. tho very utmost the sale OF the
h mSlSiRa' Is half tho sale Of single i''o' OF the
The Teturns at tho Assessor, Office are for ono year.
the matter, begging of Il not at all In order The
question is on. OF issucs, snd receipts for tho
sycsr or tho total abstinence society. In calling
lot the previous question, therefore, respectfully
THE COMPARISONS IN DETAIL.
Herald l'sues for is6i-6b.
Daily Herald four cont. por copy ......', SiS
sunday Herald Ave cents per copy. ............ 81
Weekly Herald, Elk cents yer copy ............ ~
kuIUIsan Herald ain ccnts rer copy 81
California Herald, six cents per copy ...... %
Total number of Herald rsues ................ 49s
exclusive Of the publication Of the Family Herald and