The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-04-05
Newspaper Progress.
Circulation of the Prominent English and Con-
Iinental Journals.

From az extended article on journalism in the
New York Sun we extract the following
Assuming that the first daily paper was started
about the year 100, we find that the amazing
progress achieved has been the work of but five
generations. No other invention, or industry,
has ever advanced at such speed. Instead OF
the maximum OF 500 copies for paper us yenrs
ogo, we now have several thousand copies az the
minimum under which no paper can possibly live,
and we begin to consider 100 600 copies as mere
~ large, though by no means the highest cir
culation. And it must be borne in mind that
these figures have been reached, notwithstanding
the Increase in the number OF papers. In l7O2,
the Daily Courant was the only daily paper in
London, with a circulation Of 500 copies. To-day,
there are ten leading papers (not to speak Of the
smaller suburban sheets) with total circulation
exceeding 600 900 day This progress has, how
ever, been particularly striking in the last fifty
years. The stamp returns show that the circula-
ton Of the London Times, for instance, increased
as follows; 1884 10000 copies; 1874, $4,000 /:
1854 81 $50 During the Crlmean war 1t reached
10000 and remained for several years stationary
at that figure, with tendency to decline under
the pressure Of the excellent penny papers which
had lately been brought to'life. Since the abo-
ton of the stamp it has become more difficult to
ascertain the exact circulation Of any of the pa
pers But it is generally believed that the Times
does not ISSUE at the present time more than Co.
600 day. The circulation Of the other leading
London papers is. so far as ! was able to ascer-
tain. until recently as follows Daily Telegraph
100000; Echo, 10000: Daily News, 10000 I;
Standard, morning edition, 10000; evening edi-
ton, 10000.
1t must be remarked, however, that the circu-
lation Of both the Telegraph and the Echo is said
TO be declining. The great improvement which
has taken place within few years in the manage
ment of the Daily News, has drawn off large
number of readers from the Telegraph while the
Echo lost its reputation with the recent change of
proprietOrship. when it fell into the hands OF Al
bert Grant, the London Jay Gould. Add TO the
above figures thoss which represent the crcua-
ton Of the Morning Advertiser, Morning Post,
Pail Mall Gazette and Globe, and we obtain
total Of something like $4,000 copies for ten dai
ly papers Of London
The number Of daily papers Of Poris is much
larger than that Of London, aud the circulation of
every one Of them accordingly much more Iiui-
ted. Paris has only one paper which can boast
Of a circulation Of 10000 copies and that is lie
Petit Journal. r miniature one-ceHt sheet, of
which the chief attractions are the novels daily
run through its feuillttoH. Second to- the Petit
Journal stands the Figaro, with an edition Of
10000. None Of the other Paris papers exceeds
circulation of Is 600, while some Of them barely
reach 1000. It has been calculated, however,
that the total Of various newspaper sheets daily
issued in Paris approaches very closely to 500.
600 which would make a larger pro rata on her
100000 inhabitants than the 60000e sheets
make on the 100000 inhabitants Of London.
To all other European countries the newspaper
circulation is far below the above figures. There
is not paper in Germany with the exception Of
the AllgemeiDe ZeiluDg Of Augsburg. which has
yet reached on edition Of 10000. In Russia, 25.-
600 is said TO be the largest figure which the
Moscow Gazette aud the ST. Petersburg Gazette
have ever attained Ia Italy and Spain 5000
copies is considered large circulation, and the
most popular paper Of the former country, oPini-