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NEWSPAPER FIGURES.
Some Interesting Statistics Relating to
Newspapers and Other Periodicals.

Some Interesting Statistics Relating to
Newspapers and Other Periodicals.
A correspondent has compiled some
interesting statistics as to the total
number Of newspapers and other peri
odicals published in every part of the
world, and he bring the total number
up to $4,000, thus giving one to every
$4,000 inhabitants. Europe, according
to his calculations, has 10000 news
papers, Germany coming first with
$500, of which 800 are published daily,
the Oldest being the Post Zeitung. pub
lished at Frankfort in 1916, while the
one with the largest circulation is the
Berliaae2' Iage6latt, which prints IS, OOo
copies. Great Britain comes next Wits
1000 newspapers, of which 500 are
published daily, while France has 1000,
of which $50 only are daily. Italy
comes fourth with 1,400 newspapers,
of which 200 are published at Rome,
lao at Milan, 100 at Naples, "a at
Turin and 70 at Florence, the oldest
being the Gozetta di Genou0, first pub.
lished in 1897. Twelve hundred news
papers are published in Austro-Hun-
gary, Of which 155 are daily, the mos.
remarkable of the Austrian journals
being one called Acta Comparationis
Ltterdrunl Umiuersarun1. which is a re.
view Of comparative literature, with
contributors in every part of the world,
each of whose articles IS printed in its
native tongue. Spain has about $50
journals, of which a third are political,
and Russia has only 800, of which 200
are printed at St. Petersburg and IS at
Moscow. Several of these journals are
published in three different languages,
and there are also four published in
French, three in German, two in Latin
and two in Hebrew, besides several
others in Polish, Finnish, Tartar
and Georgian. Greece has upwards
of 600 newspapers, OF which "a APP
pear at Athens, while Switzerland has
450, and Holland and Belgium about
800 each. There are 5000 journals
published in Asia, of which no fewer
than 1000 appear in Japan, but in
China the only newspapers not pub
lished by residents at the treaty ports
are the Mng-Pao, an official journal
published at Pekin, the Men-Puo, and
the Hu-Pao, published at Shanghai, and
the Government journal, which was
brought out in Corea last year. There
are three newspapers published in
French Cochin-China and one in Ton
quin WAvenir du 1oaakam), the rest of
the newspapers credited to Asia APP
pearing in India, with the exception
of 6, which are published in Persia.
Africa can boast Of only 200 papers, of
which 80 appear in Egypt and the re-
mainder in the colonies of England,
France, etc. The United States pos
sesses about i, 800 periodicals, of
which 1000 are published daily, the
oldest being the Boston NeWs, which
was first published in 1894. Among
the United States journals there are no
fewer than 12O edited and published by
negroes, the Oldest of these being the
Elevator, which was brought out at
San Francisco about eighteen years
ago. Canada has 700 newspapers, a
considerable portion of which are pub
lished in French, and in South America
the Argentine Republic comes first
with go newspapers. Australia has 700
journals, nearly all published in En-
glish, and the Sandwich Islands eight,
of which five are in English and three
in the native tongue. Out of the 3d.
900 periodicals enumerated above. 49,
500 are in English, 1880 in German,
1850 in French, 1000 in Spanish, and
1,45O in Italian.-La Figaro.