Census of the United Siutes. 891 
THE Press. * 
The statistics of the newspaper press form an interesting 
feature in the census returns for 1850. It appears that the 
whole number of newspapers and periodicals in the United 
States, on Ist June, 1850, amounted to 2800. of these 
2494 were fully returned, 234 had all the facts excepting 
circulation given, and 72 are estimated for California and 
other places omitted. The aggregate circulation of these 
2800 papers and periodicals is about 5,000,000; and the 
entire number of copies printed annually amounts to 
422,600,000. 
The following Table will show the number of daily, 
weekly, monthly, and other issues, with the aggregate cir- 
culation of each class :— 
7 tj Number of Copies 
No. Circulation, printed Serre) 
DAIL Yeseseeereeceessereeseeserecs 750,000 235,000,000 
rf ri-weekly epeevsyes 75,000 11,700,000 ° 
Semi-weekly 80,000 8,320,000 
Weooklystttetdasninteen 2,875,000 149,500,000 
Semi-monthly 800,000 7,200,000 
Monthly ..seesseseese fs 900,000 10,800,000 
Quarter Vartspctsectectstssovsees 29,000 80,000 
—— 
5,000,000 422,600,000 
* With insufficient data it is not possible to Specify with minuteness the 
actual condition of the Australian press; but it cannot be doubted that, 
with the improved ‘ means and appliances to boot” of the present day, it 
will keep pace with the progressive development of the material resources 
of these colonies. It is the proud privilege of those who live under shelter 
of the British Flag,—and it may be said of all the Anglo-Saxon race, in 
the age in which we live,—that no shackles exist amongst them to cramp 
or restrain the freest and most independent exercise of mind; and it is fair 
to assume that the intelligent spirit of scientific inquiry, and indomitable 
energy in the pursuit of knowledge and virtue and truth, coupled with 
the unquenchable love of freedom which characterise the American scion, 
in thought, speech, and action, exist as well in the Australian, and that 
they will be fully developed in the form of her institutions and the tone of 
her literature. 
