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��NOTES BY THE WAY.

��Times stated that the portion of the New Testament telegraphed " contains about 118,000 words, and constitutes by many fold the largest special dispatch ever sent over the wires." On the day before the publication of the paper, a copy of the Revised Version was received. In telegraphing it was forgotten to give instructions as to the arrangement of the paragraphs, and the four Gospels are printed with the verse divisions. The Chicago Times opens with the following headlines :

" The Will, which is more commonly designated as the New Testa- ment, as it bequeaths Eternal Life to the Heirs of God. It is the charter under which all branches of the Church are organized, and the source whence the Theologians derive their doctrines. The Times presents to its readers the entire revised New Testament, which does not differ radically from the common version. In its records and teachings it is not brought down to date .... And old-fashioned Christians will find it unobjectionable."

��1905, Apr. 1.

Diamond Jubilee of 'The News- paper Press Directory.'

��The daily press in 1846.

��DIAMOND JUBILEE OF 'THE NEWSPAPER PRESS DIRECTORY.'

The Diamond Jubilee of this valuable guide deserves record in ' N. & Q.' When the first volume was issued in 1846 the press was in its infancy, and a small 12mo was sufficient to give full particulars of all the journals then published. The present volume is a handsome royal 8vo containing over 600 pp. Those desirous of studying the progress of the press should look through the sixty volumes published by Messrs. Mitchell, for in them they will find a complete record year by year. The advance during the last five years has been by leaps and bounds. Especially is this noticeable with the daily and the illustrated press : these have increased in a most marvellous degree.

In 1846, the first year of the ' Directory,' there were only 12 daily papers published in England, and 2 in Ireland ; now (1908) there are 154 published in England, 18 in Ireland, and 30 in Wales, Scotland, and the Channel Isles. In 1846 the total number of papers published in the United Kingdom was 551 ; in 1908 the number is 2,353. Magazines have also progressed in proportion. In 1846 there were only 200 ; now (1908) there are 2,758, of which 600 are of a religious character. The restrictions and taxation until 1861, when the press was made entirely free by the repeal of the paper duties, were so great that only large capitalists could incur the risk of starting a newspaper. Any one printing or pub- lishing a paper not duly stamped incurred a penalty of 50/. for every single copy. The advertisement duty Is. Qd. upon each advertisement had to be paid within twenty-eight days, and the authorities refused to supply stamps if the duty was in arrear.

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