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cciv NUMBER OF INDIAN SCHOOLS AND AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, 1877 TO 1898

Newspapers

The number of newspapers published in the United States and Canada in 1898, as shown by the statistics in "Rowell's American Newspaper Directory," was 21,360, the Canadian publications numbering 899. The classification, however, is not carried through the statements for the different publications. Thus for the United States and Canada there were 15,324 weeklies, 2734 monthlies, 2214 dailies, 324 semi-monthlies, 415 semi-weeklies, 156 quarterlies, 80 bi-weeklies, 57 bi-monthlies, and 43 tri-weeklies.

The total number of publications for each State and Canada is as follows: