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 Adveminc to llic Circular Icltor whicli I had the honor to address to you, by direction of tlie 
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 transmission bv Mai! of Newspapers and other Periodicals may be bast obtained through t!ie answers of those interested 
 in tlie subject, to the swlyoined series of questions. I am instructed, accordingly, to submit them to you for your considera- 
 tion, and lo beg tliat you will favor me witli your rephcs to as many of them as you may find it convenient to answer. You 
 would greaily oblige me, by numbering each answer to correspond with the question to wliich it applies. 
 
 I am particularly directed to add, that, in submitting to your notice the specific inquiries alluded to, the Commis- 
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 for which the Commission has been instituted. Any sugi^ostions you may be good enough to make, will receive their best 
 consideration. 
 
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 1. — What Newspaper or other Periodical do you publish j and where is it published ?— If you publish more than one, 
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 applicable) to each, separately ? 
 2. —When was it established ? 
 
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 your journal ; and nlso the niodc of payment, whctlier quarterly or otherwise, and whether in advance, or after the sen'ico 
 has been performed 1 
 
 H. — What Postage, if any, is paid by you upon " Exchange copies" mailed within the Province*; and what for your 
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 the grounds upon which you entertain such opinion ? 
 
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 the Post of Newspapers and other Periodicals ; and if so, will you be pleased to state what th'y are ? 
 
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