Readers of this journal may have noticed that the audited daily average paid circulation of the "North-China Daily News" for the month of December, 1984 was 10,031. For some months past over 10,000 copies of the paper have been printed daily but the auditor.' statement has to exclude all but bought copies in making up the dally average returns. It is satisfactory to find that, for the first time in the history'of the paper, the monthly statement can record five-figure circulation as an attainment achieved in the normal course of progress. It is believed that this figure represents the highest ever yet reached for paid circulation by "an English-language daily paper in. the Far East, on the basis of en audited sitement. For this result. the "North-China Daily News—_has reason fo be grateful to its readers, It intensely values their support which, by continuing to give as full and Varied a service of news as possible, it should be able confidently {to rely.
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