In Shanghai itself the circulation is higher than it has ever been before, averaging for the past quarter 8,800 daily as against a previous high mark of 8,480. The outport circulation has naturally diminished owing to the exodus of such a large proportion of the English-reading population from the larger cities of China.
The volume of advertising, like that of every other newspaper, has been greatly affected by the prevailing depression, but the orth-China Daily News" still holds its predominant position as the best medium for the advertising of goods and service.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.