Annual report on Sierra Leone / Colonial Office.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1948]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on Sierra Leone / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter V—Newspapers and Periodicals The following newspapers and periodicals are published in Sierra Leone:— Title Daily or Weekly Estimated Circulation Remarks Sierra Leone Daily Guardian Daily Id. 1,500 Mainly a journal of opinion. The paper has 4 pages, of which about 1| pages are advertising space. Total space is 822’5 square inches. Sierra Leone Daily Mail Daily Id. 2,000 More news than opinion, with a one-column leader of comment. The paper has 2 pages, of which about 1^ pages are advertising space. Total space is 822 5 square inches. Sierra Leone Weekly News Weekly 6d. 800 A journal of opinion mainly, with some news. This is the oldest of the existing Freetown news¬ papers and has 20 pages. Total space is 3,120 square inches. Advertising occupies about one- fifth of the total space. The African Standard Weekly 6d. 1,500 Primarily political. The paper has 16 pages. Total space is 1,656 square inches. About one-sixteenth of space devoted to advertisements. Seme Loko Monthly 500 Vernacular (Mende). Evening Dispatch Daily Id.' 800 News and opinion. Four pages. Total space 822-5 square inches, of which one-sixth devoted to advertising. (The paper’s printing works wrere badly damaged by fire on 31st October and publication had not been resumed by end of year ) Sierra Leone Mirror Weekly Id. 600 Commenced publication on 6th November, 1948 and replaced Renascent African. Total space approximately 800 square in¬ ches. One-eighth space on four pages devoted to advertising. Majority of articles devoted to comments, but journal also features West African items.