The decrease In city population disclosed by the recent census has suggested to us the propriety of having an audib made by independent accountants into the con dition of the Stak circulation. The resul s has been even more satisfactory than w e had anticipated. The loss of 5,000 in the population of Auckland city and suburbs hae, of course, prevented growth of circulation in the city, but there has been a steady increase in the country districts. Wherever there is daily communication the people are no longer content to take their news a week old ; and even in places like Whangarei, which hare regular steam communication with the city, the penny daily newspaper has become an in stitution which every intelligent settler has learned to appreciate, and will on no consideration relinquish. Hi finds it pays him, even if only by tho fresh information he obtains of the course of th< markets, and the current business announce ments. Throughout the existence of the Star we have always held that) an advertiser,' is as much entitled to be furnished with bona tide information regarding the return given for his money by a newspaper as he claims when dealing with any other commo dity, and the Star has always been conducted upon that principle. In nothing is the business man more imposed upon than in the payments he makes for adver. tieing through mediums which give him no aubstantialrefcurn. Theappendedetatemenb, which v;o have this day received from Messrs John Waymouth and F. G. Ewing ton, will, we believe, give satisfaction to our wide circle of business supporters. It shows that the Star circulation still exceeds that of any other daily newspaper in New Zealand by nearly 3,000 copies daily :—

Notices to Correspondents.
