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The following account of the circulation history of the British Colonist, which cannot be considered complete, was pieced together by the author from several secondary sources with the purpose of aiding future research into early British Columbia newspapers:
British Colonist*
Amor De Cosmos, and Harries & Co.
Amor De Cosmos, editor
Paul de Garro, first printer
December 11, 1858 -
*When D. W. Higgins (founder of the Victoria Daily Chronicle) purchases the British Colonist in 1866, the paper becomes the Daily British Colonist and Victoria Chronicle with the imprint of "Higgins, Long, & Comp." By 1872, the newspaper abbreviates its title to the Daily British Colonist [68].
25 cents (1 bit) per copy
$3 per year
3 per week
After December 1859:
Weekly edition issued
After 1860:
Changes to a Daily
By 1862:
Circulation reached 4,000 from starting out with 200 [69].
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