From 1 July 1918, circulation once again increased to six days a week.

Under Wood circulation increased from 400,000 to over a million.

He also said his circulation had significantly increased over the last few weeks.

Circulation soon increased from 8,000 to 140,000 copies an issue.

Since the merger, daily circulation has increased to over 140,000.

Under his direction, circulation of the publication increased from 20,000 to 650,000.

The paper's daily circulation increased about 27,000, or 2.45 percent, and is now at 1,095,007.

As circulation increased, so did advertising rates, which rose at an average annual rate of 12.3 percent between 1977 and 1983.

Far more important, he said, is "the fact that our circulation has increased tremendously over five years."

After about six months of operation, its circulation increased to 170,000 copies daily.