1937-12-10

1949-04-30 (uncertain)

The issue published on 6th of April, 1947, is a "chuang kan hao", the first issue of a restart in publishing for this xiao bao; no scans were available for issues later than 1949-04-30 (if any were published).

Daily.

Size of a sheet: Changes in detail:
Issue no. 0001 (1937-12-10) - issue no. 2779 (1945-09-18): 38 x 27 cm
Issue no. 0858 (1940-05-07) - issue no. 0912 (1940-06-30): 26 x 30 cm
Issue no. 0001 (1947-04-06) - issue no. 0703 (1949-04-30): 39 x 28 cm


Format: Changes in detail:
4 pages
......... No. 0001 (1937-12-10) - no. 0081 (1938-02-28)
......... Details: small rectangular pages, 2 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically
6 pages
......... No. 0082 (1938-03-01) - no. 0612 (1939-08-14)
......... Details: small rectangular pages, 2 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically
8 pages
......... No. 0107 (1938-03-26) - (at least) no. 0128 (1938-04-16)
......... Details: small rectangular pages, 2 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically
4 pages
......... No. 0613 (1939-08-15) - no. 0857 (1940-05-06)
......... Details: small square-shaped pages, 2 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically
4 pages
......... No. 00913 (1940-07-01) - end of publication
......... Details: small rectangular pages, 2 pages per 1 side of a sheet
...................... vertical orientation
...................... folding: vertically


Layout change:
Starting with issue no. 0472 (1948-09-01).
The title is no longer written horizontally and placed in the middle of the first line of the front page, but instead written vertically and located on the right hand side of the front page.

Microfilm.

Issue prices changed during the course of publication. Price changes were introduced with the following issues:

Issue no. 0002 (1937-12-11):
廣告刊例：報名兩旁每方每日洋十元 〔...〕
報價：（今日一張）（零售）銅元四枚 （一月）三角五分 （三月）國幣一元 （半年）一元八角 （全年）三元四角

Issue no. 1095 (1941-01-01):
今日一張售國幣五分

Issue no. 2523 (1945-01-01):
今日一張每份售國幣五十元

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Issue no. 0001 (1947-04-06):
每份國幣售五百元

Issue no. 0068 (1947-06-11):
每份售國幣一千元

Issue no. 0384 (1948-05-03):
每份售國幣一萬五千元

Issue no. 0412 (1948-06-01):
每份售國幣二萬元

Issue no. 0425 (1948-06-15):
每份售國幣三萬元

Issue no. 0441 (1948-07-01):
每份售國幣六萬元

Issue no. 0472 (1948-09-01):
每份售國幣念萬元

Issue no. 0531 (1948-11-01):
每份金圓壹角

Issue no. 0546 (1948-11-16):
每份金圓一元

Issue no. 0617 (1949-02-02):
每份金圓拾圓

Issue no. 0679 (1949-04-06):
每份金圓六百圓

Chronology of publishing details, according to information published with the paper:

Main person in charge:
Issue no. 0002 (1937-12-11): 主幹 王瑞華

Distributor(s):
Issue no. 0002 (1937-12-11): 發行 胡力更

(Contact details for) Editor /Publisher:
Issue no. 0002 (1937-12-11): 舘址：上海虞洽卿路三三三弄五號 - 營業部（電話）九一五九一（轉接各部）
Issue no. 2083 (1943-10-13): 舘址：上海西藏路三三〇弄三號 電話。。九三六九九

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After re-establishment in 1947:

Readership:
Issue no. 0012 (1947-04-17), page 0001: 本報徵求基本讀者拾萬份；發行讀者獎券

Distributor(s):
Issue no. 0001 (1947-04-06): 發行人劉慕耘
Issue no. 0011 (1947-04-16): 發行人劉慕耘
Issue no. 0068 (1947-06-11): 發行人劉慕耘

(Contact details for) Editor /Publisher:
Issue no. 0001 (1947-04-06): 舘址漢口路協興大樓一二一號電話：九三四〇一
Issue no. 0002 (1947-04-07): see before, plus 電話：一六〇四〇轉
Issue no. 0011 (1947-04-16): 社址：中正東路二六〇號三六七室, 電話：一六〇四〇轉
Issue no. 0068 (1947-06-11): 社址：中正東路二六〇號三六七室, 電話：一七七〇三轉　
Issue no. 0381 (1948-04-30): 社址：中正東路二六〇號三六七室, 電話：一九三二七

Registration:
Issue no. 0068 (1947-06-11): 中華郵政登記認爲第一類新聞紙類　上海郵政管理局（？）照第二六五六號　

小報 (xiao bao) - XIAOBAO
綜合 (zong he) - MISCELLA- NEOUS

University of Heidelberg. Digitized from microfilm collected by Shanghai tushuguan, in 1986 and 1987.
4256-2936, 4256-2937, 4256-2938
Issues held by ECPO:
1) No. 0001 (1937-12-10) - No. 2279 (= printed issue number, 1945-09-18),
as well as
2) No. 0001 (1947-04-06) - No. 0703 (= printed issue number, 1949-04-30)



Issues missing, in ECPO:
No. 1888 (1943-03-31)
No. 2286 (1944-05-09)
No. 2378 (1944-08-09)
No. 2684 (1945-06-15)
No. 2746, 2747 (1945-08-16, 17)
No. 2746, 2747 (1945-08-16, 17)

After issue no. 2779 (1945-09-18) and before (the second) issue no. 0001 in 1947 (1947-04-06), if there were more issues published, they are missing in ECPO.

No. 0058 (1947-06-01) - No. 0067 (1947-06-10)
No. 0070 (1947-06-13) - No. 0073 (1947-06-16)
No. 0089 (1947-07-02)
No. 0097 (1947-07-10)
No. 0100, 0101 (1947-07-13, 14)
No. 0103 (1947-07-16)
No. 0105 (1947-07-18)
No. 0107 (1947-07-20)
No. 0112 (1947-07-25) No. 0114 (1947-07-27)
No. 0117, 0118 (1947-07-29, 30)
No. 0119 (1947-08-01) - No. 0150 (1947-08-31)
No. 0179 (1947-09-29) - No. 0188 (1947-10-10)
No. 0190 (1947-10-11) - No. 0192 (1947-10-13)
No. 0207 (1947-10-29)
No. 0236 (1947-11-26)
No. 0240 (1947-11-30)
No. 0383 (1948-05-02)
No. 0461 (1948-07-21)
No. 0658, 0659 (1949-03-16, 17)
No. 0674 (1949-04-01) - No. 0678 (1949-04-05)



Issues damaged, in ECPO: Issues are frequently damaged on the upper or lower margins of a page by tears or cuts (resulting in pieces of a page having gone missing). Damages can be noted specifically, but not only, in the following issues:

No. 0129 (1938-04-17) - No. 0133 (1938-04-21): acc. to microfilm: pages 0007 - 0008: missing
No. 0638 (1939-09-19) - No. 0639 (1939-09-20): pages 0002 - 0003: top margin is cut
No. 0642 (1939-09-24) - No. 0648 (1939-09-30): pages 0002, 0003, 0004: top margin is cut
No. 2192 (1944-02-05): page 0001: upper right: a corner is missing
No. 2195 (1944-02-08): pages 0002 - 0003: lower part is cut
No. 2196 (1944-02-09): pages 0001 - 0004: lower part is cut
No. 2197 (1944-02-10): page 0001: top margin is cut
No. 2200 (1944-02-13): page 0004: lower part is cut
No. 2208 (1944-02-21): lower part is cut
No. 2210, 2211 (1944-02-23, 24): pages 0003 - 0004: lower parts are cut
No. 2214 (1944-02-27): page 0003: lower part is cut
No. 2216 (1944-02-29): pages 0001 - 0004: lower parts are cut
No. 2221 (1944-03-05): pages 0001 - 0004: lower parts are cut
No. 2222 (1944-03-06): page 0003: left side is cut
No. 2239 (1944-03-23): page 0001: left side is cut
No. 2246 (1944-03-30): page 0003: left side is cut
No. 2253 (1944-04-06): pages 0001 - 0004: left lower part is cut
No. 2400 (1944-08-31): pages 0001 - 0004: upper left corner is missing
No. 2431 (1944-10-01): page 0001: lower corners are missing
No. 2609 (1945-04-01): page 0003: lower right corner is missing
No. 2638 (1945-04-30): pages 0001 - 0004: upper right corner is missing
No. 2269 (1945-05-31): pages 0001 - 0004: upper right corner is missing
No. 2686 (1945-06-17): page 0001: left side is missing
No. 2742 (1945-08-12): page 0002: lower part is cut

No. 0118 (1947-07-31): Extensive damage to upper margins and sides
No. 0510 (1948-10-10): pages 0001/0002: a big piece is ripped off the left/right side



For the following dates, there are no issues held by ECPO, but it seems that there were actually no issues published on these dates at all (since printed issue numbers continue without interruption):
1938-08-13
1940-02-10 - 1940-02-14
1940-05-02
1940-08-04
1940-10-11
1941-01-03 - 1941-01-05
1941-01-24 - 1941-01-29
1941-05-02
1941-10-11
1942-01-02 - 1942-01-04
1942-02-15 - 1942-02-20
1942-10-11
1943-02-06 - 1943-02-08
1943-10-11
1944-01-23 - 1944-01-28
1945-02-13 - 1945-02-16

Between 1945-09-18 and 1947-04-06, more issues might have been published, but they are not held by ECPO. The next issue held by ECPO, published on 1947-04-06, seems to mark a re-launch of Li bao, since it is named "chuang kan hao" 創刊號 (inaugural issue).

1948-01-02 - 1948-01-04
1948-02-10 - 1948-02-13
1948-08-01 - 1948-08-31
1948-09-03
1948-10-11
1949-01-02 - 1949-01-04
1949-01-29 - 1949-02-01



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