Imperial Privileged National Gazette

M. Service requests and promotions.
N. Family news,
—such as marriages, births, cases of mourning, and changes in residence or office.
O. Corrections and disputes,
—primarily corrections of geographical and statistical data.
P. Miscellaneous,
—whatever does not fit into any of the previous categories.

In regard to these subjects, space is available in the Imperial Gazette for both longer essays (though not exceeding one printed sheet) and short notices, inquiries, and answers. Every honest German BiedermannA term for a solid, upright citizen, who has tested anything useful through their own experience that is not yet known or sufficiently utilized, is requested to make such things known for the common good. Additionally, through an agreement reached last year with most learned and other public-interest societies, the important category of the proceedings of these societies has also been added.

Conditions:

I. All submitted essays that serve to instruct the public on useful truths and matters of all kinds, as well as polite answers to published inquiries, will be inserted for free with thanks and may be sent postage-unpaid. However, regarding items that concern the profit of the sender: for longer articles, an insertion fee of six pfennigs or two kreuzersSmall denominations of currency used in various German states will be charged for every line. For short notices not exceeding 16 lines—most of which fall under categories C, K, M, and N—a flat rate of 8 ggr.Gute Groschen; "Good Groschen" (36 rhein. kr.Rhenish Kreuzers) is paid. These fees must be sent in cash with the submission or a notification must be provided as to where and how they can be collected without complications, and the letters must be sent postage-paid.

II. Anything that runs contrary to civil laws, or against decency and good morals, will find no place in this paper. It also goes without saying that every sender is a guarantor for the historical truth of their advertisement and is responsible for it.

III. In the case of public-interest and harmless essays, senders can safely rely on the fact that their names will remain anonymous if they so desire.

IV. Anyone who assigns the office other business beyond the insertion of advertisements—for example, correspondence, orders, and the like—shall pay, in addition to the expenses, a fair compensation for time and effort.

V. The price here is 2 Rthlr.Reichsthaler; the standard large silver coin of the Empire in Saxon currency, or 3 fl. 36 kr. rhnl.3 Florins and 36 Rhenish Kreuzers for a half-year. Only in very distant locations can the price—reasonably—be set slightly higher by the honorable post offices. One can only subscribe by the half-year, and cancellations must occur 2 months before the end of the half-year. Completed annual sets and volumes are available at the office of the German Gazette and in all bookstores. Furthermore, for those enthusiasts who are more interested in the public-utility essays contained in this paper than in matters where timeliness is the primary concern, an arrangement has been made so that they can receive the Imperial Gazette monthly, in stitched booklets, at all good bookstores for 4 Rthlr. sächs.Saxon Reichsthalers or 7 fl. 12 kr. rhein.

Everything concerning the Gazette shall be sent under the simple address:

Items that are not urgent can also be delivered under my own address in Leipzig to the Fleischer Bookstore, in Frankfurt am Main to the Hermann Bookstore, and in Nuremberg to the sons of Mr. Felsecker.

Gotha, January 2nd, 1795—

Rudolf Zacharias Becker (1752–1822) was a key figure of the Enlightenment in Germany, focusing on educating the common people and creating a national consciousness through his publications.