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I wish to add a few more details to this thread of messages. In 1956 Goa was celebrating 4th centenary of the printing press introduced by the Jesuits in Goa. It is was possibly the first of the kind in Asia, though it is known that first printed book has been found at Dunhuang, on the silkroute in China, and it was done quite many centuries earlier. As part of the above commemorations the Institute Vasco da Gama brought out the issue n� 73 of its Bulletin dedicated to the theme. The Bulletin was printed at Tipografia Rangel, and its owner Janin Rangel also included his own article (text of a lecture at the Institute) entitled "A imprensa em Goa He mentioned therein that Vicente Jo�o Janin Rangel founded the Tipografia in 1886 with limited resources at his disposal. He also paid attention to the problem of writing Konknni in Roman script, and was particularly interested in producing books with musical notation for the first time. The first private printing press was set up in Marg�o in 1859 by Bernardo Francisco da Costa. It was used to print a weekly entitled "O Ultramar" (which survived at least till 1941). The other press was set up by Loiola in 1861 in Marg�o and later transferred to Orlim and to S. Tom�. Loiola's published another weekly "A India Portuguesa". These two weeklies and a few others that appeared in Bardez and were owned by Egipsy de Sousa (Calangute) and the Count of Mahem, they permitted Goans to play active part in the liberal politics of Goa in the second half of the 19th century. The priest from Verna, Francisco Xavier Alvares, stood out as the most fearless critic of the Portuguese regime and the Portuguese Church authorities through his weekly *O Brado Indiano*. It became like a red rag for the Portuguese authorities, particularly during the Rane uprisings that had left the Portuguese administration helpless! Censorship of the press was imposed during 1895-1897. The declaration of Portuguese republic gave fresh impetus to the press freedom in Goa and Luis de Meneses Bragan�a was the shining star of the period, specially through his *O Debate* and *Pracasha*. The Salazar regime would come up with yet another period of press censorship, but all in all, Goa can be proud of a rich history of journalism. Those interested in knowing more about it could consult the writings of F. N. Xavier, A.M. da Cunha, H. Scholberg and Aleixo M. Costa, to mention only the most important. Teotonio R. de Souza
