TORONTO: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 



Philadelphia. Leading English firms like the Mac- 

 millans print Toronto on their title pages in addition 

 to London and New York. The largest manufac- 

 tured output is in agricultural implements, liquors, 

 hardware, musical instruments and ready-made cloth- 

 ing. The Hydro-Electric and Niagara Power com- 

 panies supply the motive force for hundreds of fac- 

 tories, and new inventions are constantly adding to 

 the number. There are more than 20,000 auto- 

 mobiles licensed in Ontario, and three-fifths of them 

 are said to be in Toronto, giving an average of one 

 to every sixth or seventh family. The retail trade 

 is not less flourishing, and while a couple of great 

 departmental stores would seem to the onlookers to 

 get the bulk of this business, there is evidence in the 

 tasteful and even luxurious appointments of many 

 shops that large profits are being made elsewhere. 

 The jewellers in particular are noted for their beau- 

 tiful stores, and, as in the case of the churches, the 

 taste of one man set the fashion for the rest. Dia- 

 monds are imported free, but other goods paid a 

 duty of $775,000 last year, which probably indicates 

 a business of $10,000,000, wholesale and retail. 



From the macrocosm of the city we pass to the 

 microcosm of the university. Here the meetings of 

 the International Geological Congress will be held, 

 so a brief account of the buildings will be of interest. 

 The original King's College was on the site of the 

 present Parliament Buildings in the Queen's Park. 

 But in 1850 the institution was secularized, the name 

 changed, and the system of administration altered to 

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