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like Canada, where there are few extremes of wealth and poverty,* 

 the results thus established may be accepted as tolerably 

 accurate for the whole Dominion. Local variations there must, 

 of course, always be. Rent is higher and fuel dearer in the 

 towns than in the country; while in the country food probably, 

 and clothing certainly, on the whole, are dearer than in the 

 cities. The figures cover a period of four years, and their accur- 

 acy has been tested by the statistician and verified by comparisons. 

 The statistics of five of the more important towns in Ontario 

 have been selected by the writer for further analysis and 

 calculation, and the results are set forth in the tables on the next 

 page. 



When these tables, which are extracted from the Bureau 

 Reports, are reduced to percentages and expressed in terms of 

 the number of day's labor necessary to command the various 

 goods enumerated, we get the results in a form which permits 

 comparison with other countries. The results in this form are 

 contained in the tables on p. 7. 



"Compare the sections of this paper dealing with house accommodation later for 

 n enquiry into the existence of extremes of wealth in Canada. 



