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STATISTICS OF EXPENDITURE AND 



For purposes of comparison, however, the corresponding 

 figures and percentages for the whole number of towns taken 

 together, and for the whole province, are more useful ; and suit 

 our purpose of international comparison better : 



PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 



The average of the averages of the five cities above may be 

 placed beside the provincial average (taken from returns made 

 by artisans in the smaller towns and villages) : 



The results thus obtained are in substantial agreement with 

 the results established under greatly varying conditions in 



