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that country -would be as flourisliing and fertile as any in the -world," 

 The celebrated historian Allison, speaking on the same subject, 

 observes, " In both provinces the same change has taken place which 

 has been observed in Europe, and the climate every season becoming 

 more mild, has undergone a change of 8° or 10° since the efforts of 

 European industry -were applied to the cultivation of their territory." 

 If such an improvement upon the annual mean -were likely to take 

 place, -we might surely look forward to halcyon days. 



"Without pursuing the subject further we have good reason to 

 expect better views to prevail, especially since ample means have 

 been afforded, both in material and men, of placing meteorological 

 science on a firm basis, and in keeping pace with the spirit of the 

 age, as far as Toronto is concex'ned. Many years ago, in a lecture 

 delivered at Oakville, I took occasion to mention the excellent 

 method adopted by the Regents of the High Schools in the State of 

 New York, in requiring metrological reports from these institutions, 

 and recommending the same plan. This, from whatever source, has 

 been lately, to some extent carried out in Ontario. Without some 

 such supplementary aid (for it is too much to expect that private 

 individuals -will put themselves to an outlay of time, cost and labor 

 from a love of science in the abstract), any isolated efforts, however 

 faithfully carried out, must necessarily be imperfect, and many 

 important problems, for the solution of which long and widely 

 extended observations, skilfully and energetically conducted, are 

 indispensable, must remain undetermined. 



