FROM 1886 TO 1850.

ITS WONDERFUL GROWTH AND PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY AS AN IMPORTING CENTRE,
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, AND REM-
INISCENCES EXTENDING OVER THE FOUR DECENNIAL PERIODS FROM

1846 TO 1886, INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BONDING
SYSTEM THROUGH THE UNITED STATES.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

ALSO, A VIEW OF THE PROPOSED ESPLANADE, WITH BRIDGES, BY KIVUS TULLY, Esq., IN 1850, VIEWS

OF THE CITY IN 1850 AND 1886, AND A MAP OF TORONTO.

THE APPENDIX

CONTAINS THE TARIFF OF CUSTOMS, COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF IMPORTS TO
TORONTO, AND THE PRINCIPAL AMERICAN INLAND CITIES, TABLES CON-
VERTING STERLING AND FRENCH CURRENCY INTO DOLLARS AND

CENTS, AND OTHER INFORMATION VALUABLE ALIKE TO

THE BUSINESS MAN AND TOURIST.

BY

CONYNGHAM CRAWFORD TAYLOR,

Her Majesty's Customs.

TORONTO:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY

WILLIAM BRIGGS, 78 & 80 KING STREET EAST.

1886.