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^contains a large portion of very excellent land, and a number of well cultivated
farms. For from two to thiee miles from the lake the land is lifrht and sandy,
and the timber principally pine; afterwards, it becomes rolling, and the timber
the best kinds of hardwood, i he Rivers Credit and Etobicoke both run tlirough
the township, 'i'he village of (-"ooksville is situated in the township on the
Dundas Street; and the villages of Springfield, Slreetsville, Churchville, and
Port C'redit, on the River Credit— the first is situated on Dundas Street, and
the last at tlie mouth of the River Credit. There are four grist and twenty-one
saw mills in the township.
Population in 1842, .5,;i77.
Ratable property in the township, £79,58.5.
TORONTO CORE.
A Township in the Home District; is bounded on the east by the township
of Vauglian and a small portion of York; on the north-west by Albion; and
on the south-west by Chinguacowsy and a small portion of Etobicoke. In
Toronto Gore 18,206 acres are taken up, 7,784 of which are under cultivation.
This is a wedge-shaped township, of small size, with its base towards the township
of Albion. It is watered by branches of the River Humber, and contains
some good land. It is well settled, principally by Irish and Scotch, with a
few Canadians; and a large portion of the township is under cultivation.
is one grist mill in the township.
Population in 1842, 1,145.
Ratable property in the township, £16,756.
There
TORONTO.
The District Town of the Home District, situated in the south-east of the
township of York, on a bay of Lake Ontario. The neighbourhood first commenced
settling about fifty years ago; but for some years it advanced very
slowly. In 17M the whole, district, which then included a large portion of the
surrounding country, which has since been Ibrmed into separate districts, contained
only 224 inliabitants. In 1817 Toronto (then Little York) contained a
population amounting to 1200; in I82G it had inci-eased to 1,677; and in 1830,
to 2860. Since then its progress has been rapid; and in 1842 it contained
15,336 inhabitants; and in 1845, 19,706.
Toronto became the capital of the Upper Province in the year 1797; and
remained so till after the union of the Ujiper and Lower Provinces, when the
seat of government was removed to Kingston in 1841 by Lord Sydenham.
Had this event taken place ten years sooner, it might have had a serious eflfect
upon the prosperity of the town; but in 1841 Toronto had become a place
of too great conmiercial importance to feel much ill effect from the removal
of the government offices, and the loss of the expenditure of a few thousand
pounds per annum.
The situation of that portion of the town bordering on the ,bay is rather low,
particularly in the east of the city, towards the River Don; in the west the
banks are "higher, and the land generally slopes gradually up from the water's
edge; so that the farther back from the bay, the higher, drier, and more healthy
does the situation become.
Toronto was incorporated in the year 1834. By the act of incorporation the
city was divided into five wards, called St. George's, St. Patrick's, St. Andrew's,
St. David's, and St, Lawrence's—each ward to have the power to elect two
aldormen and two common councilmen. who are to choose the mayor from
amongst the aldermen. 'I'he corporation to have the power to make by-laws
for the regulation of the internal police of the city, &c.
The improvements made in the City of Toronto within the last two years
have been astonishing; many new buildings (and those the Iwiids-omest in the
«ity) have been erected; and the side-walks, several of whi. h were in a very
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