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and Globe. The following monthly periodicals are also published here—the
Upper Canada Jurint, British Ameiican Cultivator, and Sunday -school Guardian.
There are fifteen common schools in operation in the city.
The following Government atid District OHices are kept in Toronto :—Judge
of District t'ourt, Slierift", Clerk of Peace, Treasurer, Registrar, Inspector of
Licenses, Crown Lands Agent, Judge of Surrogate Court, Jlegistrar of ditto.
District ( "lerk. Clerk of District Court, Deputy Clerk of Crown, Superintendent
of Schools, Probate Ollice, Clergy Reserves' Office, Comnii-isariat Office, Ordnance
Office, Royal Engineers' OtHce, Marriage License Office, Indian Office,
Emigrant Agent, and Board of Works.
Professions and Trades.—Twenty physicians and surgeons, sixty-five lawyers,
eighteen wholesale merchants, thirty-four dry goods and general stores, eleven
hardware stores, eighty-three grocery and provision stores, two china and glass
stores, one stove manufactory, six booksellers and stationers, two apothecaries,
one manufacturing chemist, one steam grist mill, nine chemists and druggists,
eleven distilleries, four foundries, thirteen breweries, three tanneries, one starch
maker, four architects, two surveyors, live artists and portrait painters, one
wood engraver, three eugravers, two drawing masters, four music masters, one
dancing master, thirteen printers, three accountants, six land agents, two dentists,
one hundred and seven hotels, inns and taverns, eleven boarding houses,
one optician, one cloth manufacturer, nine watchmakers, nine gardeners and
florists, one wine merchant, one music store, two oil-cloth nianufucturers, one
silversmith, three jewellers, two coach makers, one finding store, siv'een auctioneers,
one nail maker, seven axe makers, one patentleatherdresser, s'xcurriers,
two furriers, eight soap and candle makers, one brass founder, two iron turners,
one ivory turner, one paper maker, one fanning-mill maker, one boat btiilder,
hot and cold baths, one bellows maker, one dyer, two dairies, three French
polishers, thirteen wheelwrigiits and waggon makers, seven bookbinders, one
brush maker, two broom makers, nineteen saddlers, sixteen builders, two rope
makers, four gun makers, one caniphine oil maker, two veterinary surgeons,
five plumbers, two sail makers, one millwright, one scale maker, ten confectioners,
five turners, four pictui-e-frame makers and gilders, one pump maker,
seven maltsters, three tobacconists, five upholsterers, four livery stables, nine
shoe stores, nine hatters, forty-nine shoemakers, twenty-five cabinet makers, two
cutlers, one sculptor, one chair maker, nineteen bakers, two greengrocers,
twenty-three tin and copper smiths, six coopers, two marble workers, thirtyseven
blacksmiths, twenty-seven butchers, forty -seven clothiers and tailors, one
farrier, one fancy silk worker, three sau.>uge makers, o!ie blacking maker, one
ba.sket maker, twenty-.seven painters, two locksmiths, twenty-three milliners and
dressmakers, four ladies' schools, one custom-house broker. Hanks— the head
quarters of the Upper Canada Bank and Home District Savings Bank, and
branches of the Banks of British North America. Montreal, City Bank of Montreal,
Commercial and Gore: and the following companies have offices here
Home District Mutual Fire Insurance Company, British America Fire and Life
Assurance Company. Phoenix Fire Insurance C.'m]iany (England), Alliance
Fire Insurance Company (do.), Britannia i-'ire Insurance Company (do.). Eagle
Life Insurance Company (do.), Montreal Fire and Inland Marine Lisurance
Company, Marine Insurance Company, Canada Company, Gas and ^^'ate^
Company.
Princijial Taverns— " Macdonald's Hotel," " North American Hotel," and
" VVellingion Hotel,"— besides which there are many excellent inns and taverns,
some of which, in point of accommodation and comfort are nearly, if not quite
equal to the above.
Principal Boarding Homes—Club House, corner of King and York Streets;
Mrs. Henderson, Queen btnet; Mrs. Cnllen, 40 King Street East; Mrs. Huichinson,
Adelaide Street; W. Hall, King Street East; — "> . O'Brien, corner of
Wellington and Bay Streets; John Chapman, Bishop's Buildings, Adelaide
Street.
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