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Exports from the Port of Toronto for the year 1845.
Flour 153,226 barrels.
Wheat 53,787 bushels.
Ashes 363 barrels.
Peas 528 bushels.
Pork 2057 barrels.
Beef 300 barrels.
Do 120 tierces.
Hams 45,500 pounds.
Timothy Seed 861 barrels.
Butter 555 kegs.
Lard 2 tierces.
Do 95 kegs.
Wool 2 tons.
Sheep Pelts 3380
Maple Sugar 29 barrels.
Calfskins 12,600 pounds.
Sole Leather 9,540 do.
Salted Hides 42 hhds.
Furs and Peltries £2500 value.
Shingles 150 bundles.
Starch 350 boxes.
Lumber 1,550,000 feet.
Estimated Value of Exports £187,700
TOSSORONTIO.
.\ Township in the Simcoe District; is bounded on the north by the to-wnship
of Sunnidale; on the west by Mulnuir; on the south by Adjala; and on the east
by Essa. la Tossorontio 3781 acres are taken up, 563 of which are under cultivation.
In the south of the township, with the exception of a small cedar
swampi the land is good; farther north it becomes hilly and broken, and continues
bad for four or five miles, the timber being principally pine and hemlock;
towards the north of the township it improves. The township is well watered.
In Tossorontio 8600 acres of Crown lands are open for sale, at 8,v. currency per
acre. There has as yet been no return of the population in this township.
Ratable property in the township. £1667.
TOWNSEXD.
A Township in the Talbot District; is bounded on the east by the township
of Walpole; on the north by Oakland and a small portion of Brantford; on the
w..-st by Windham; and on the south by Woodhouse. In Townsend 47,871
acres are taken up, 16,623 of which are under cultivation. This is a well setded
township, containing excelleiit land, and many well cleared forms. There
is nolarge river in the township, but it is watered by some good mill streams, on
wliich are one grist and eleven saw mills. The village of Waterford is situated
:i liifle wt^st of the centre of the township.
Population in 1842, 2517.
Ratable property in the township, £46,210.
TRAFALGAR.
A Township in the Gore District; is bounded on the north-east by the township
of Toronto; on the north-west by Exjuesing; on the routli-west by Nelson;
an I on the south-east by I