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INTRODUCTORY.
The publishers, in presenting this issue of the TORONTO DIRECTORY, take
pleasure in calling the attention of their patrons to the improvement that has taken
place from year to year in the several feu.tures of the book.
The Directory has grown in importance as the City has progressed, and as showing
the increa.se of popula.tion and consequent business prosperity in the last decade, we give
the number of names as shown in each issue of the Directory during that period :-
Year. Names.
1874 ............................................. _ ..•.. 15,912
]875 ........••••..............•....•...........•........ 18,210
]876 ..•.•....................•..•...•.................. 16,929
1877 ...................................... , ......•.....• 18,979
1878 .................................................... 19,354
1879 .................................................. 20,226
1880 .................................................... 21,919
1881 ..................................................... 23,166
1832 ................................................... 23,879
For 1883 we find by actual count 33,692 names, or an increase over 1882 of 9,1'13.
This call be accounted for by the fact that a careful and reliable canvass of the Oity has
been made, an_d th;tt XtO pains or expense have been spared, to give our subscribers as
accurate a work as can be £61l.1'1a of the kind. The information has been obtained by
experienced. men who are famthBl' with the business, which consequently must ensure
greater cottrpleteness and correctues£l.
Among the several impro1OCJI'lents which this work will be found to contain, may be
mentioned tha'h not only th-e l'Qsidence, but also the place of employment of each indi­
vid,:ual is given. The first name in full is also invariably given of each person, and
infonnatLOll generally more fully furnished than has been done in the past. The
miscellaneous pa.rt of the book will be found arranged alpha.betically, according to
subjects, and each item placed under its appropriate heading.
The classified business directory will be found more than usually complete, and
shows the various professions,_ manufactures and trades at a glance.