City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . l in return throwing off thetolls on all the Ioads in the county save theProof Liiu% which is the property of a jointstock company. The i(!ciprocitytreaty with the United Statesreceived a good deal of atten-tion for a period covering sev-eral years, but it was finallydropped by the Board comingto the conclusion that any pro-posals for a renewal shouldcome from the country that hadabrogated the treaty. To touchupon all the minor matters inwhich the Boai-d of Trade hasplayed a judicious part in theinterests of London wou


City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . l in return throwing off thetolls on all the Ioads in the county save theProof Liiu% which is the property of a jointstock company. The i(!ciprocitytreaty with the United Statesreceived a good deal of atten-tion for a period covering sev-eral years, but it was finallydropped by the Board comingto the conclusion that any pro-posals for a renewal shouldcome from the country that hadabrogated the treaty. To touchupon all the minor matters inwhich the Boai-d of Trade hasplayed a judicious part in theinterests of London would be toexceed the space at command,but a few of the more impor-tant matters may be briefly re-ferred to. The chief of these isthe support which the Boardhas always given to every move-ment towards developing Lon-don into the great railway cen-ter it is to-day—for be it knownthat London has more trainsarriving and departing daily than any othercity in Canada. The Board was foremost inthe field in the matter of the London, Huronand Bruce Railway, raising a personal sub-. c


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