City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . KIRJ)S-EYE VIEW OK (iRAND TRUNK CAR SHOPS. creation of a customs district, with head- know that, while the figures are correct, thequarters here. Dr. Hiram Lee was the first conclusion reached therefrom can only becollector, holding the office for two years, approximate. The varying rates of duties, ONTARIO, INAUGURATION OF THE TROLLEY CAB SYSTEM IN LONDOX, 1895. and fluctuations in periods of imports andrelease_ of goods from bond, will cause vari-ations in the amount of duties collected with-out being an acc
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . KIRJ)S-EYE VIEW OK (iRAND TRUNK CAR SHOPS. creation of a customs district, with head- know that, while the figures are correct, thequarters here. Dr. Hiram Lee was the first conclusion reached therefrom can only becollector, holding the office for two years, approximate. The varying rates of duties, ONTARIO, INAUGURATION OF THE TROLLEY CAB SYSTEM IN LONDOX, 1895. and fluctuations in periods of imports andrelease_ of goods from bond, will cause vari-ations in the amount of duties collected with-out being an accurate reflex of the amountof trade done in the district in any certainspecified time. In the first year the importsat the port of London were to the value of£232,.552, while the exports were £77,973. Thefollowing year the imports increased to £293,-998, and the exports decreased to £,433. 135 Tliese figures pioxt^ tlm in-creased purchasing capacity ofthe people, but little beyondthat. Coming to more recenttimes, the receijits for customsduties in 1871 were $233, following year there wasan increase of about .fi30,000 inthe duties collected, while in1873 the sum decreased to .$214,-970. This was raised to $304,888in 1874, and from that periodincreases were the order ofeach year, save one (1880), till1881, when the figures hadreached $541,724. Since thatperiod the amount o
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