City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . THK CANADIAN PACKTNG COMPANY. ONTARIO, CANADA. 153 Central the landscame to be theproperty of thecity is an interest-ing tale, not gen-erally were part ofthe ord i nan o elands, and Car ling, ascity member, triedto purchase themfrom the Govern-ment for the Yankoughnet,Commissioner ofCrown Lands, re-fused to sell, butoffered to make anexchange. Thecity owned a plotof about twenty-four acres on the Hamilton Road, at thesouth-west corner of the road leading to theMeadow Lily Mills, a
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . THK CANADIAN PACKTNG COMPANY. ONTARIO, CANADA. 153 Central the landscame to be theproperty of thecity is an interest-ing tale, not gen-erally were part ofthe ord i nan o elands, and Car ling, ascity member, triedto purchase themfrom the Govern-ment for the Yankoughnet,Commissioner ofCrown Lands, re-fused to sell, butoffered to make anexchange. Thecity owned a plotof about twenty-four acres on the Hamilton Road, at thesouth-west corner of the road leading to theMeadow Lily Mills, and this was offered to theGovernment in exchange. The report of thevaluator, Mr. Emery, father of the present S. Emery, was not such as to cause theGovernment official to close the deal, and thematter laid in abeyance. In the course oftime Mr. Vankoughnet died, and on theremoval of the seat of government fromQuebec, Mr. Coffin, successor to Mr. Van-koughnet, brought the matter to the atten-tion of Mr. Carling, asking if it could notbe closed. That gentleman communi
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