SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

ONTARIO BUREAU OF INDUSTRIES.

PART V.

1898.

To the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture:

SIR, I have the honor to present herewith Part V. of the seventeenth annual report of the Bureau of Industries for 1898, containing tabulated statements of statistics of population, assessment and taxation of the municipalities of Ontario up to December 31, 1898, and the financial statements of municipalities for 1897]

MUNICIPAL STATISTICS.

The following statement is compiled from the summarized tables and gives popula tions, total assessments, amount of taxes imposed for 1898, the amount of debenture and floating debt, together with the amount paid each year by all municipalities of the Province for interest for the twelve years 1886-97.

The following table shows the growth of population by municipalities for thirteen years:

In 1898 there were 498 organized township municipalities, 100 towns, 136 villages, 13 cities and 38 counties.

Following is a comparative table for thirteen years for total assessed values :

The amount of taxes imposed for all purposes (general and local) in townships, towns, villages and cities is shown in the following, for thirteen years:

The next table compares the debenture debt outstanding in the various municipalities on December 31st, for each of twelve years:

The amount of floating liabilities of the municipalities on December 31st, 1897, was $6,482,953, of which $3,219,853 was for temporary loans.

6,146,561

21,769,261

5.261,078

20,080,923

4,795,580

18,469,893