Excerpt from Toronto: The Grounds Upon Which Are Based Her Claims to Be the Seat of Government of Canada; With a Memorandum Addressed by Sir Francis Bond Head, Bart., To the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the Subject You are possibly aware that the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Canada have addressed Her Most Gracious Majesty to exercise Her Prerogative in the selection of a perma nent Seat of Government for the whole Province. In the event of Her Majesty complying with the prayer of their addresses His Excellency, is anxious that Her advisers in England should be enabled to place before Her a full and fixed statement of the claim of each separate city which may be considered a candi date for the honor of becoming the future capital of Canada. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.