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have graduated in Arts (B.A. and M.A.) is 498.

That according to the calendars for the present
session, issued by the authoriteies of both institutions, the total
number of graduates of all kinds, from first to last areas
follows, viz:

Graduated at University College, Toronto, total 1041
Graduated at Queen's University, Kingston, total 887

That these statistics, obtained from official sources
in both cases, will convey to your Honourable House a
correct idea of the important work being done for the
community by the two Universities at Toronto and Kingston.

That, however, the two institutions are doing their
work under entirely different circumstances: Forasmuch as
supported by public funds, the University at Kingston has
had to depend on local aid and the generous support of
its numerous friends:

That while your petitioners fully recognize the high
value of Toronto Univeristy, they claim that Queen's University
occupies a scarcely less important place in the intellectual
and moral development of the community: that, therefore,
while your petitioners would deeply regret to see Toronto
University crippled in her noble work for want of sufficient
revenue, they would equally deplore to see Queen's University
left wholly unrecognized. In the opinion of your
petitioners it is of the highest importance to

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