[Footnote 16: Page 10.--A brief historical sketch of Canadian
journalism will be found in Bourinot's "Intellectual Development of
the Canadian People" (Toronto, 1881); also in Dr. Canniff's "History
of the Province of Ontario" (Toronto, 1872), and in "Sketch of
Canadian Journalism," by E. B. Biggar, "Canadian Newspaper Directory"
(Montreal, 1892). Some of the statements in this article appear to
require verification. I have now in my possession a copy of the 'York
Gazette' printed in July, 1815, though Mr. Biggar states that no paper
was published in York after the capture of the town by the American
troops and the destruction of the press and type, in 1813, until
1817. The 'York Gazette' was originally the 'Upper Canada Gazette, or
American Oracle,' first printed in 1793 at Niagara (Newark), when it
was the political capital of Upper Canada after the passage of the
Constitutional Act of 1791. It was removed to York (Toronto) in 1800,
and became the 'York Gazette' a few years later. At the present time
there are in Ontario alone, of daily papers, 47; weekly, 386. In the
Dominion there are 98 daily papers, 1,035 weekly, bi-weekly, monthly,
etc. In 1838 there were in all British North America not more than 70
papers, of which 38 were in Upper Canada. In 1864 the total was about a
quarter of the present number.]