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depth of 1 3 feet, overlaid by a deposit of peat from two and a 

 OrangeviUe half to six feet in thickness. This is near Orang-eville 

 East Garafraxa Station. In Duflfcrin county on lot I, range B, East 

 Garafraxa, there is a deposit of marl extending over at least 20 

 acres with a depth of six feet. Large plants are contemplated for 

 working these areas. 



Peterborough Further east, at Lakefield, near Peterborough, there is 

 Buckleys Lake ^f, area ot marl lands amounting to about 800 acres, 

 at what is known as Buckley's Lake, A'here the marl deposit 

 is reported to be 20 feet deep. Large areas of excellent peat 

 are in close proximity, and the district is connected by rail with 

 the town of Peterborough. 



Sheffield Tnp. The dcposit at Marlbank has already been referred to; 

 White Lake j^uj- jn the township of Sheffield other large areas ot 

 marl have been reported which should be of value. Among these 

 may be mentioned the following In White lake and on the brook 

 flowing from it to Beaver lake, as also on the fifteenth and sixteenth 

 lots of the second concession, and on the twelfth lot in the third and 

 fourth concessions. The deposit on the first named is stated to ex- 

 tend over at least 200 acres with a thickness throughout the greater 

 portion of at least ten feet, the bottom of the deposit not being 

 reached, having a thin covering of soil with a luxuriant growth of 

 grass. 



The second of these deposits extends over an area estimated 

 at from 300 to 400 acres, but the thickness was not ascertained. 

 It is covered by an accumulation of peat with a thickness of four 

 feet or more in places. 



Storrington. J,-, f^g township of Storrington, about ten miles north 

 L'fke""^""^ of the city of Kingston, there is a large deposit ot marl 

 occupying the bottom of Loughborough lake, more especially the 

 southeastern portion. The depth of water is not great, and the 

 marl extends over many acres of the lake bottom, but the thick- 

 ness was not tested, though the extent of the deposit is apparently 

 very large The marl is also found in the bottom.^ of many of the 

 lakes between this place and White lake in Olden township. The 

 Loughborough lake deposit can be easily removed by dredging, 

 and the locality is little more than a mile from the present line of 

 the Kingston and Pembroke railway, while by hauling from Bat- 



