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divided some years ago, on the north by the unsurveyed Township of Neely, and 

 on the south by the unsurveyed lands of the Crown. The north boundary of this 

 township was run in 1900, being part of the base line run by O.L.S. Niven in that 

 year. The east, west and south boundaries were run in 1906 by O.L.S. Niven. 



The Township of Idington was surveyed into lots of 100 acres or thereabouts, 

 the dimensions of the regular lots being 25,S5 chains frontage by 39.60 chains in 

 depth. There are 18 concessions, and 28 lots in each concession, lot 28 being wider 

 than the other lots. A road allowance one chain in width was surveyed between 

 every second concession, that is between concessions 2 and 3, 4 and 5, 6 and 7, 

 etc., the line being run in the centre of the road allowance. Similar road allow- 

 ances were also surveyed between Lots 6 and 7, 12 and 13, 18 and 19, 24 and 

 25, the side lines being run in the centre of the road allowances. 



The survey was started on November 4th, the party having arrived at Harty 

 station, on the National Transcontinental Railway, the night previous. The south- 

 east corner was located, this point being marked by an iron post planted by O.L.S. 

 Niven, and a distance of 80.20 chains was measured northerly along the east boun- 

 dary, from this iron post, to the centre of the road allowance between Concessions 

 II and III. This gave to each concession a depth of 39.60 chains and allowed for 

 half the width of the road allowance on the south boundary, and on the front 

 of Con. II. At this point an observation was obtained on Polaris, which showed 

 O.L.S. Niven's meridian to be correct. From this point a line was run westerly on 

 a nine-mile cord, down the centre of the road allowance between Concession? II a';l 

 III, to the centre of the road allowance between Lots 6 and 7, giving each lot a 

 frontage of 25.25 chains, and leaving half the width of the road allowance along the 

 east boundary. The side line between Lots 6 and 7 was run south to the south 

 boundary and then north across the township to the north boundary of the town- 

 ship. This line was used as tha base for the survey, all concession lines being 

 started from it and run east to the east boundary, and west to the west boundary. 



Each concession line was run as a nine-mile chord, and the side lines were 

 run as true meridians. All the lines were run with a transit, and observations 

 were taken on Polaris every clear afternoon. For this purpose a sidereal watch 

 was carried, and the astronomical tables supplied by the Department of the Interior 

 were used and found to be of great assistance. 



Excepting for the fact that the regular concessions are of a depth of 39.60 

 chains Instead of 59.50 chains the township was surveyed in a manner similar to 

 the other nine-mile townships in the Clay Belt. The posts irarking the corners of 

 the lots are planted 50 links from the line run down the centre of the road allow- 

 ance, and a guide post was left on the line opposite the corner at the front of 

 each lot, and at the point where the side and concession lines intersected. These 

 posts were all of the most durable wood obtainable, and were carefully marked 

 with a scribing iron. Bearing trees were marked and noted in, the field notes 

 wherever possible. 



A road allowance one chain in width was laid off along the shore of every 

 lake encountered during the survey and also along each bank of the Opazatika 

 River. A similar road allowance was laid off on each side of the Natioral Trans- 

 continental Railway. 



The Opazatika River, and the above mentioned ""ak ^^ were all tra ersed on the 

 ice, by transit and chain, and the details of the traverses are shown in the field 

 notes. 



