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seventy links north of 30th mile post on Manitoba boundary, the south boundary 

 of Rice being five miles, sixty-five chains and eighty-seven links. Returning I 

 moved camp to north end of Malachi lake where canoe route was used via North, 

 Scott, and Moose lakes in finishing 2nd base line, hitting Manitoba boundary 

 nine chains and seventy links north of 36th mile post; the chainage of north 

 boundary of Rice being five miles, sixty-four chains and eighty-four links. 



I do not consider it wise to subdivide the remaining townships, ' as a very 

 small percentage of the land is good. Where patches do occur, the soil is generally 

 very fertile and the timber large, but the country for the most part is bare rock 

 or sand, or rock with a very light overburden. 



Pelican Township. 



Practically the whole south boundary of Pelican township ran through small 

 second growth poplar and Jack pine ; bare rock being visible much of the distance. 

 At the south east angle of the township there was a small area of good agri- 

 cultural land, and another small strip where the Government Road passes through. 

 The north boundary runs through heavier timber, which the fire has not passed 

 through. There is a fairly good section of land lying between Long lake and 

 Trout lake. Another small section of land along the west boundary of Pelican 

 between Malachi township and Pelican Pouch lake is arable in spots, particularly 

 the northern part. 



I covered most of the southern, northern and western, and eastern sections of 

 this township, but there is six! or eight square miles in the centre that I was not 

 through. 



Along the eastern side of the southern part of Pelican Pouch lake the land is 

 fairly regular with a fairly heavy overburden of sand, on which grows fairly large 

 jack pine. 



The Government Road through Pelican township, I firmly believe passes 

 through by far the best part of it. 



Malachi Township. 



Malachi township has considerable good timber, much of which, however, 

 has been removed, but there still remains much good jack pine, especially along 

 the western and southern sides of Malachi lake, and south of Duck lake across 

 the south boundary; in other words, that section of the township south-west of a 

 fine from Muddy lake on the south to Malachi station. 



East and north-east of Duck lake at least one and a half square miles is bare 

 rock, on which scarcely anything but blueberries grow; these, however, are very 

 plentiful and tons are shipped yearly from this spot. 



The remainder of the township is covered for the most part with small jack 

 pine and poplar. 



This township, like Pelican, has a small percentage of good clay land. 



' Rice Township. 



Rice township in some respects is similar to Pelican. The south boundary 

 from M.14 to the boundary, running through light timber and over bare rock. 

 The eastern section has some very good timber, and also, the northern — with 

 the exception of the last two miles near the Manitoba boundary, which is light. 



