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Owing to the fact that lumbermen have been operating in this country for a 

 great many years and also owing to the fires which have over-run this territory, 

 evidence of the original lines has, in places, been completely obliterated. 



A traverse was made along the concession lines across lots 11 to 20 and also 

 on the road allowances between lots 15 and 16, and between lots 20 and 21. No 

 traverse was made of the road allowance between 10 and 11, as the true line was 

 not cut out all the way^ 



I enclose plans in duplicate, field notes and also accounts^ in triplicate. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) Frank E. Patterson, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



Appendix No. 31. 

 Survey of the Township of Stirling in the District of Thunder Bay, 



Renfrew, Ont., October 30th, 1913. 



Sir, — ^I have the honour to submit the following report on the survey of the 

 township of Stirling in the District of Thunder Bay, performed under instruc- 

 tions dated the 14th day of July, 1913. 



In pursuance of instructions, I commenced my survey at a point on the west 

 boundary of the toAvnship of Lyon, four miles "south from the north-west angle of 

 that township, this point being eighty-five links north of the post planted by 

 Ontario Land Surveyor Bolton, to mark the line between lots 8 and 9 in the 

 eleventh concession of that township. 



From this point I ran the side line between lots 4 and 5 west astronomically 

 and along it laid off concessions giving each concession a depth of eighty chains. 

 I then laid out the township in the usual way, giving each lot a width of forty 

 chains and each concession a depth of eighty chains. No road allowances were left 

 in the survey of this township. 



On the concession lines I planted substantial posts (wooden) to mark the 

 angles of all the lots. All posts were planted accurately on the survey lines and 

 two bearing trees were taken for each post planted, and where stones were obtain- 

 able, I placed a mound of stones around the posts. 



As this township was laid out in single front concessions, therefore, the posts 

 planted between lots where no side lines were run, that is between lots 1 and 2, 

 3 and 4, 5 and 6, etc., on the front of the second concession for example, having 

 no connection with the side lines in the first concession, were, therefore, marked 

 with the concession number on the west side only and the lot numbers on the north 



