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township. A glance at the plan and field notes will show that the lines checked well. 

 As will be noticed from the plan lot 1 is very narrow, due to errors in the previous 

 survey of the township of Nepigon, and the same may be said of concession VI. 



TiMBEE. 



As shown by the field notes and by the timber plan, this, township addition is 

 very well timbered. It will be unnecessary to go greatly into detail further than to 

 state that the entire township is thickly timbered with spruce which varies from 6 to 

 20 inches in diameter, an average being about 8 inches. In many of the lots, this is 

 found in large quantities. I might say that the whole central and southeasterly parts 

 of the township are particularly well covered with this sprvice. Birch is also found 

 in considerable quantities, this being very large. There are great quantities of it 

 at about 20 inches. The balsam runs large but it is not in such large quantities as 

 either the birch or the spruce. There is little poplar, some large cedar which is for 

 the greater part rotten. Some good cedar is to be found near the creeks noted in the 

 field notes. Scattered white pine was found in running the lines but this was not 

 in large quantities. Almost every lot contained some, I would say that there were 

 about 35 of these to a lot, varying from 24 to 40 inches in diameter. Further 

 comment of the timber is rendered unnecessary by the inclusion of the timber plan 

 in, my notes and my field notes which I believe; will be found to be rather complete 

 with regard to notes on the timber and soil. 



Soil. 



In making this survey I impressed upon the chainmen the necessity of noting 

 carefully the soil, and this, I believe, has been done with all reasonable care. From 

 a glance at my timber plan it will be seen that for the greater part this township is 

 rocky, this rock being granite. Here I might say that no economic minerals were met 

 with on this survey. 



I have made a note of the following lots which were found to contain good soil, 

 this being a clay loam — In concession VI, lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 ; in concession VII, 

 lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 ; in concession VIII, lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 ; in concession IX, 

 lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. These lots for practically their entire acreage have good soil. This 

 does not condemn many of the other lots in the several concessions, for in the valleys 

 it was found that there was good soil. My survey lines, as is often the case, ran 

 through the roughest and hilliest of the- country in the township. In the valleys 

 my men found good soil. This was not shallow, but had up to three and four ft. 

 depth over the granite. But I would draw particular attention to the lots I have 

 named above as being undoubtedly the best in this addition. But, as stated, many 

 of the adjoining lots will be found to have from 30 to 70 per cent, of good soil. 

 I regret that I was unable to cover personally more of the area contained in these 

 lots. Along the Black Sturgeon river for the distance traversed by me, I found 

 low, flat banks of good clay soil, this having considerable depth. A glance at the 

 field notes will show some hills and many sheer drops of great height. The heights 

 of these have not been at all exaggerated, as would appear possible. I checked with 

 the transit by vertical readings several of these and found that my chainmen had 

 in several instances under, rather than over, estimated the heights. 



]\rost of the lakes encountered were from 6 to 15 feet in depth and contained 

 some trout. The Black Sturgeon river is also a good trout stream, although at the 

 time I made this survey, it was fairly alive with large suckers. The water in the 

 lakes was quite clear, good drinking water. 



