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of the river, there are outcroppin.gs of this same granitic formation. The following 

 lots I consider to consist entirely of very excellent soil: — 



Concession I, lots 5, 



Concession II, lots 8, 9, VS. 



Concession III, lots 9. 



Concession IV, lots 3, 4, 10. 



Concession V, lots 2, 3, 4, 11, 12. 



Concession VI, lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 



The following lots contain good soil but not of the same quality as found in 

 those mentioned above; in some there may be found outcroppings of granite: — 



Concession I, lots 4, 10, 12, 16. 

 Concession II, lots 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15. 

 Concession III, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 16. 

 Concession IV, lots 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 11. 

 Concession V lots 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 

 Concession VI, lot 1. 



The following lots contain very poor soil and I consider them to be worthless 

 from an agricultural standpoint : — 



Concession I, lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15. 

 Concession II, lots 3, 5, 6, 14, 16. 

 Concession III, lots 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15. 

 Concession IV, lots 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 

 Concession V, lots 34, 15, 16. 

 Concesssion VI, lots none. 



It should be borne in mind that this report on lots is based upon the actual 

 survey lines, not upon a thorough covering of the land throughout the entire lot. 

 In concluding my remarks upon the soil in this township, I would say that at least 

 sixty-five per cent of the soil met with is a clay, or light sandy loam, a very high 

 percentage for the district. It will be noted from this result of the actual survey 

 that it fully bears out the reports made to me by my men when investigating this 

 country preliminary to the writing of the report which I submitted for your ap- 

 proval some time previous to the issuing of instructions for the survey. 



Timber. 



Hele township is very well timbered. There is little pine to be found, some 

 few being encountered scattered throughout the township. The westerly half of the 

 township, concessions IV, V and VI, is well timbered with excellent spruce running 

 from 4 to 15 inches in diameter. There are quantities of this at an average of 10 

 inches. Some birch, balsam and cedar, running from 6 to 15 inches in diameter 

 were met with in the westerly part of the township, but for the greater part there 

 is practically nothing but the spruce as mentioned above. 



In the easterly half of the township, spruce, birch and balsam from 3 to 15 

 inches were found — there being more of the birch and balsam here than in the 

 westerly half, the spruce not being found in such quantities as in the westerly 



