1915-16 DEPAETMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. S3 



Appendix No. 25. 

 Survey of the Township of Cody, District of Timiskaming, 



January 14th, 1916. 



SiK, — In accordance with instructions to Ontario Land Surveyor, C, H, 

 Fullerton, to sub-divide the township of Cody, district of Timiskaming, bearing 

 date of July 9th, 1915, which instructions have been transferred to me by your 

 letter of November 29th, 1915, I have to report as follows: — 



The instructions have been carried out to the letter with the exception of the 

 lines between concessions II and III, the line between concessions III and IV 

 and the line between concessions V and VI. These lines were run west to the west 

 boundary of the township of Cody from points in the north and south line between 

 lots 10 and 11. In the first case the error was l^Yo links south of the 122nd mile 

 post ; in the last two lines between concessions III and IV, and V and VI, the error 

 was 11 links, each line hitting south of mile-post 123 and 125. The reason of the 

 survey being made in this manner Avas to save time, and Mr. Fullerton, who 

 delivered me the instructions informed me that he had arranged this with your 

 department in Toronto. 



The lines were all run with a transit and well cut out and blazed. Every care 

 was taken to make the survey accurate. In every instance posts were planted in 

 the best possible manner and bearing trees were taken at all points with the ex- 

 ception of the road posts at the intersection of the line between concessions V and 

 VI- with the Porcupine river, the intersection of the line between concessions II 

 and III, I and II, and the line between lots 8 and 9 with the westerly water's edge 

 of Night Hawk lake. These points were all in muskeg or swampy ground and 

 bearing trees were not within reasonable distance. 



Timber. 



The southerly part of the township of Cody up to within 10 chains more or 

 less of the line between concessions IV and V, has been burned over and the timber 

 is, therefore, of no value. The fire has not gone through and burned the ground 

 clean, but has left the bush in a very bad condition as the timber now is mostly 

 all windfall. The line between concessions IV and V is all in green timber, and 

 north of the line none of the timber has been destroyed by fire. The timber con- 

 sists, in this part of the township, of spruce, balsam, birch and popular with practi- 

 cally no jack pine. The spruce is most predominant and is from 4 to 16 inches in 

 size, the largest percentage of it being of pulp wood size. Balsam comes next in 

 quantity and runs from 4 to 14 inches in si^e. The birch and poplar are both 

 fairly abundant and run from 6 to 16 inches. 



Soil. 



The soil of the whole township, with tlie exception of lot 8 in concessions T, 

 II, III and IV, which are very swampy, and a few outcroppings of rock, is a very 

 good clay loam suitable for agriculture. 



