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line. The northeast angle of the township of Emerson was then established by 

 running the north boundary line of the township east through this post, to 

 intersect our meridian. The boundary line was then run westward to the 

 meridian run by us in 1911. This completed the portion of our work east of 

 the Mattagami River. 



The party then proceeded up the river to the line between the townships 

 of Harmon and Mowbray, left partly completed earlier in the season. It was 

 extended west across the river to within convenient distance from the westerly 

 corners of the townships. We then returned to the river, and continued up 

 stream to the crossing of Messrs. Sutcliffe and Neelands' first base line, the 

 point from which the party had, at the beginning of the season, travelled east- 

 ward. The party then packed westward along the base line to the northwest 

 angle of the township of Clay. From the post marking the corner, the line was 

 run west between the townships of Mowbray and Hopkins. Considerable 

 difficulty was found in locating the north end of the meridian forming the west 

 boundary of the township of Hopkins, as the corner was in an extensive brule 

 now covered with a dense growth of alders, poplars and birch. The iron and 

 wooden posts marked IX M were finally discovered four chains and forty- 

 seven links south of our line. The base line was extended westward between 

 the townships of Guilfoyle and Boyle, to intersect the west boundary of Guilfoyle 

 established in 1906. The intersection lies about fifty chains west of the Opaza- 

 tika River. 



Returning to the northwest angle of the township of Hopkins, the meridian 

 between the townships of Mowbray and Boyle was run, and the north boundary 

 of the township of Mowbray completed to the intersection. The base line 

 between the townships of Bradley and Boyle was run westward and as the 

 west boundary of these townships has not yet been run the final post was planted 

 at IX M. We then ran north between the townships of Bradley and Harmon 

 and produced the north boundary of the township of Harmon west, eleven 

 chains and seventeen links to an intersection, thus completing the summer's 

 work. The last line was cut on 1st September. The return trail to the rail- 

 way was made via the Mattagami and Ground Hog Rivers, and Fauquier was 

 reached on the 3rd of September. 



The first part of the season was favourable for survey work, but the weather 

 became broken about the middle of August, causing much loss of time while 

 running the last forty miles of the survey. 



A two-chain steel band was used for measurements throughout the work. 

 On broken ground, measurements were made with the aid of a clinometer and 

 the horizontal distance was deduced from the vertical angle. Occasions for 

 triangulation were few as the lines crossed few lakes, and the Mattagami River 

 at the north boundary of the township of Mowbray was the only river crossing 

 which could not be measured directly with the band. The Opazatika River 

 was barely more than two chains wide at the point struck by our line, and 

 no difficulty was found in making the measurement with the band. A poplar 

 tree marked by O.L.S. Kenny on his traverse of the Opazatika River was 

 located and tied in to our line. 



Frequent observations of Polaris were taken throughout the survey and 

 the notes of a number of these are embodied in the field notes. 



The wooden posts used were made of cedar where available, but as a rule 

 spruce or jack pine had to serve. All were at least six inches square and firmly 

 planted. Iron posts were planted to mark each third mile and the township 

 corners. A number of these, however, were placed as witness posts. Several 



