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out during the season to private planters. The work at the station has proceeded 

 under difficulties for the past few years owing to difficulty in securing reliable 

 seed. It is anticipated, that there should, be no great difficulty in placing this 

 work on a more satisfactory basis in the near future. 



Tkee Diseases. 



Dr. J. H. Faull continued, his iiivestigations, and. has submitted a very valu- 

 able report which will be found embodied in the report of the Provincial Forester. 

 A complete summary of the work of the Forestry Branch will be found in Appendix 

 40, page 105. 



CROWN SURVEYS. 



Instructions were given to perform tlie following surveys of Crown lands 

 during the year and the work was carried out as shown in the latter portion of 

 this report. 



These surveys comprise : — 



(1) Three hundred and thirty miles of meridian and base lines including 



parts of the boundary lines between Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder 

 Bay Districts. 



(2) Eight hundred and forty miles of township outlines in the Districts of 



Thunder Bay, Algoma, Timiskaming and Sudbury. 



(3) Subdivision into lots and concessions of the Township of Fowler and 



parts of the Townships of Devon, Hanlan, Casgrain and Nansen. 



(4) Traverse survey of lakes west of Lake Timagami in the Timagami 



Forest Reserve, Districts of Nijsissing and Sudbury. 

 Dog Lake, Long Lake and L^pper Shebandowan Lake, in the District of 



Thunder Bay. 

 Opazatika and Dog Lake, in the District of Algoma. 

 Missinaibi Lake, Pishkanogama Lake, Horwood Lake and Sahkatawichtah 



Lake, in the District of Sudbury. 

 Charleston Lake in the County of Leeds. 



(5) Retracing of part of the boundary of the Algonquin Provincial Park, 



District of Nipissing. 



(6) Survey of timber limit lines in the Township of Wigle, District of 



Sudbury, and in territory east of the Township of Askin, in the Dis- 

 trict of Nipissing. 



(7) Close traverse of shores and islands in Windy Lake, Townships of Dow- 



ling and Cascaden, District of Sudbury, including soundings and the 

 fixing of special lines of reference for mining purposes. 



Twenty-five survey parties were engaged on this work and most of the sur- 

 veyors report a very difficult and trying season's work due to labour and weather 

 conditions. 



The reports received from the Inspector of Surveys show that the work in 

 general has been well performed. 



MUNICIPAL SURVEY'S. 



Petitions for Municipal surveys were received from the municipalities of the 

 Townships of Williamsburgh, McNab and ^ Southwold, for the survey of certain 

 original road allowances within the said townships, and these petitions were acted 



