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have this monument replaced. In accordance therewith J. Hutcheon, O.L.S., 

 Inspector of Surveys for Ontario, and D. W. Mills, O.L.S., Inspector of Surveys 

 for Quebec, proceeded to that point and had the monument repaired and replaced 

 in its original position and otherwise referenced to preserve this point on the 

 boundary permanently. The joint report on this matter is not yet completed 

 but will appear next year. 



C. E. Pitton, O.L.S., was engaged as Inspector of the field work of the several 

 outline parties and as far as possible examined a part of the work in charge of 

 each surveyor. His reports show that in most cases the work was satisfactorily 

 performed and well up to the standard set in the instructions. 



The plans, field notes and accounts when forwarded to the Department were 

 duly examined and checked by the Inspector of Surveys. 



A standard iron post similar to that used on Dominion land survey work 

 has been adopted and was used at three mile points on all base and meridian 

 and outline surveys made this year. The post consists of one inch iron pipe thirty 

 inches long filled with cement with foot plate of pressed steel three and one-half 

 inches in diameter and cap of bronze three inches in diameter. A hole is dug 

 and the post is sunk so that the cap is flush with the surface. The ground is 

 properly tamped around the post to make the position firm. The cap bears the 

 inscription in the form of a circle " Ontario Crown Land Surveys," also " Seven 

 years imprisonment for removal." In the centre of the circle is marked the mile- 

 age from township corners or from the initial point of starting in case of meridian 

 and base lines. The posts are referenced to mounds, pits and bearing trees. 

 This method of marking boundaries will tend to create a permanency not here- 

 tofore acquired. The same post is also being used to mark boundaries established 

 by Municipal Surveys under the authority as set out in sections 15, 16, and 17 

 of the Survey Act. The inscription on the cap of the post being " Ontario 

 Municipal Surveys." 



The detailed reports of the several surveys performed which have been filed 

 during the year will be found in Appendices 15 to 40, inclusive.. 



L. V. EORKE, 



Director of Surveys. 

 Toronto, October 31st, 1920. 



