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unfit for agriculture and which has been overrun many times by fire and is now 

 destitute of all timber of value. Several lakes were crossed on this line, all of 

 which contain good clear water but little if any fish. The rock is of the Huronian 

 formation but as far as I could see, and 1 examined it closely many times, is 

 destitute of mineral. From O.L.S. Niven's base line to the southerly limit of 

 the clay belt, a distance of a little over four miles, the line passes over a gently 

 undulating sandy country which has evidently been repeatedly burnt over and 

 is now practically destitute of either green or burnt timber of any description. 

 From this point southerly (limit of the clay belt) to the south boundary of the 

 Township of Nansen the character of the country is all the same, generally level 

 or gently undulating and covered with spruce up to fourteen inches, poplar to 

 twenty inches, white birch to ten inches, dead tamarac, scrub cedar and alder 

 underbrush — the land is good clay free from stone with clay subsoil and will, 

 no doubt, some day support a large number of people. 



Patches of brule are met with here and there and especially along the 

 westerly shore of the Ground Hog Eiver. Practically no outcroppings of rock 

 were encountered in this forty-seven miles. The Piskanogami Elver is crossed 

 between the first and second mile north of O.L.S. Neeland's first base line; it 

 is a fine clear stream and has many valuable and easily developed falls, two of 

 which lie just east of my meridian. 



The Ground Hog Eiver — which I did not cross with my meridian but which 

 is very close to the line at a point twenty-seven miles north of Niven's base line 

 is also a fine river for many miles but is sadly broken by an eight mile flat rapid 

 between this point and the Grand Trunk Pacific. This tract of country lying 

 between the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific Eailways is a veritable 

 paradise for hunters and trappers. Moose are very plentiful and it is not an odd 

 sight to see four or five in one of the rivers or lakes at the same time. Bear, 

 beaver, marten and otter were also frequently seen along the rivers. 



I also beg to submit with this report a plan showing the topography of the 

 country passed over, also a timber plan and field notes all of which I trust will 

 be found complete and satisfactory. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) J. W. Fitzgerald, 



The Jlonourable, ihe Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Out. 



Ontario Land Surveyor, 



Appendix No. 24. ' 



Survey of Part of the Townshii' of Xansex, Distwict of Timiskamino. 



Pkterborough, April 15th, 1920. 



Sir, — T have the honour to report that agreeable with instructions from your 

 Department dated April 15th, 1919, I have subdivided the residue of the Town- 

 ship of Xansen in the District of Timiskaming into regular lots of one hundred 



