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and fifty acres each. The residue of the township allotted to me for subdivision 

 consisted of lots one to twenty-nine inclusive, in concessions one, two, three and 

 four, the northerly eight concessions having been subdivided by O.L.S, Dempster 

 in 1912. Agreeable with your Departmental instructions, I commenced the sub- 

 division at a spruce post marked one and one-half miles on the east boundary 

 of the township, planted by O.L.S. James Hutcheon in 1910, and after securing 

 the necessary observation for azimuth at this point, I ran due west astronomically 

 across the first six lots leaving half a vchain for road allowance immediately west 

 of the east boundary and one chain for j-oad allowance between lots six and seven. 

 I then picked up O.L.S. Dempster's side line between lots six and seven at the 

 front of the fifth concession and produced it due south astronomically to the 

 south boundary of the township. I then produced the line between concessions 

 two and three west across lots seven to twelve inclusive. I then picked up O.L.S. 

 Dempster's side line between lots twelfe and thirteen at the front of the fifth 

 concession and produced this line south astronomically to the south boundary. 

 I carried out the same procedure to the westerly limit of the township. 



All the regular lots were made twenty-five chains and twenty-five links in 

 width by fifty-nine chains and fifty links in depth containing one hundred and 

 fifty acres each. I also cut out and rechained the south boundary giving the 

 regular lots on the front of the first concession a uniform width of twenty-five 

 chains and twenty-five links. Substantial posts of the most durable wood procur- 

 able in the vicinity were planted to define the corners of the lots and inter- 

 sections of the lines and the iron posts forwarded to me from your Department 

 were also properly marked and planted at the points indicated on the projected 

 plan, which points I have also indicated on my plan. 



The portion of the township subdivided by me is well watered by numerous 

 creeks, there is, however, only one lake of any extent which lies on lots five and 

 six in the first concession. 



The first four concessions of this township may be described as a generally 

 level or gently undulating country timbered with spruce up to twelve inches 

 in diameter, poplar up to twelve inches in diameter, white birch, balsam and 

 cedar up to ten inches in diameter interspersed with swamps covered with spruce, 

 dead tamarac, scrub cedar and alder underbrush, scattered patches of brule of 

 small extent and covered with small poplar, white birch and Avillow. The soil 

 on the uplands is, generally speaking, a good clay loam rich in humus and 

 practically free of stone, with clay subsoil. In the lowlands and swamps the soil 

 is black muck with clay subsoil. Only a few small outcroppings of rock occur 

 in this part of the township. I consider fully fifty per cent, of the first four 

 concessions suitable for mixed farming and am of the opinion that with a proper 

 system of drainage, fully fifty per cent, of the remainder can be made so. 



I also beg to submit with this report a plan showing the acreage and topo- 

 graphy, also timber plan and field notes all of which T hope will be found complete 

 and satisfactory. 



T have the honour to be, Sir, 



! Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) J. W. Fitzgerald, 



Ontario Land Surveyor, 

 The Honourable, the Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



