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I trust the accompanying plan, field notes, and accounts will meet with 

 your approval, and that you will find the survey has been performed with 

 efficiency and economy. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) J. Lanning, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. 40. 



Fort William, Ont., July 13th, 1921. 



Sir,— We have the- honour to report that, in accordance with your instruc- 

 tions of date 4th November, 1920, in regard to resurvey of the north three con- 

 cessions of the township of Pardee, we started out with party on November 

 15th, and reached there late in the evening, making camp. 



We made inquiries from many of the old settlers, who had been in both 

 Pearson and Pardee a number of years, as to any evidence that they had found 

 as to blazes and old lines, and in no case had old blazes or posts been seen. 



We, therefore, retraced the south boundary of Pearson township, starting 

 in accordance with your instructions, at the post planted by O.L.S. MacDougall, 

 between lots 4 and 5, Pearson, assuming it to be the east limit of Pardee town- 

 ship, planting posts for Pardee, and renewing the Pearson posts wherever 

 necessary. 



We found no trace of the original line, and MacDougall's line was fairly 

 obliterated, most of the way. 



We ran south between sections 9 and 10, Pardee, and at the end of the 

 first mile, finding that the topography did not work out with the old field notes, 

 we ran east, crossing the Pine River. Here in the spruce swamp we found 

 sufficient evidence to throw a shortage of 16 chains in the first concession. 



This led us to be suspicious that the Pearson south boundary was not the 

 north boundary of Pardee. 



We afterwards looked north on this same line as finally located, and found 

 the old original blazes extending for 12 chains into the township of Pearson. 

 We found no posts or bearing tree. 



We referred to the Director of Surveys the question of accepting the south 

 boundary of Pearson for purpose of resurvey, or of endeavoring to locate the 

 original north boundary of Pardee as run by Hugh Wilson in 1870, and under 

 his instructions, accepted the south boundary -of Pearson as marked by O.L.S. 

 MacDougall, and planted all posts on this line. 



On the east boundary of Pardee we found two old bearing trees, one at the 

 line between concessions 1 and 2 and the other between concessions 2 and 3, 

 also several old blazes which lined up fairly well. 



