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The party then proceeded north across Little Missinaibi Lake to the north- 

 west corner of the Township of CHfton, and ran the line between the Townships 

 of Admiral and Clifton. From the eastern extremity of this line, the line between 

 the Townships of Admiral and Busby was run north four and a half miles, and 

 the line between the Townships of Busby and Brutus run eastward as far as 

 O.L.S. Fitzgerald's meridian, a distance of somewhat more than three and one- 

 quarter miles. Returning to the northwest corner of the Township of Brutus, 

 the meridian between the Townships of Brutus and Clifton, and Chaplin and 

 Manning, was carried south to the north boundary of the Township of Mageau. 

 The line between the Townships of Clifton and Chaplin was completed, and the 

 line carried eastward between the Townships of Brutus and Manning, to O.L.S. 

 Fitzgerald's meridian. 



The party then proceeded again to the northeast corner of the Township of 

 Abbey and from there ran north between the Townships of Missinaibi and 

 Admiral, to Missinaibi Lake. The base line between the Townships of Leeson 

 and Brackin, run by us in 1920, was then picked up and carried east across 

 Lake Missinaibi to begin the base line between the Townships of Baltic and 

 Missinaibi. This line was run eastward to intersect the meridian between the 

 Townships of Missinaibi and Admiral and that meridian was carried north be- 

 tween the Townships of Baltic and Barclay to Niven's base line of 1899 and 1900, 

 from that intersection. 



From the east end of the base line between the Townships of Baltic and 

 Missinaibi, the line between the Townships of Barclay and Admiral was run 

 eastward to the meridian between the Townships of Admiral and Busby. This 

 meridian was continued north between the Townships of Barclay and Calais, to 

 Niven's base line. From the northeast angle of the Township of Admiral, the 

 boundary between the Townships of Calais and Busby was run eastward six 

 miles. From the six mile post, the east boundary of the Township of Calais 

 was run north to Niven's base line, and the meridian was then produced south to 

 the north boundary of the Township of Racine, along the east limits of the Town- 

 ships of Busby, Brutus and Manning, while the base lines. between these town- 

 ships were completed easterly to the meridian. This work was finished on 9th 

 September. 



All lines were well opened out and carefully blazed. Where possible, 

 cairns of stones were built around the posts planted, and except in a few instances 

 where suitable trees were not available, each post was referenced to two bearing 

 trees. Wooden posts were selected from the most durable material available 

 in the vicinity of the point to be marked, and the posts themselves were firmly 

 planted. The iron posts were carefully placed and the trench or mounds wit- 

 nessing each post were constructed, as far as possible, to conform with the letter 

 and spirit of the instructions. 



All the east and west lines were run as chords of the parallel of latitude 

 passing through the corners of the respective townships. Frequent observations 

 were taken on Polaris throughout the survey and the notes of a number of these 

 are embodied in the field notes. 



General Features. 



The townships outlined during the summer's work are almost entirely in 

 the territory drained by the head waters of the Missinaibi River. Arms of 

 Missinaibi Lake fill the bottoms of two parallel valleys running northeasterly 

 through the Townships of Baltic, Missinaibi and Barclay. The drainage basin 



