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Nearly one-half of the township is practically level, and during much 

 of this season was quite wet on account of the excessive rainfall, so that 

 artificial drainage will be required for parts of the level areas. 



On the whole about sixty per cent, of the total area will be good agri- 

 cultural land after removal of the timber, and nearly all of the balance can 

 be made good farming land by a system of drainage which will not be very 

 expensive, as no drain would require to be of any great length to reach an 

 outlet in a stream. 



The usual game and fur-bearing animals are found here but are not 

 numerous. 



During the hunting and trapping season three Indians with their fami- 

 lies reside in the township, but they do not appear to have made any per- 

 manent improvements. 



The variation of the magnetic needle ranged from eight to ten degrees 

 west of north. 



Accompanying this report are a plan, timber map, field notes, etc. 



I have the honor to be. 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) W. Galbraith, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 

 The Honorable, 



The Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



(Appendix No. 32.) 

 Township of McCovtan, District of Algoma. 



Pembroke, Ontario, December 11th, 1907. 



Sir, — I have the honor to report that the township of McCowan in the 

 district of Algoma has been surveyed in accordance with instructions from 

 your department, dated May 6th, 1907. 



At present the most feasible route by which to reach this township is 

 from Missinabie Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway via the Missinabie 

 and Opazatika rivers to the crossing of the surveyed line for the National 

 Transcontinental Railway which passes through the township of McCrae 

 about three and one-half miles south of the southeast corner of this town- 

 ship. 



The south boundary was surveyed in 1900 by Ontario Land Surveyor Alex- 

 ander Niven. The east, north and west boundaries were surveyed in 1906 

 by* Ontario Land Surveyor T. B. Speight, 



The survey was commenced by chaining and posting the south boun- 

 dary, and from the posts established on this line for the starting points for the 

 centre lines or road allowances between lots six and seven, twelve and 

 thirteen, eighteen and nineteen, and twenty-four and twenty-five, meridians 

 were run north astronomically, and chords of latitude were run east and 

 west astronomically in the centre of the road allowances between each alter- 

 nate concession. 



One half chain was allowed inside each of the four boundaries as half 

 of the width of the road allowance. 



