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side, "Strathearn" on southwest, and "I" on west side, at the southwest 

 corner of the township marked 'Ton. I" on the north pide, "Strathearn" 

 on northeast, and "XII" on east sides at the northwest corner of the town- 

 ship marked "Con. VI" on south side, "Strathearn" on southeast, and 

 "XII" on east side, and at the intersection of the north boundary with 

 northwesterly shore of Lake Como marked "Con. VI" on south side and 

 ''Strathearn" on southwest sides. 



Iron bars one and one-quarter inches in diameter were planted at the 

 following places : On the south boundary at its intersection with westerly 

 shore of small island in lake on lots si? and seven, marked "Con. I" on 

 Jiorth side, at the intersection of line between concessions three and four 

 with line between lots six and seven marked "VI" on east, "Con. IV" on 

 north, "VII" on west and "Con. Ill" on south, at the intersection of line 

 between lots six and seven, with the north boundary of township, marked 

 " \ I" on east, "Con. VI" on south, and "VII" on west sides, on the east 

 boundary at the commencement of line between concessions three and four 

 marked "Con. IV" on north, "I" on west and "Con. Ill" on south side, 

 and at the intersection of line between concessions three and four with the 

 west boundary, marked "Con. VIII" on south, "XII" on east, and "Con. IV" 

 on north sides. 



A settler named Picard has a clearing on lot six, concession four, on both 

 sides of the Canadian Pacific Railway, of about eighty acres, has four small 

 log houses occupied by his hired men, a good barn and a small wharf on Lake 

 Como. The cleared land is a good sandy loam and when I saw the farm 

 last in August, the crop, hay, 9ats, potatoes and garden stuff was looking 

 well, hay and oats harvested. 



The south part of this township is rolling and in some places with hills 

 as high as. one hundred feet or more. The soil is generally light and stony 

 but some very good patches of loam, both sandy and clay, especially on the 

 east shore of Lake Como and the west shore on concession four, (Picard 

 settlement) ; Lake Como extends from near the centre of the township to 

 and out of the northeast corner, with a width of about a mile and a half, 

 and is well stocked with salmon trout, white fish and pike. This lake, no 

 doubt, in the near future will become a popular summer resort from its 

 easy access by rail. The timber in the township is principally poplar, 

 white birch, and jack pine on the high land, and spruce, cedar and tama- 

 rac in swamps. There are patches of burnt country in the northeast quarter 

 of the township. There were no economic minerals found, the rock forma- 

 tion is Laurentian. 



The islands in the different lakes were carefully surveyed and prominent 

 trees marked with respective numbers of the islands, these are set forth on 

 the traverse sheet. 



The Canadian Pacific Railway runs through this township crossing the 

 east boundary about the centre of concession one, and crossing the west 

 boundary about the centre of the sixth concession, the width of the right- 

 of-way being two hundred feet throughout the township. 



Accompanying this report are a general plan, timber plan, field notes 

 and traverse sheet. 



I have the honor to be 

 . Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) Walter Beatty, 

 The Honorable, Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Minister Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



