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Maskinonge may be caught in the river with the net, and in the lakes 

 large pike and pickerel may be caught with the troll. 



Variation of the Magnetic Needle. — The Magnetic Variation is fairly 

 constant and is about eight and two-thirds degrees west, though in places 

 this varies slightly. 



I submit with this report field notes and traverse notes, a general plan 

 and a timber map. 



I have the honor to be, 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 

 (Sgd.) A. S. Code, 



The Honorable, 



The Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Ontario Land Suveyor. 



(Appendix No. 42.) 

 Township of Hanna, District of Nipissing. 



LiSTowEL, Ontario, December 11th, 1907. 



Sir, — In pursuance with instructions dated May 6th, 1907, from the 

 Honorable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, I beg leave to report 

 the following : I had the same difficulty in securing suitable canoes for my 

 trip this year. I had canoes ordered from the Peterborough firm, and just 

 when ready to start for my work, I received word that my canoes could not 

 be shipped. However, I was fortunate in getting canoes in Orillia and 

 North Bay after a delay of two weeks. I left. Toronto on June 25th, and 

 reached Englehart on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, on 

 June 27th. This point is one hundred and thirty-eight miles north of North 

 Bay, and was at that time as far north as the regular trains were running. 

 From Englehart, we travelled north on the construction train to McDougall's 

 Chute, a distance of sixty-five miles. The steel on the railway was laid to 

 this point on July 2nd. McDougall's Chute is situated on the Black river. 

 We left McDougall's Chute on July 2nd, with seven canoes, fourteen men, 

 camp outfit and provisions, and got as far as the junction of the Black and 

 Abitibi rivers that night, a distance of fourteen miles; the next day wte 

 travelled down the Abitibi river to the boundary line between the town- 

 ships of Pyne and St. John, on line between concessions two and three, a 

 distance of 19 miles. In this distance there are three small portages, one at 

 Iroquois Falls about five miles below the Black river, and the other two 

 at. the Buck Deer Rapids, ten miles below the falls. At these rapids we 

 took our canoes down with a light load and portaged the rest of our out- 

 fit. This rapid is not a bad one to run, but one has to be careful. We ran 

 down on the left side for the upper part of the rapid, and took the right 

 side for the lower part. 



The current in the Black river is very slow, but in the Abitibi it is 

 rapid. The water in both these streams was very high, as the season was a 

 late one. 



From this point on the Abitibi river I proceeded west along the line 

 between concessions two and three in St. John township to the east boundary 

 of the township of Hanna, a distance of six miles, 



9a L. M. 



