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The wet weather greatly impeded our work. One week we were in 

 camp five days. In the month of July, rain fell 24 days. In the.month of 

 August, rain fell on 25 days. In the month of September, rain fell on 20 

 days. Snow fell on two days. In October, up to the 10th, rain and snow- 

 fell on 7 days. We had frost at McDongall's Chute on July 2nd, The 

 next frost was on August 26th. 



With regard to the opening up and development of this township, I would 

 say that the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway location runs north 

 through the township of St. John, and the Grand Trunk Pacific location runs 

 east and west through the township to the north, so that this part will be 

 within a few miles of the junction of the two, and when these lines are built 

 the land will be easy of access, and should become settled within the next 

 few years. 



Respectfully submitted by 



(Sgd.) E. D. Bolton, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 

 The Honorable, 



The Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, 



(Appendi,t No. 43.) 

 Township of Kennedy, District of Nipissing. 



ToBONTO, Ontario, December 21st, 1907. 



Sir, — I have surveyed the township of Kennedy, in the district of Nipis- 

 sing, according to instructions dated May 15, 1907, and beg to report as 

 follows : — 



I arrived at the township on August 1st, and owing to the incessant 

 rain and cloudy skies I was unabJe to obtain astronomic observation of any 

 description until August 22nd.- Accordingly, I ran the line between con- 

 cessions two and three, the line between concessions four and five, and the 

 line between concessions six and seven, also the side lines up to concession 

 five by turning angles from Ontario Land Surveyor Speight's base and meri- 

 dian lines. On August twenty-second, I succeeded in obtaining an observa- 

 tion on side line between lots eleven and twelve. On August twenty-sixth, 

 and September sixth, I took observations on the east boundary. From this 

 time on, I used these lines as bases, turning angles from them. In running 

 the north boundary I was only able to get one observation on September 

 seventeenth. On the whole, I found it very difficult to do accurate work oij 

 account of the rain which fell on an average of five days a week. 



This township is surveyed on the new method of survey approved by 

 Orderrin-€ouncil, dated April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and six, 

 [c consists of twelve concessions, each of which has a depth of approximately 

 fifty-nine chains, fifty links. In each concession, there are twenty-eight 

 lots. Lot number one at the eastern end of concessions is a narrow lot, 

 and lot number twenty-eight is a wide lot. All other lots being twenty-five 

 chains, twenty-five Hnks in width, except adjoining side roads as shown on 

 plan. The lines are run in the centres of the road allowance between every 

 socond concession and between every sixth and seventh lots. At the front 

 angles of the lots, at right angles from the centre line of the concession. 



