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Soil. 



The soil is chiefly a light colored solid clay, which is almost entirely 

 covered by moss varying from six inches in depth on the high land, to 

 unknown depths in the muskeg, the greater part averaging two feet in depth. 

 On some of the ridges the clay is covered by a layer of loam from six to 

 twelve inches in depth. While I was in the township the lana was very wet, 

 but on two or three occasions when the rain stopped for a few days the water 

 lowered so rapidly that I was led to believe that in an ordinarily dry season 

 the land would be fairly dry with few swamps. There are ridges of high 

 land along each side of the rivers, running through the township. These 

 rivers have many long shallow rapids, making them almost useless for canoe- 

 ing purposes, even in high water. The lakes in the township were caused 

 by beaver dams and are evidently shallow. The banks are low and swampy, 

 making it difficult to determine high water mark with any degree of accuracy. 



Minerals. 



I saw no signs of any economic minerals, the only rock visible being 

 in the rapids of the rivers. There is also a small area of rock "graphite" 

 covered by moss running across the east boundary on concession eight and 

 across the line between concessions eight and nine in lot number one. 



I have the honor to be, 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd. A. F. Wells, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 

 The Honorable, 



The Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto. 



{Appendix No. 44.) 



Tow^NSHip OF Bayly, District of Nipissing. 



Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., September 26th, 1907. 



Sir, — I have the honor to submit the following report on the survey of 

 the township of Bayly, in the District of Nipissing, performed under instruc- 

 tions from your Department, dated May 6th, 1907. 



As instructed, I commenced the survey at the southeast angle of the 

 township of Marter, and the southwest angle of the township of Bayly, from 

 which point I chained north along the east boundary of Martyr one mile, 

 where I found a post marking the first and second concessions of that town- 

 ship, from which point after taking an observation of polaris, I ran east 

 astronomically six miles, giving the lots a uniform width of forty chains, 

 I also chained the north boundary of Ingram, which I found correct except 

 lot 12. I found a If inch iron post at the northeast angle of Ingram and 

 the northwest angle of Pense, I then ran alternate side lines, as well as the 

 east boundary, north astronomically from the proper points, laying off the 

 various concession lines as instructed. 



As I found a good wagon road running north and south at the south- 

 west corner of the township, I planted a If inch iron post 50 links east and 

 50 links north of the true southwest angle of the township, marked on the 

 northeast "Bayly," on the east "No. 1," on the north "Con. 1." I planted 



