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Instructions also issued for a number of base and meridian lines which 

 were run out during the year. In the Mississaga Forest Reserve, District 

 of Algoma, 319 miles were run. In the Temagami Forest Reserve, in the 

 District of Nipissing, 140 miles were run. In the District of Algoma and 

 Thunder Bay, 153 miles were run. In the District of Sudbury, 27 miles were 

 run. 



The outlines of Block No. 7, in the Thunder Bay and Rainy River Dis- 

 tricts, set apart in accordance with the provisions of Statutes of Ontario, 4 

 Edward VII., Chapter 18, along the Thunder Bay Branch of the Grand 

 Trunk Pacific Railway, was also defined upon the ground, 48 miles having 

 been run. 



The Gillies Timber Limit, in the District of Nipissing, was also sub- 

 divided into blocks of the normal area of 640 acres each. 



A number of timber berths in the Districts of Algoma, Nipissing, Rainy 

 River, have been surveyed during the year. 



The town sites of Brower, Smyth and addition to Smyth, both in the 

 District of Nipissing, have also been surveyed. 



Several other minor survey's have been performed. 



The reports of the surveyors of the base and meridian lines in the Clay 

 Belt in Northern Ontario confirm the favorable impression of former reports 

 as to the adaptability and fertility of the soil for agricultural purposes. 



The surveyors' reports so far as received and examined will be found 

 in Appendices 18 to 42 inclusive, pages 61 to 113, inclusive. 



Municipal Surveys. 



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On the petitions of the municipal councils of the City of Port Arthur, 

 County of Waterloo, County of Wellington, Township of Barton, Township 

 of East Oxford, Township of Ross, Township of Houghton, United Counties 

 of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Township of East Luther, instructions 

 have issued to survey certain streets in the City of Port Arthur, to survey 

 part of the line between the Township of Waterloo and the Township of 

 Guelph, to survey the original allowance for road between broken front and 

 1st concession of Barton, to survey a portion of road allowances between the 

 3rd and 4th concessions of the Township of East Oxford, to survey a portion 

 of the road allowance between the 7th and 8th concessions in the Township 

 of Ross, to survey the road allowance between lots 7 and 8 east of the North 

 Road, Towiiship of Houghton, to survey the boundary road allowance 

 between the Townships of Osnabruck and Cornwall, to survey certain lots 

 in the 14th concession of the Township of East Luther. 



The following municipal surveys have been confirmed under the pro- 

 visions of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1897, Chapter 181, sections 14 

 and 15, such surveys being final and conclusive. The allowance for road 

 forming the boundary between the Townships of Osgoode and Mountain. 

 Certain block of land in the Town of Blind River, District of Algoma. Cer- 

 tain line in the Township of Hinchinbrooke, in the County of Frontenac. 



Particulars relating to these surveys will be found in Appendices No. 

 14 and 15, pages 54 to 56, inclusive. 



Mining and other Surveys. 



The Mining Act of Ontario requires that applicants to purchase or lease 

 mining lands in unsurveyed territory shall file in the Department, survey- 

 or's plans (in triplicate) of their proposed mining claims with field notes 



