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five feet and is inclined to be rolling in the immediate vicinity of the river, 

 but the balance of the township is for the most part level. The land is of 

 a good quality of clay, showing some tendency to gravel on the poplar ridges, 

 and is overlaid with muck in certain swampy sections. 



I found the upper waters of the Muskego River extending completely 

 through the township from north to south. This is the east branch of the 

 Muskego- and is here quite small, being generally about eighty links wide. 

 It is navigable for canoes in the second, third and fourth concessions, but 

 south of the second concession it is blocked with alders, and north of the 

 fourth concession are rapids and log jams. No lakes of any size were found 

 in the township. 



The timber consists chiefly of spruce, balsam, poplar, balm of gilead 

 and birch, with some rather poor cedar. It is not heavily timbered, but there 

 is no brule and with the exception of a few small poplar ridges, spruce is 

 found in varying size and quality over the whole township. Much tamarac 

 is standing over a considerable portion of the township, but it is all dead, 

 and in many places the ground is covered with fallen tamarac. There are 

 some large spruce, particularly along the streams. 



There are no outcrops of rock in the township and we saw no minerals of 

 any kind. The rapids in the Muskego River are full of boulders, but these 

 did not appear to carry any minerals. 



The streams were swollen by the heavy rains which continued all sum- 

 mer, and I was unable to determine the average summer flow, which would 

 probably be slight in the Muskego and White Caribou Head, which are noth- 

 ing more than creeks at this point. 



There was little opportunity for taking observations as the weather was 

 generally cloudy. I was only able to get four observations on Polaris while 

 working in the township. 



These were taken at elongation on the 20th and 26th of August, the 16th 

 of September and the 8th of October. 



At the beginning of the work I found the variation to be eight degrees 

 forty minutes west, but later on the compass showed nine degrees west. My 

 compasses were all damaged, and finally became useless altogether. It was 

 therefore impossible to get a further determination of the variation. 



I have the honour to be. 

 Sir, 



Tour obedient servant, 



(Signed) Thos. H. Dunn, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto. 



Appendix No. 25. 



Part of the Township of Maisonville, District of Nipissing. 



Nev7 Liskeard, Ontario, May 11th, 1908. 



Sir, — In accordance with instructions dated January 2nd, 1908, I beg 

 to present my report re the survey of part of the township of Maisonville. 



