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west boundary in concession four, and will assist materially in the future 

 development of this township. 



The surface is fairly level with sufficient fall towards the large creeks 

 to be easily drained, but at present a large part of it is wet and swampy. 

 The soil is a good clay loam, and is well adapted for agricultural purposes. 



The only timber of any commercial value is spruce, and it is small in 

 diameter and only suitable for pulpwood. 



No traces of economic minerals were seen and there are no water powers 

 in this township. 



Fish and game are conspicuous only by their absence. At present the 

 spruce pulpwood is the chief asset of this township, but I have no doubt that 

 the construction of the railway will be quickly followed by the establishment 

 of a prosperous farming comidunity. 



Accompanying this report are a general plan, timber plan, and field 

 notes. 



I have the honour to be, 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) Walter Beatty, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 

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



Toronto. 



(Appendix No. 32.) 

 Township of Berry, District of Nipissing. 



Delta, Ont., November 25th, 1908. 



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

 the township of Berry, in the District of Nipissing, performed under your 

 instructions dated the 23rd day of May, 1908. 



This township is bounded on the north by the township of Bonis, sur- 

 veyed by me this summer, on the east and south sides by the unsurveyed 

 lands of the Crown, and on the west by Lower Abitibi Lake and concession A 

 of the township of Steele, Having surveyed the south boundary of Bonis ns 

 reported already, I established my east boundary by running a line due 

 south astronomically from the southeast corner of the township of Bonis. I 

 then ran side lines between lots two and three, four and five, six and seven 

 and eight and nine, from posts planted on south boundary of Bonis, due 

 south astronomically, and from these meridians the concessions were run east 

 and west astronomically as the work progressed, so as to make each conces- 

 sion eighty chains in depth approximately, the sub-division being performed 

 in accordance with instructions, and the results shown on plan and in field 

 notes. Posts were planted firmly in the ground, properly marked, at the 

 proper points, the most durable wood available being used. Sufficient obser- 

 vations for azimuth were taken to check bearings of lines, the magnetic 

 variation being about nine and one-half degrees west of the true meridian. 



