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XXYIII." on the east side, "Con. VI." on the south side, "Con. VII." on 

 the north side, and "R" on the north, south and west sides. 



On the north boundary at the line between lots twelve and thirteen, 

 marked *'Lot XII." on the east side, "Lot XIII" on the west side, "Con. 

 XII." on the south side and "E" on four sides. 



In the survey I adopted the river as the boundary between the northern 

 part of lot twenty-seven and lot twenty-eight, concession nine and as the 

 boundary between lots twenty-seven and twenty-eight in concessions ten and 

 eleven, and between lots twenty-six and twenty-seven in concession twelve. 



The surface of this township is gently undulating and it is well drained 

 by the Missanabie River and small- streams flowing into it. 



The township contains a large amount of good dry land and there are 

 no large swamps and very little wet swamp land which cannot be easily 

 drained. 



The rock outcrops at a few places along the river and in the interior of 

 the township one or two small exposures were seen. 



The soil is clay and in the swamps the clay is overlaid with black muck 

 of various depths which in turn is covered with a thick growth of moss. 



The timber is a young growth and consists chiefly of spruce and poplar. 

 The poplar is of good quality and where found is usually thick on the ground. 

 Much of the spruce is small, very few of the trees reach twelve inches in 

 diameter and where trees of that size are found they are often thin on the 

 ground. 



The agricultural possibilities of this township are good. The soil is 

 rich, there will be very little waste land and as the Transcontinental Railway 

 will cross the southern part of it, it will be easy of access. 



There is very little large game in this township and very few fish were 

 found in the river. 



Accompanying this report are the field notes of the survey, a map of 

 the township and a timber plan, all of which I trust will be found satis- 

 factory. 



I have the honour to be. 

 Sir, 



Tour obedient servant, 



(Signed) James Hijtcheon, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



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

 Toronto. 



Appendix No. 38. 



Base and Meridian Lines, Districts of Algoma and Thunder Bat. 



Toronto, Ont., November 30, 1908. 



Sir, — We have the honour to submiJt the following report on the survey 

 of certain base and meridian lines, forming the outlines of townships nine 

 miles square in the Districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay, made by us during 

 the past summer, under instructions dated 21st May, 1908. 



