1909 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FOEESTS AND MINES. 67 



by Ontario Land Surveyor Niven in nineteen hundred and two, arriving there on 

 the evening of Saturday, June twenty-seventh. 



I commenced the survey of the first meridian line at the seventy-eighth mile 

 post on the base line run by Ontario Land Surveyor Niven in nineteen hundred 

 and two and ran due north astronomically a distance of thirty miles, planting a 

 wooden post at the end of every mile marked on the south side with the number 

 of miles distant from the starting point. Iron posts were planted beside the 

 wooden posts at the end of the sixth, twelfth, eighteenth, twenty-fourth and 

 thirtieth miles. These posts were marked the same as the wooden posts, the num- 

 ber of the mile being cut in Eoman numerals with a cold chisel. 



From the thirtieth mile on the first meridian I ran due east on the second 

 base line a distance of twelve miles, planting wooden posts at every mile, and 

 marking them on the west side. Iron posts were planted at the sixth and twelfth 

 miles and marked similarly to the wooden ones. 



I then returned to the thirtieth mile on the first meridian and ran due west 

 astronomically a distance of twenty-three miles, seventy-five chains, seventy-six links, 

 at which point I intersected the meridian line run by Ontario Land Surveyor 

 Speight in eighteen ninety-eight. A wooden post marked on the east side was 

 planted at the end of each mile and at the intersection with Ontario Land Sur- 

 veyor Speight's meridian. Iron posts were planted at the end of the sixth, 

 twelfth and eighteenth mile and at Ontario Land Surveyor Speight's meridian, 

 the marking being the same as on the wooden posts beside which they were plant- 

 ed. The wooden post at the west end of this line is marked "XXIV M — 4.24 ch" 

 on the east side. The iron post, however, is marked "XXIV M," as I had un- 

 fortunately lost the cold chisel used for marking the iron posts, the marking was 

 done with a file, and I found it impossible to mark the broken chainage on the 

 iron post. I then marked it with the even mile and noted the fact in the field 

 notes. 



On completing this line I returned to the twelfth mile and Mmmenced the 

 survey of the second meridian by running due south . astronomically from the 

 twelfth mile post on the second base line. I ran this line due south a distance of 

 twenty-four miles, thirty-four chains, forty-three links, at which point I inter- 

 sected the production of the north limit of township twenty-two, range ten, which 

 line had been run by Ontario Land Surveyor Cozens in nineteen hundred and 

 seven. I produced this line due east astronomically a distance of seven chains 

 thirty-one links to intersect my second meridian line. Wooden posts marked on 

 the south side were planted ^t the end of each mile on this line. Iron posts were 

 planted at the end of the sixth, twelfth, eighteenth and twenty-fourth miles and 

 marked on the north side. At the intersection with the easterly production of the 

 north limit of township twenty, range ten, a cedar post was planted marked 

 " XXIV M-f 34.93 chs.'^ on the north side. 



From this point I returned to the eighteenth mile post on the second meri- 

 dian line and from this point ran due east astronomically on the first base line. 

 I had intended running the western twelve miles of the first base line before run- 

 ning east, but on arriving at the starting point I found that it would be impossible 

 to do this on account of the great difficulty in getting supplies to the line. I, 

 therefore, decided to leave this twelve miles until later, and ran east towards my 

 base of supplies on the Aubinadong Eiver. I ran the portion of the first base line 

 which lies between the first and second meridians from west to east instead of 

 from east to west as instructed. I marked the posts, however, with the distance 

 in miles from the first meridian line on the east side of each post. An iron post 



