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was planted at the end of the sixth mile marked "VI M'' on the east side. I inter- 

 sected the first meridian at a point four chains fifty-nine links south of the twelfth 

 mile post. No iron post was planted here, but a wooden post was planted marked 

 "XII M — 4.59 ch." on the south side. 



From the first meridian I ran due east astronomically from the twelve mile 

 post a distance of twelve miles, three chains', fifteen links, at which point I inter- 

 sected the meridian line run by Ontario Land Surveyor Niven in nineteen hundred 

 and two, at a point four chains eighty-one links south of his twelve mile post. 

 Wooden posts marked on the west side were planted at the end of each m.ile on 

 this line. No post was planted at the end of the twelfth mile but at Ontario Land 

 Surveyor Niven's meridian a post was* planted, marked "XII M — 3.15 ch." on 

 the west side. Iron posts were planted at the end of the sixth mile and at Ontario 

 Land Surveyor Niven's meridian marked the same as the wooden posts, except 

 that the iron post at Ontario Land Surveyor Niven's meridian is marked "XII 

 M'' on account of it being impossible to mark the extra chainage with a file. 



On completing this line I decided to return home and went down the Aubina- 

 dong and Mis'sissaga Rivers, arriving in Thessalon on the night of October twelfth. 



Immediately after New Year's I proceeded to Searchmont on the Algoma 

 Central Railway, where I procured a team and transported my outfit to a lumber 

 camp in township twenty-two, range eleven. From here I proceeded by tobog- 

 gan to a point near the eighteen mile post on the second meridian line, from which 

 point I ran due west on the first base line a distance of twelve miles, seven chains, 

 thirty-five links to the meridian run by Ontario Land Surveyor Speight in eigh- 

 teen ninety-eight. I planted a wooden post marked on the east side at the end of 

 each mile with the exception of the twenty-fourth mile. A post was planted, how- 

 ever, at the intersection of Ontario Land Surveyor Speight's meridian which came 

 at twenty-four miles plus seven chains thirty-five links. Iron posts were planted 

 at the eighii^nth mile and at the intersection with Ontario Land Surveyor 

 Speight's meridian and marked similarly to the wooden posts at these points. 



• On all of the above lines where the end of a mile came in a lake a post was 

 planted on the neares't shore and marked and the distance marked on the post 

 plus or minus as the case might be. 



Throughout the survey care was taken to have the lines well cut out and 

 blazed and to have good durable posts well made and firmly planted. Stone 

 mounds were made around the posts whenever possible. Bearing trees were 

 marked B T and the bearing and distance from the posts marked in the field notes. 



Observations on Polaris were taken whenever possible, and these are noted in 

 their proper places in the field notes. Great difficulty was experienced during the 

 latter part of the survey in getting observations on account of the unusual amount 

 of smoke in the atmosphere. 



Timber. 



There is a very large amount of valuable timber within the limits of the sur- 

 vey. There are some large burnt areas resulting from fires which apparently 

 swept the country about twelve or fifteen years ago, but taken as a whole the 

 country is largely a virgin forest. On the timber plan which accompanies this 

 report I have shown approximately where these burnt areas are, but on account 

 of the distance between the lines run it is not possible to make any estimate as to 

 their exact extent. 



The first meridian for the first four miles runs through a brule, about forty 

 years old, the timber consisting mostly of poplar and birch up to eight inches 



