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Camp Island is the only island that has considerable good soil on it, more- 

 over, the timber is still good and is mostly flat. No mineral bearing rocks were 

 observed. 



Magnetic Variation. 



At the south-west corner of the township the magnetic declination was eight 

 degrees fifty minutes east, and near the north-east corner it was eight degrees 

 twenty minutes east. 



Thus the mean is eight degrees thirty-live minutes east. 



Timber. 



As regards the timber on this township, I may say that it consists principally 

 of jack pine four inches to ten inches, and spruce three inches to eight inches, to- 

 gether with balsam and poplar four inches to twelve inches. Owing to the prox- 

 imity of this township to the mills of Kenora and Keewatin, and the convenience 

 of water transportation, most of the merchantable timber has been cut, but there 

 are still some small sections remaining, but are somewhat difficult of access and 

 separated by distances. Fire has destroyed nearly all the timber in the north- 

 western portion of the township, and only in small clumps is any to be found. 

 On the north and west boundaries solid hubs with tacks were used and left to mark 

 the lines. 



I have the honour to be. 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) T. D. Green, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 

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

 Toronto. 



Afpendix No. 25. 



Report of the Survey of Upper and Lower Abitibi Lakes, in the District 



OP NiPISSING. 



Toronto, 15th June, 1909. 



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

 shore lines of Upper and Lower Abitibi Lakes, and the islands therein, within the 

 Province of Ontario, in accordance with instructions from your Department, dated 

 1st February, 1908: 



The work was divided into two parts, the surveys in Lower Abitibi Lake being 

 made in the early part of 1908 and those in the Upper Lake in the early part of 

 1909. 



Preparations for the work were made upon the receipt of the instinictions 

 and we proceeded on 17th February, by rail to McDougall's Chute — since called 

 Matheson — and thence by freight teams over a fair winter road about 25 miles in 

 length, to the south-west part of Lower Abitibi Lake. 



