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land birch of poor quality, with pine, spruce, balsam and birch distributed through- 

 out. There is a large amount of pulpwood on this township, and some good groves 

 of pine, but it ifl not nearly as valuable a township as others seen during the 

 eeason. 



T'p- 22, R- XII. This is a very good township. Along the east boundary 

 there is a good growth of pine and spruce, also along the south boundary. In the 

 north-west corner there is a heavy growth of pine, and, in fact, more or less pine 

 can be seen all over the township wherever an extended view could be obtained. 

 There is also a large amount of pulpwood and considerable hard wood. This ap- 

 pears to be one of the best townships seen during the season. 



T'p- 23, R- XL As this township is now being lumbered by the Algoma Com- 

 mercial Company, I do not consider it necessary to report. I may say, however, 

 that the east and north boundaries of this township were run some years ago, pre- 

 sumably under the directions of the Algoma Commercial Company. These lines 

 do not coincide with the lines run by myself under instructions from your De- 

 partment. I have, however, connected these lines with my survey, and their lo- 

 cation is shown on the plan by a dotted line. 



T'p- 23, R- XII. There is some good pine along the south boundary of this 

 township, especially for a mile and a half east of the Goulais River. The east 

 boundary passes through some good pine scattered among spruce and hardwood. 

 There is a good grove of red pine near the small lake at the north-east corner. 

 Along the north boundary there is not much pine to be seen. There is a large 

 quantity of fine spruce and white birch, with some very large cedar west of the 

 Goulais River, although not much pine can be seen from the lines, there is some 

 very fine pine inside the township. Outside the limits of the survey there is some 

 very fine pine north of Townships 5 G and 5 H. 



Geology. 



The prevailing formation in Laurentian. The country drained by the Miss- 

 issaga and Aubinadong Rivers land their Ibranches is composed of Gfranite, 

 Gneiss and Syenite, intersected by numerous dikes of fine grained Trap. A 

 large number of these dikes were examined, but no signs of mineral were found 

 in €iny of them. The contacts between the dikes and the country rock were in- 

 variably tight and devoid of vein matter in any form. Around Aubakagama Lake 

 and on some of the islands in the same Huronian rooks occur. These consist chiefly 

 of diorite and a form of slaty schist. In the valley of the Goulais River and ite 

 branches Huronian rocks are more in evidence, although they appear to consist 

 mostly of various eruptions in a Granite formation. Owing to the heavy growth 

 of underbrush and moss the rock exposures are not as frequent as the rough 

 nature of the country would lead one to expect. The only place where frequent 

 exposures were to be seen was in the large brule, which occurs up the Aubinadong 

 River. Here the formation is all Granite with numerous trap dikes, as already 

 stated. The country is very rough and exceedingly difficult to travel in. The 

 rock ridges appear to run in all directions with very few valleys that continue 

 for any distance in one direction. In addition to the rock ridges there are 

 numerous hills of boulders and gravel of glacial origin. 



There is practically no land fit for agricultural purposes. 



