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the line beitween the Districts of Nipissing and Sudbury run by O.L.S. A. Niven 

 in 1896, at a point four chains and fifty-five links south of his forty-second mile 

 post. These six mile chords form the south boundaries of the Townships of 

 Corley, Leckie and Dufferin, the boundaries between which were run north 

 astronomically to intersect with the second base line, which was run west astron- 

 omically from a post planted by O.L.S. Eorke on the easterly shore of Smooth 

 Water Lake. This post was sixty-eight chains and fifty-four links west of the 

 meridian forming the west boundary of -the Township of Gamble, and forty-two 

 chains and fifty links west of the meridian forming the west boundary of the 

 Township of Brewster. 



The first and second meridians forming the west boundaries of the Townships 

 of Donovan and Charters, and the Townships of Eay and Leith, respectively, were 

 run north astronomically from the second base line to intersect the line forming 

 the south boundary of the Townships of Nicol and Milner, run by O.L.S. Eorke 

 in 1908 and 1909. 



The third base line was run west astronoinically to the district boundary from 

 d birch post planted by Mr. Eorke at the south-west corner of the Township of 

 Corkill. An iron bar was planted alongside of this post and both were marked 

 <vith the names of the townships in accordance with my instructions. 



The fourth, fifth and sixth base lines forming the north boundaries of Leonard, 

 Tyrrell and Knight, respectively, were run west astronomically from the south- 

 west corner of Milner and the north-west corner of Van Hise, respectively, which 

 corners were previously established by O.L.S. Eorke's survey. 



The meridian between the Townships of Eankin and Eaymond was run 

 north astronomically from the north-west corner of Van Hise a distance of six 

 miles, three chains and thirty-seven links, where both a wooden and an iron post 

 were planted, being marked with the above chainage on the south side. The 

 six mile point was found to come in the waters of Duncan Lake. 



The details of the survey will be found in the field notes. The lines were 

 well opened out and well blazed. Iron posts one and one-quarter inches in 

 diameter were planted alongside of wooden posts at the township corners and both 

 were marked with the name of the township on the side facing the township. 

 Substantial wooden posts were planted at every mile and marked with the number 

 of miles which they were west or north of the nearest township corner. Bearing 

 trees were taken for all posts and recorded in the field notes. 



Observations for Azimuth were frequently taken, but cloudy weather pre- 

 vented their being taken as often as desired. The magnetic variation of the 

 needle, while somewhat erratic in places, was mostly found to be from six to eight 

 degrees west. 



General Description. 



The tract of country included in the survey is mostly rough and broken; the 

 Townships of Corley and Donovan and the easterly parts of Leckie and Eay 

 being particularly so; in these the hills often rise to elevations of from three to 

 four hundred feet above the level of Smooth Water Lake. Eock outcrops are very 

 numerous over the entire area. There are some swamps in the valleys but they 

 are mostly of small extent. There is one of considerable size in the Townships 

 of Leckie and Eay on either side of the Sturgeon Eiver. From one-third to 

 one-half of the area of these two townships is of a swampy nature, the timber 



