92 ' REPOET OF THE No. 3 



From Trout Lake, I proceeded to Niven's 30-inile post, and in accordance 

 with your instructions from this post I ran my first meridian due south, astro- 

 nomically, six miles. I then ran the south boundary of the Township of Cars- 

 callen east to intersection with meridian run by Lang and Ross this summer, and 

 I ran the south boundary of Whitesides west, a distance of six miles, from which 

 point I projected my second meridian north, astronomically, to intersection with 

 Niven's base line and south to the intersection with south boundary of Pharand 

 Township. 



The south boundaries of Keefer and Hillary townships were started east from 

 posts established on my second meridian, the running of the former having to be 

 postponed until after the latter, on account of the danger from fire that was run- 

 ning through that section. 



After having run these south boundaries, I returned to my first meridian and 

 ran it due south, astronomically, running the south boundaries of Denton and 

 Reynolds east, astronomically, from the intersection of said meridian with south 

 boundaries of Keefer and Hillary townships respectively. 



The south boundaries of Childerhouse and Pharand townships were run east 

 and west respectively from a point on my first meridian distant twenty-four miles 

 south from Niven's base line. 



Substantial wooden posts were planted at the end of every mile, excepting 

 where these points were located in water, and in such cases witness posts were 

 planted on the shore and marked as shown in field notes. Wooden posts and iron 

 bars were planted at all township corners, excepting at the corner of Whitesides, 

 Carscallen, Denton and Keefer, and on account of thip comer being in a lake, wit- 

 ness posts were planted on the line between Keefer and Denton at a point distant 

 three chains south of the comer. 



All posts are marked as set forth in the field notes, two bearing trees being 

 marked, distances and bearings to which were taken and recorded for each post 

 wherever they could be obtained, the posts being firmly driven in ground wherever 

 possible and stones planted around them while available. 



The country as a whole is fairly level, very few hills of any height being seen, 

 the surface is either level or gently rolling with occasional" outcrops of rock, but 

 owing to surface being thickly wooded and usually covered with moss we had not 

 an opportunity of seeing any indications of minerals, though I have heard that 

 since I ran the west boundary of Denton Township a considerable portion of it 

 has been staked. 



The soil is utterly unfit for agricultural purposes, being either sandy or very 

 stony. The swamps, which form a considerable percentage of the total area, appear 

 to be nothing but a bed of boulders, once you get through the moss and muck on 

 the surface. 



As the area embraced in this survey is adjacent to the Porcupine Gold Fields, 

 there is no doubt that it will be thoroughly prospected, but we saw no exposures 

 of rock that would lead us to expect that it will turn out a mining country. 



The timber that is of any value is principally spruce and Banksian pine, a 

 considerable quantity of the latter of good quality being found through Childer- 

 house, Reynolds and Denton townships. Red and white pine from 12 to 30 inches 

 in diameter is found round Trout Lake and on the islands therein; also on the 

 line between the townships of Keefer and Hillary, extending about three-quarters 

 of a mile west of Otter Lake, but owing to our outlines being six miles apart it is 

 impossible to give a report on the timber that is of any practical value. The pine 

 on the west side of Otter Lake appeared to be the most valuable, but the area on 

 which it is growing may be of comparatively limited extent. 



