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The reports of the Surveyors so far received and examined will be found 

 in Appendices 18 to 43 inclusive, pages 47 to 97 inclusive. 



Municipal Surveys. 



On the petition of the Municipal Council of the Township of Nepean, 

 instructions were issued to survey the original road allowance between lot 30, 

 concession 2, Ottawa front, and lots lettered J, K, L, M and N, concession A, 

 Rideau front, in the Township of Nepean. Also on the petition of the Muni- 

 cipal Council of the Township of Williamsburg, instructions were issued to sur- 

 vey the road allowance between the 7th and 8th concessions of the Township of 

 Williamsburg, from the east limit of lot 25, or the nearest undisputed monument 

 to the west limit of the township. Also on the petition of the Municipal Council 

 of Elmsley North, instructions were issued to survey the original road allowance 

 between the 6th and 7th concessions from lot 22 to lot 30 inclusive, and to define 

 the road allowance by permanent stone or iron monuments on each side thereof. 



The following municipal surveys have been confirmed under the provisions 

 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario 1897, chapter 181, sections 14 and 15, such 

 surveys being final and conclusive : Part of the concession line between concessions 

 4 and 5, in the Township of Williamsburg from the west side of lot No. 9 to 

 the east boundary of the township, and to define the road allowance between the 

 said concessions with stone or iron monuments. Also the road allowance along 

 the west bank of the Otonabee River, from Wolfe Street to Hunter Street, in 

 the Town of Peterborough, and to define the western limit of said road allowance 

 by stone or iron monuments. Also the concession road allowance between the 

 8th and 9th concessions of the Township of Hinchinbrooke from lot 12, south 

 to lot 8, and to define the same by permanent boundaries. Also the survey of 

 the town line between the Townships of Nepean and North Gower, and to define 

 the same by permanent monuments. 



Mining and Other Surveys. 



The Mining Act of Ontario requires that applicants to purchase or lease 

 mining lands in unsurveyed territory shall fi'lie in the Department surveyor's 

 plans (in triplicate) of the proposed mining claims with field notes and descrip- 

 tion by metes and bounds, before any sale or lease can be carried out, and under 

 Orders-in-Council, dated February 26th, 1906, 2nd October, 1907, 7th November, 

 1907, applicants to purchase islands, or locations for pleasure and summer resorts 

 or for agricultural purposes in unsurveyed territory, are required to file sur- 

 veyor's plans ' (in triplicate) of their islands or locations as the case may be, 

 with field notes and descriptions by metes and bounds, together with the necessary 

 affidavits as to there being no adverse claim by occupation or improvement, etc. 



Under the above Act, Orders-in-Council and Regulations in the Districts of 

 Parry Sound, Nipissing, Sudbury, Algoma, Thunder Bay, Rainy River and Kenora, 

 an area of 22,448.75 acres has been sold and patented during the year, for which 

 the sum of $83,518.60 has been received, and an area of 11,138.12 acres has 

 been leased for the sum of $12,699.24 as the first year's rental. 



W. H. Hearst, 



Minister. 

 Department of Lands, Forests and Mines. 

 Toronto, October 31st, 1911. 



