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Appendix No. 34. 

 Survey of the Township of Machin, District of Sudbury. 



GuELPH, Ont., March 3,9th, 1911. 



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

 Township of Machin in the District of Sudbury, made in accordance with instruc- 

 tions from your Department, dated May 11th, 1910, 



This township is on the Ground Hog River and lies north of the National 

 Transcontinental Eailway and was reached by means of the contractors' train 

 on that railway from Cochrane. 



This township is nine miles square and was laid out in lots of one hundred 

 and fifty acres each under the system of survey approved by Order in Council of 

 April 26th, 1906. 



The survey was commenced at the south-east angle of the township, whicli 

 is about 2^ miles north of the railway, which point is marked by the six mile 

 post on 0. L. S. Speight's meridian line of 1905. The south boundary was run 

 west from that point and was posted at each lot in the regular way and the side- 

 lines projected northward from it. 



The railway crosses the south-west corner of the township, cutting lots 28, 

 29 and 30 in the first concession. 



The survey lines were in every case run in the centres of the road allowances. 

 On the concession line a post was planted on the survey line at the end of each 

 lot, also one on the south side of the road allowance and one on the north side. 

 The posts planted on the survey lines were marked with the numbers of the lots 

 on the east and west sides and with the letter "E" on the north and south sides. 

 The posts at the lot corners were marked with the lot numbers on the east and 

 west sides and with the concession numbers on the north or south sides, accord- 

 ing to the positions of the posts, and with the letter "R" on the side facing the 

 road allowance. At the side roads a post was planted at the intersection of the 

 survey lines and marked "E" on four sides and a post was placed at each of the 

 four lot corners and marked with the number of the lot and concession and with 

 the letter *'E" on the two sides facing the road allowances. 



Tlie 1%-inch iron posts and the wooden posts at the township corners were 

 marked with the word " Machin " on the side facing the township. 



Iron posts 1^-inch in diameter were planted beside the wooden posts at 

 the following points on the survey lines, viz. : On the north shore of the lake 

 between lots 12 and 13 in the first concession, on the line between concessions VI 

 and VII at the east boundary and at the lots 12 and 13 side road and at the west 

 boundary, on the north boundary at the lots 12 and 13 side road. These posts 

 were marked "E" on four sides and with the numbers of the adjacent lots and 

 ■concessions. 



The Ground Hog Eiver enters the township from the south at lot 24, Cod. 

 I, and flowing a little to the north-east leaves it at lot 16, Con XII. It has a 

 width of from six to ten chains, and flows with .a good current. In lot 18, Con. 

 VIII there is a short rapids with a fall of about nine feet. There are a number 

 of small lakes in the township. 



