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The land to the west of the river is undulating with a good clay soil and 

 IS well timbered with spruce and poplar. In the eastern part of the township the 

 land is more level with a larger percentage of swamp, and the timber somewhat 

 smaller. 



There is a small area of burnt land along the river in concessions eight 

 and nine, and another on the west boundary extending from near the south-west 

 corner of the township to the fifth concession. 



On the whole the township is a fairly good one, there are some ridges of 

 rock in various parts and some swamps which will require drainage, but more 

 than half of the area can be brought under cultivation without difficulty. 



Very little large game was ^een and no fur-bearing animals. Fish was also 

 scarce but partridge were plentiful. 



Accompanying this report are the field notes and plan of the survey and 

 the timber plan. 



I have the honour to be, 



Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) James Hutcheon". 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto. 



Appendix No. 35. 



Survey of the Residue of the Townships of Benoit and Maisonville, 



District of Nipissing. 



Elk Lake, November 3nd. 1910. 



Sir, — I have the honour to report that under instructions from your De- 

 partment dated July 7th, 1910, I have completed the survey of those parts of the 

 Townships of Benoit and Maisonville not previously subdivided into lots. 



In 1908, Mr. C. H. FuUerton, O.L.S., surveyed thirty-two lots in Maison- 

 ville and twenty-seven lots in Benoit along the Temiskaming and Northern On- 

 tario Railway. This year I laid out the remaining forty lots in Maisonville and 

 forty-five lots in Benoit, four of the former and eleven of the latter being west 

 of the railway. 



Probably about one-half of the country included in these lots is suitable for 

 a^icultural purposes, being covered with a rich clay or sandy loam, the re- 

 mainder consisting of outcrops of native rock, muskeg, water or sand containing 

 many drift boulders. The rocky portion of these townships may prove valuable 

 for mining purposes, a considerable number of claims having been staked and 

 mudh of the rock apparently not having yet been well prospected. Practically 

 all the hills shown on the plans accompanying this report are native rock, while 

 there is a considerable area of rock not much elevated above the surrounding 

 country. 



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