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Instructions were also issued for survey of town plot at Armstrong, in the 

 district of Thunder Bay, and an addition to the town plot of Hearst, in the 

 district of Algoma. 



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

 in Appendices 18 to 29 inclusive, pages 49 to 70 inclusive. 



Municipal Surveys. 



On the petition of the Municipal Council of the Township of Willi amsburgh, 

 instructions were issued to survey the road allowance between the 7th and 8th 

 concessions of the Township of Williamsburgh, 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 Municipality of the Council of Marlborough, instructions 

 were issued to survey the road allowance between the 6th and 7th concessions of 

 the Township of Marlborough, in the county of Carleton, opposite lots 1, 2, 3 

 and 4, or as much farther as may be necessary to find an original monument and 

 to define by permanent stone or other monuments the limits of the said road 

 allowance. Also on the petition of the Municipal Council of the Township of 

 Assiginack, instructions were issued to survey the rear boundary of lots 24, 25, 

 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, concession No. 2, in the Township of Assiginack,. 

 being the road allowance in rear of the lots fronting on the road to Michael's 

 Bay, and have the same defined by permanent monuments, also in front of lots 

 20, 21 and 22 on the 6th and 7th concession road allowance. Also on the petition 

 of the Council of the Township of Hinchinbrooke, to survey the line between 

 concessions 7 and 8 from lots 9 to 13, in the Township of Hinchinbrooke. 



The following municipal surveys have been confirmed under the provisions 

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

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

 3 and 4, in the township of East Oxford, in the County of Oxford, across lots 

 16 to 18 inclusive, and to define the road allowance between said concessions with 

 stone or iron monuments. Also the concession line between concessions 6 and 7 

 in the Township of Elmsley North in the County of Lanark, from lots 22 to 30 

 inclusive, and to define the same by stone or iron monuments. 



Particulars relating to these surveys will be found in Appendices 14 and 15, 

 pages 44 and 45. 



Mining and Other Surveys. 



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

 mining lands in unsurveyed territory shall file 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. 



