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exception of the burning of the timber. It passes through a fine agricultural 

 country, with ihe exception of tiie 6th Concession and part of the 5th, where there 

 is a narrow ridge of sand. Most of the country has been burned over, and is 

 easily cleared. The lots are all located on, and fair progress is being made by 

 the settlers. 



The cost of this road was $3,315.86. 



Boad No. 27. 



The road between the townships of Beatty and Hislop, known as the Munro 

 Eoad, was improved and partly graded, and 6 clay hills cut down in front of Lots 

 7, 8, and 9, a distance of li/i; miles, at a cost of $1,855.18. 



This road passes through a rolling clay country broken by clay ridges; the 

 soil is Al. The country was all swept by fire 7 years ago and easily cleared. 



Road No. 28. 



The Ifight Hawk Lake Eoad, on the line between the townships of Carr and 

 J^owman was repaired and regraded from the west boundary of the town of Mafch- 

 rson across Lots 6 to 10 inclusive, a distance of 2^/2 miles; and the corduroy 

 around Jean Lake which had been partly burned two years ago was replaced, and 

 several small culverts repaired. 



This work was done at a cost of $100. 



This road was originally constructed by the Department of Public Works to 

 connect Matheson, on the T. & N". 0. Pailway, with the mining district around 

 Porcupine. It passes through a good section of agricultural land. 



Road No. 20. 



A road between the townships of Ingram and Evanturel across part of the 

 2nd and 1st Concessions, and the town line between the townships of Hilliard and 

 Armstrong across the 6th and part of the 5th Concessions, a distance of two miles, 

 was ditched and part of it corduroyed, at a cost of $1,154.77. This road was cut 

 out and the greater portion of it corduroyed by the Department of Public Works 

 early last spring. The road passes through a flat country with fairly good farm- 

 ing land. The road was cut out to give settlers in the vicinity of Tomstown an 

 outlet south to Thoi-nloe and PJarlton. The ditches now constructed will assist in 

 draining the low lying lands adjacent; there is abundance of fall. 



Road No. 30. 



Townships of Marter and Catherine. 



A road was cut out the full width and grubbed, commencing on the line 

 between Concessions 2 and 3 at the south-west angle of Lot 10, Marter; thence 

 east one mile, thence north one mile, thence east one mile, to the 

 south-east angle of Lot 7 in the 4th Concession; hence east between 

 the 3rd and 4th Concessions across Lots 5, 4, and part of Lot 3, a distance 

 of 1^/4. miles; thence north one mile through the centre of Lot 3, Concession 4, 

 to the line between Concessions 4 and 5; thence east I14 miles to the Windigo 

 Road leading to Tomstown. These roads were all cut out the full width and well 

 grubbed, and 2% miles well graded, that is the road across Lots 5, 4, and part of 

 3, and north along the centre line of Lot 3, Concession 4, a distance of 214 miles. 



