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growth of timothy and clover 'which has sprung up and the garden vegetables 

 grovi^n by the residents in Alexandra would indicate in a measure the adaptability 

 of the country for farming. 



The township contains a large amount of poplar and spruce timber with some 

 balsam, cedar and white birch. The poplar is of good quality and runs from 

 twelve to twenty-four inches in diameter of the stump. 



There is also a considerable amount of large spruce and a great deal of a size 

 suitable for pulpwood. Most of the large timber close to the railway and along 

 the Ground Hog Eiver in Cons. 9, 10, 11 and 12 has been cut for construction 

 purposes or for railway ties. 



' I have the honor to be. 



Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) James Hutoheon, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



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

 Toronto, Ont. 



Appendiv i^'o. -30. 



SUEVEY OP THE ToWNSHIP OF SaEGEANT, DiSTBICT OF TiMISKAMING. 



Ottawa, December 26th, 1912. 



SiE, — I have the honor to submit the following report of our field operations 

 during last season, on the survey of the Township ,of Sargeant, sixty miles east of 

 Cochrane on the National Transcontinental Railway and north of Lake Abitibi. 



On receipt of your instructions dated May 21st, 1912, we, "Mr. Andrew Bell 

 and N. J. Slater,'' proceeded from Ottawa June 12th to North Bay, where we 

 purchased our supplies. On June 14th we left for Cochrane and were obliged to 

 remain there till June 21st, as our outfit did not come in ; it having been forwarded 

 by freight. 



We left Cochrane June 21st, with seven men, for Aylen River, where we 

 camped on the south side of tracks in old construction camp. 



Saturday, June 22nd, commencing chaining and posting along railway from 

 west boundary of township. 



June 24th, we took observations on long tangent of Transcontinental Railway 

 given as south 72 degrees 56 minutes east, and found it to be south 73 degrees 

 3 minutes 30 seconds east. The railway bearings had evidently been commenced 

 from the boundary line between Ontario and Quebec and no corrections had been 

 made for curvature. On June 25th, commenced to run side road between Lots 

 22 and 23, and on June 26th finished side road to north boundary. 



Work went steadily on in the southern part of the township with two parties. 

 On August 28th Mr. Bell decided to go to Cochrane, being ill^and never returned. 

 Owing to construction going on the railway we found great difficulty in keeping 

 men. 



