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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



be gravelled to give a continuous gravelled road from Emo to Rainy River. The 

 most of this gravel will have to be hauled by train as there are only a few good 

 gravel pits close to this road. Twenty-five miles of this road was graded and 

 three and a half miles cleared ready for grading, during the present season. 



This road runs through a fine belt of clay land from Emo to Stratton. 

 Between Stratton and Rainy River the road crosses six miles of swampy land, the 

 remaining thirteen miles being good clay land. The high land has all been taken 

 up and considerable of it cultivated. 



Between Barwick and Stratton the road is all graded two miles of which 

 were gravelled, the remainder being ready for gravelling. Between Stratton and 

 Pinewood there remains one and one-half miles of new road to be ditched and 

 two miles of old road to be graded before this road is ready for gravelling. 



On the Fort Frances and Rainy River Trunli Road, near Stratton, before surfacing 



with gravel. 



Between Pinewood and Sleeman there remains one and one-half miles of new 

 road to be graded. Two and a half miles of gravelling will complete this road. 

 Between Sleeman and Rainy River two miles of old road should be graded and 

 four miles gravelled. 



Road from Sleeman to Little Grassy River. 



This road has a total length of sixteen and three-quarter miles, described 



as follows: 



Commencing at the trunk road at the village of Sleeman thence northerly a 

 distance of seven miles to the north-east corner of section 34 in the township 

 of Blue thence diagonally across lots 5 and 6, Con. 1, township of Pratt to the 

 north-east corner of lot 5, Con. 1, one mile and 1,109 feet, thence north 5 miles 

 between lots 4- and 5 to the north boundary of the township of Pratt, thence 



