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Ai'lcr passing; this spot which, (•oiiipanitiA'cly speaking, is of but little 

 valuf. wv find that the last nine or ten uiilCs near the frontier of 

 Ne\v-l)runs\vii'k oll'er alxmt the same advantages as regards cohMii/alion. 

 and ih" opening of a road as the land wm* jiass over before leaving the 

 line of Eiencourt. However, the last two miles, near the frontier, are a 

 liltl-' more hilly. Tlie same may be said of the live or six other miles 

 whieli I'ollow, in New-l>runsv.'iek, before reaching (Ireen lliver, where the 

 division line bi'lwein the two counties of Kimonski and Temiscouata 

 would touch, if prolonged as I'ar as lliat rivt-r. 



In New Ijrnnswick, on the ?)orih baiik of Grreen TJiver, as far as the 

 lirsi sv'tllements iind even as far as ihe Mathiwaska River, there are very 

 high mountains, but their sides liave lonur and licnile ^ilopes ; hard-wof)d 

 tn-es, maple esiiicially, ]->redominate on these last twenty-iive niileK and, 

 as in the Province of Quel)ec, there is a great deal oi' cedar on the bottom 

 lands. 



llel'ore concludinii", I wonld observe that the two miles of hills alter 

 leavinu' lake >^t. John, as well as the two miles ol swamj) before reaching 

 there, might be easily avoided by 'ontinuinii' the liaudot central road, in a 

 south-westerly direction, to wh<'re it would meet a natural ]>ass which is 

 said to exist in a ravine at a short distance from that spot, and afterwards 

 taking an obli(juc and south-easlcrly <lireclion to strike the division line 

 near Eagle lake. The length of the road ■^vould even be shortened by 

 adoi)ting .his line. 



The proposed road wcmld be from 3'> to 40 miles in length from the 

 Baudot c«'ntral road to the fronti,-r of New-lirunswick. and I have no 

 hesitation in saying that it would open up to eoloni/.ation a vast area 

 exceptionally well adapti d lor cultivation, but the trreat (tost of the road, 

 which 1 would not estimate at less than $000 jier mile, including bridu'cs 

 and culverts, pri'vents my recommending the uiulertaking to the Govern- 

 ment before ascertaining to what extent the two counties, who will 

 derive so much beneiit from it, would be ju-epared to contribute towards 

 the cost of the work. 



The whole respectfully submitted, 



(Signed) II. A. TUKGEON. 



Assislnnt-Tiireetor of Colonization. 



Quebec, 8th April, 1881. 



(True eopy.) 



II. A. TUlKiJ'ON. 



