watered. Settlers with land under cultivation are doing well with grain, hay, and vegetables, and one man has a large drove of hogs. Aleza Lake, 13 miles east of Giscome, 37 miles from Prince George, has two sawmills, store, and post-office, and a number of settlers are cultivating Jands in the vicinity. Hansard Lake, to the east, is 2 miles long, and between it and the Fraser is flat land with muskegs. To the north the flat coun- try continues to the Fraser, and westward of the lake it rises gently to the north for about 3 miles to about 2,350 feet, and thence falls gently to the Fraser. The southerly slope has good clay loam; on the divide, burned over some years ago, soil is sandy and gravelly. The slopes are lightly tim- bered. Settlers who haye cleared and cultivated land in this vicinity grow good crops; potatoes and cabbages particularly grow well, and hay and oats are successfully grown, also garden-truck, including tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn. Fraser River from vicinity of Hansard Lake east and west is in alluvial flood-plain which reaches greatest width on Bowron River and on McGregor River above its mouth, an area in which alluvial material some hundreds of feet deep and some miles wide has been deposited. It is overlooked by ter- races, many broad and leyel. The block of surveyed land north and north-east of Hansard Lake on either side of the Fraser, with Lots 3035 to 3057 at the northern side, is a typical area of terrace land, the river being bordered by an alluvial flat of moderate width overgrown with willows. Fraser River, with width ranging from 400 to 600 feet, and average current of about 8 miles an hour, is broken near Giscome Portage by rapids. The banks are in general high and timbered. On the west the ground rises more rapidly toward the heights flanking the valley near McGregor River. The country in general is covered with thickets of poplar and birch. There are many reaches of open and partly open grassy flats and timbered benches flank the river in places. From Giscome Portage a road extends about 7 miles to Summit Lake, head of the waterway connecting with Peace River. Shortly after leaving Hansard the railway crosses the Fraser by a steel bridge, and for many miles the route is flanked with forests, with lum- bering at various points. The route continues on the north side of the Fraser until the crossing at Bend is reached. McGrecor River. McGregor River drains a generally mountainous area with narrow valleys, surveys being confined to