27 The first paragraph of this report may not have been correctly transcribed, as the meaning is not clear. It is probable that he had completed the survey of the south shore of the St. Lawrence from Chaleur or Gaspe to the settlements below the City of Quebec , but had not prepared the plans. On January 17, 1769, Holland forwarded a Memorial to the Council (prob¬ ably at Quebec ) as a result of which a warrant was issued to Deputy Surveyor Collins, directing him to survey the Rivers Yamaska, St . Francis, Nicolet and St . Maurice in order that they might be shewn on a general plan of the Province. On May 21, 1765, Collins reported to the Governor, the Hon . James Murray , that he had fixed the point on . Francis where the 45th parallel of latitude intersected the south-east shore of the lake. It would appear that he proceeded with the survey of the boundary between the Provinces of Quebec and York in 1765 and 1766. He was also employed on surveys in Gaspe and the Baie des Chaleurs. In 1768, Lieutenant Carleton , as assistant to Holland, surveyed the St. Lawrence from to Oswegatchie, where he was forbidden to proceed by a band of Mississaga Indians, who imagined that this survey was a preliminary to the taking possession of their lands. Arguments were unavailing and the survey was discontinued and it is doubtful if it was resumed until after the Peace in 1783. On July 6th, 1770, Holland wrote from Quebec that he was to set out immediately with all of his assistants for the easterly parts of New England to continue the survey commenced by Mr. De Barres . On December 19, 1770, he reports again to the Earl of Hillsborough , this report being written at Kittery, , near Portsmouth, N.H. It was received on March 4, 1771, and was as follows:— Kittery, , 19th Deer. 1770. My Lord, Your letter Nov. 4 of the 4th April, could not but give me the greatest satisfaction; the continued approbation of my conduct in the service I am honored with, from His Majesty & your Lordship, is such an Encouragement to me, as I want words to express, & must rely on the continuance of my future Labors being such, as shall shew, how much I am sensible of it. I mean not my Lord, to address you, in the official style, but shall beg your Lordship's Indulgence, for my Presumption in pretending to trouble you with a Topic, in some measure foreign to my commission, tho' not to my Duty as a subject & servant of His Majesty, ever watchfull for what I apprehend may tend to the advancement of His Service: Your Lordship will have the goodness to Regard me now, not as addressing one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, but that Noble Lord , who honored me with his Patronage & Confidence before I could claim any such Favors, & who has since allowed such Merits to my poor but sincere services, as to suffer me to think I deserve them. After the surrender of Louisbourg, I was sent with General Monckton , as Engineer, to St. John's River, in the Bay of Fundy, & aggreeable to my orders I built a Fort at the Entrance of the River below the Fall (which is navigable at Half Flood & Ebb,) with Barracks for the accommodation of the troops. This fine River attracked my attention considerably, & I took a sketch of it, as far as our Vessels proceeded above the Fall, which upwards of fourteen large sloops and schooners did, & could not help at the same time, admiring the amazing quantity of Timber fit for every Naval purpose which the adjacent country produced. My conversation frequently turning upon this subject, a New England officer of the Rangers, & many of their carpenters then belonging to the service, observed to me, that what I saw was nothing to compare with the country lying to the westward, particularly between this River and that of Kennbeck, especially in Pine trees fit for masts, & that it was a pity as well as Disgrace so valuable a Tract, should be exposed to the cruel Depredations of the Savages, then instigated by the French.