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General Instructions for Surveys, e-Edition
Manual of Instructions for the Survey of Dominion Lands, 1st to 10th Editions
This section contains the general instructions of the Surveyor General published in the 1st to 10th editions of the Manual. All editions are available online as scanned images only. The publications were only printed in English. French versions were never produced. Consult the Guide to Standards for Surveys, Survey Plans & Survey Records of Dominion and Canada Lands (in preparation) for further historical details.
The Supplement to the Manual of Instructions contains information that at one time formed part of the Manual of Instructions. It contains directions for determining the astronomical and magnetic meridians, on the use of instruments, and on problems connected with surveying the various township systems of Western Canada. In particular, it contains a number of tables specially adapted to these township surveys.
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Manual |
Date |
File format |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Edition | 1871 | DJVU |
| Amendments | 1880 | DJVU |
| 2nd Edition | 1881 | DJVU |
| 3rd Edition | 1883 | DJVU |
| 4th Ed. First Part - Preliminary | 1890 | DJVU |
| 4th Edition | 1892 | DJVU |
| 5th Ed. First Part | 1902 | DJVU |
| 5th Edition | 1903 | DJVU |
| Amendments | 1904 | |
| 6th Edition | 1905 | DJVU |
| Amendments | 1906 | DJVU |
| Amendments | 1908 | DJVU |
| Resurvey Instructions | 1908 | DJVU |
| 7th Edition | 1910 | DJVU |
| Maps and Specimen Plans | 1910 | DJVU |
| 8th Edition | 1913 | DJVU |
| 9th Edition | 1918 | DJVU |
| Maps and Specimen Plans | 1918 | DJVU |
| 10th Edition | 1946 | DJVU |
| 10th Edition (Reprint) | 1956 | DJVU |
| Amendment (sec. 118) | 1982 | DJVU |
Supplement |
Date |
File format |
|---|---|---|
| Gen. Report of Operations 1869-89 (2nd Section - DLS System Theory) |
1892 | DJVU |
| 1st Edition | 1908 | DJVU |
| Amendments (Table XVII) | no date | |
| 2nd Edition | 1917 | DJVU |
| Amendments (Table XIII) | no date |
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