 Surveying of Thorold Township began the same day , August 24 , 1788 and continued until October 25 , 1788 . In Thorold , Jones was receiving a pay of four shillings a day , and his two primary assistants , Joseph Jones and Benjamin Stanton , received the same . All worked the full 54 days of the survey . Local men were hired as woodcutters and chainbearers for shorter periods , and typically earnt two shillings a day . 
