416 



Transaction*. 



Soil-analyses. 

 Chemical. 



Nitrogen. 



0-290 

 0-191 

 0-114 

 0-281 



0-272 

 0-300 



Mechanical. 



Reference. 



1. At confluence of Wairau and Opawa Rivers. 



2. From Renwicktown. 



3. From Blenheim. 



4. From Spring Creek, east of railway-line. 



5. From Upper Spring Creek. 



6. From Upper Spring Creek, west of No. 5. 



These analyses were made by the conventional methods of British 

 agricultural chemists. The nitrogen determinations were made by Kjel- 

 dahl's method, and the mechanical analyses by the sedimentation process. 



