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dry weather, though on extreme leeward points showers are rare. On the high 

 pealcs, like Mount Waialeale and Puu Kukui, the mornings are usually clear 

 and the afternoons and nights very wet." 



Annual report of the [Philippine] Weather Bureau for the year 1916 (Ann. 

 Rpt. [Philippine'i Weathe?- Bur., 1916, pt. 3, pp. SJ^l). — Daily records of obser- 

 vations on pressure, temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind, and clouds for 

 each month of 1916 at the 51 secondary stations constituting the Philippine 

 meteorological service are tabulated. Observations at 2, 6, and 10 a. m., and 

 2, 6, and 10 p. m., at the first and second class stations and at 6 a. m. and 2 

 p. m. at the third and fourth class stations are recorded. 



Climate and meteorology, M. Fkasek (.Vejo Zeal. Off. Yearbook 1918, pp. 

 52-62, pis. 2, figs. 2). — Climatic data, especially rainfall and temperature, for 

 1917, are summarized. 



SOILS— FERTILIZEKS. 



Instructions for the sampling of soils, H. Lagatu {Prog. Agr. et Vitic. {Ed. 

 VEst-Centre), Jfi {1919), No. 39, pp. 298-303, fig. i ) .—Information is given re- 

 garding the sampling of soils for analysis. 



Analyses of soils of Turner County, W. A. Worsham, jh., et al. {Ga. State 

 Col. Agr. Bui. 182 {1919), pp. 80, figs. 3). — Analyses of samples of the repre- 

 sentative soil types of an area of 177,920 acres in south-central Georgia are 

 reported and discussed. 



Over 6.5 per cent of the soils of the area are classified as sandy loam. The 

 analyses indicate a relative deficiency in all the nutritive elements, nitrogen 

 being relatively in minimum and potash being relatively in maximum. The 

 soils are also in need of lime and organic matter and deeper cultivation. 



Lime and magnesia in Queensland soils, J. C. BBtJNNiCH {Queensland Agr. 

 Jour., 11 {1919), No. 4, pp. 162-169). — A summary of the results of analyses of 

 1,773 samples of Queensland soils conducted at the Sugar Experiment Station 

 is reported, showing that 27.64 per cent of the soils contain less than 0.25 per 

 cent calcium oxid, 44.7 contain from 0.25 to 0.75, 21.1 contain from 0.75 to 

 1.5, and 6.8 per cent contain over 1.5 per cent calcium oxid ; and 35.7 per cent 

 contain less than 0.25 per cent magnesium oxid. Comparing the contents of 

 lime and magnesia, it is shown that 34 per cent have a magnesia-lime ratio of 

 1 : 1, and 6.6 per cent have a ratio of 1:3. 



Some observations about the soils of the Northeast Indian tea districts, 

 G. D. Hope {Agr. .Jour. India, Indian Sci. Cong. No., 1918, pp. 102-113, pis. 2).— 

 This is a description of the tea soils of Northeast India, with special reference 

 to their origin, and mechanical and chemical composition. 



These soils are all of alluvial origin, with the exception of those on certain 

 steep slopes. Alluvium derived from tertiary sandstone has several distin- 

 guishing characteristics, chief among which is the invariably high percentage 

 f>f fine sand and its even compossition to a great depth over extensive areas. 

 It is deficient in nutritive constituents, organic matter, and lime. 



In a special study of this alluvial soil it was found to consist mainly of 

 four definite subtypes, in all of which fine sand is the chief ingredient. There 

 is a definite gradation in quantity from fine sand through silt and fine silt to 

 clay, while the amount of coarse sand varies, and this variation is chiefly 

 responsible for the difference in type. "Wherever the hills bordering the 

 plains consist of rock other than sandstone, a difference in the type of soil is 

 immediately noticeable. . . . 



"A very much larger part of the Dooars tea districts, relatively to that of 

 the others, is made up of the old red soils known as the Red Bank. This soil 

 is of great depth and is characterized by being comparatively rich in coarse 



