52t; 



Journal op the Department of agriculture. 



'' These samples were of a light drab colour and seemed to have 

 been derived from granite largely denuded of its clay-forming 

 materials, namely felspar and mica, leaving only the quartz. 



" The samples, as received in the laboratory, were found to be 

 composed as follows, allowance Ix'ing made for the moisture 

 present : — 



Sdil. 



69.5(3 



No. 1 

 No. 2 



stones. 



16.86 

 21.75 



Cuar.-ie Gravi 



13.58 



i;l.45 



64.80 



Twi'l;' anil Fruit of Kelse}^ Plum Tree, showint^' Chloiosis. 



" More detailed mechanical analyses were made after sifting off 

 the stones and coarse gravel, with the following results: — 



Finr 

 Gravel. 



Coarse 

 Sand. 



Medium 

 Sand. 



Fine 

 Sand. 



Very 

 Fine 

 Sand. 



Silt. 



Fine 

 Silt. 



Clav. 



No. 1 



No. 2 



28.47 17.32 25.44 9.87 11.36 5.68 1.95 Trace 

 28.74 17.02 24.99 8.82 TO. 56 5.13 4.78 Trace 



" These soils are virtually identical in mechanical composition, 

 and may both be classed as coarse gravelly sands. 



" Even witliout proceeding to chemical examination, the above 

 mechanical analj'sis is quite sufficient in itself to indicate the chemical 



