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Journal oj .\i:^r'icultHrc . Victoria. 



[jo Oct.. 191 . 



Like unto the marl deposits. Ijut more rare, are the beds of small sea 

 or freshwater shells. The only deposit of this description at present 

 being worked is that occurring on the Harbor Trust's Sparrovale 

 jjroperty. The price charged for this shell deposit is 3d. per load. 



STEER S LIMESTONE QUARRY, WARRNAMBOOL. SHOWING ACCUMULATION OF 

 LIMESTONE S \ND IN THE FOREGROUND. 



This shell grit is much more in.soluble and unavailable than either marl 

 or ground limestone, in that the glaze of the shell acts as a waterproof 

 roating, and. together with the density, prevents the action of solvents- 

 The deposits are small in extent. 



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THE CHEMISTRY OF LIME. 



By P. Raiihiii Scott. C/iciiiist for Agriculture. 



Lime is a term somewhat looselv applied in a general way to various 

 forms of compound substances which have for their base the oxide of 

 calcium, represented by the chemical formula CaO, and commonlv termed 



