Soil moisture, 124, 129 



Soils and Fertilizers, 127, 310 



Soil Science: Conferences on, 128, 129, 

 132, 140, 326: Organization for, 127- 

 136: Relation to other sciences, 3, 16, 

 123, 126: Russian school, 124 



Soil Surveys, 16, 126, 127, 129, 131 & n., 

 132, 133, 135, 136: For Irrigation, 78, 

 130, 135 



Soil-vegetation, 7, 123, 126, 128, 131, 

 135; As basis for ecology, 144; Maps, 



133 



Sokoto, 326, 454; Field Veterinary 

 Laboratory, 323, 450; Geology, 79; 

 Population, pressure on land, 378: Red 

 goat — see under Goats; Water-supply, 79 



Solar Radiation Data, 99, 113, 121 



Sole fishery, 239, 240 



Solonchak Soils, 130 



Solonetz Soils, 130 



Somali Tribe, 602 



Somaliland, British, 131, 164; Agricul- 

 tural Dept., 315, 317; Geodetic triangu- 

 lation, 41; Hydrology, 78, 79; Maps, 

 45, 50; Meteorology, 102; Mineral re- 

 sources, 63 & «.; Pastures, 172 



Somaliland — Ethiopian Boundary Com- 

 mission (1933-4), 164 



Somaliland, French, 51, 136, 157 



Somaliland, Italian, 13, 267, 285; East 

 coast fever in, 297; Geodetic triangula- 

 tion, 41; Maps, 52; Meteorological 

 data, 103; Rainfall, 103, iii 



Songea, 370, 397 



Soninkoura, 173 



Sor, 328 



Sorbonne, The, 248 



Sorel, Dr., 575 



Sorghum, 338, 341, 342; Diseases of, 281, 

 282; Experimental stations, 325, 342, 

 407 



Soroti, 321 



Sotho Tribe, 608 



SoLuba, 80, 173, 329 



South Africa, 43, 146, 180, 205, 291, 367; 

 Agriculture, 305, 306, 311, 338, 341, 

 342, 345, 346, 372, 391, 408: Depart- 

 ment of, 147, 168, 169, 176, 254, 260, 

 263, 311, 312, 345, 457: research on, 

 31 1 -13, 317, 355= 357; Air survey, 57, 

 58; Animal Industry, 136, 137, 305, 

 306, 312, 313, 408, 410, 414, 417, 418, 

 428, 429, 457; Anthropology, 596, 599, 

 600, 603, 608; Arboreta, 147; Beef 

 industry, 417; Birds, 224; Botanical 

 Gardens, 147: research, 147, 148, 153, 

 154, 159, 160, 167: survey, 147, 154, 

 159, 160, 167; 'Bull campscheme', 437; 

 Cattle breeding, 417, 418; Cattle, 

 census of, 457: European introduced, 

 410, 417: Native, 414; Cereals, cultiva- 



INDEX 735 



tion of, 341, 342, 408: pests of, 281; 

 Chemical Services Division, 128-30, 

 141, 311; Commerce and Industries 

 Department, 238; Co-operative Com- 

 mission, 408; Cotton, cultivation of, 

 355: research on, 355, 357; Crop re- 

 search, 311; Dairy Board of Control, 

 457, 45^; Dairy Industry, 417, 457, 

 458; Dairying, Division of, 457; Des- 

 iccation, alleged, 96, 1 15, 1 1 7; Diseases, 

 human, 226, 298, 474, 509, 510, 521, 

 526, 535-8, 540, 541, 543, 544, 547, 

 548, 551, 555, 556: stock, 168, 214, 298- 

 300, 312, 442-5, 447; Ecological survey, 

 147; Elephants in, 230; Entomological 

 service, 260, 261; Europeans in, 403, 

 558, 588; Evaporation data, 119; Fer- 

 tilizers improved, 408; Fish, freshwater 

 introduced, 250, 251; Fish, marine, 

 239, 240; Fish, preparation for market, 

 254, 255; Fisheries, 238-40: commer- 

 cial, 239, 240: Division of, 238, 239, 

 254, 312: research, 239: survey of, 238; 

 Flora, preservation of, 1 76, 1 77; Fodder 

 crops, 345, 346; Forest Products Re- 

 search Institute — see Pretoria West; 

 Forestry, Division of, 181, 199, 201: 

 training for, 181 -3; Forests, 9, 184: 

 reserves, 186: stocktaking, 199; Fruit 

 farming, 305, 312, 367, 368; Fungi, 

 ^57, ^75, 176; Geodetic surveying, 

 28-31, 35 n.; Geological Department, 

 72: maps, 72: surveying, 62, 63, 83; 

 Geophysical prospecting, 83; Grasses, 

 154, 159, 167-9, 306; Herbaria, 147; 

 Horses used in, 433 ; Hospitals, 472, 473 ; 

 Hydrographic survey, 238; Hydrology, 

 77; Insect pests of crops, 210, 259, 260, 

 281, 282, 285, 286, 289, 290, 294; Irri- 

 gation, 130: Department of, 37, 76, 93, 

 130; Land Survey Act, 30, 31; Locusts 

 in, 258, 266: control of, 265: research 

 on, 263; Marine algae, 158: Biological 

 Laboratory, 239; Meat exported, 455; 

 Meat industry, 456; Medical research, 

 474: services, 471-7: committee on 

 training Africans for, 509; Medicine, 

 private practice of, 470-2; Meteoro- 

 logical Office, 93, 95: services, 93-7; 

 Mineral resources, 5, 30, 63: marketing 

 of, 63, 68; Mines, Department of, 62; 

 Mining, 30, 305, 543; Missions, 596; 

 Moths, 258; Museums, 216, 217; and 

 see under Capetown; National Health 

 Insurance proposed, 472; National 

 Parks, 212, 217, 229, 230; National 

 Zoological Gardens, 217; Native Affairs 

 Department, 313; Nutrition of natives, 

 575, 577; Official Year Book, 471; 

 Overgrazing in, 140, 436, 437; Over- 

 stocking, 437; Pasture research, 119, 



