EXPLANATORY NOTE. 



At the suggestion of the Director-General of the State Domains 

 Administration, the Chairman of the Land Reclamation and Disposals 

 k>ard (Mr. J. Langley) asked the Chemical Section of the Ministry 

 )f Agriculture to make an examination of the soil of the area known 

 /one No. 1. Gharbrya. With the assistance of A. Wood Bey and 

 Mr. O'Keefe of the Land Reclamation Service of the State Domains. 

 a scheme was prepared and sampling was commenced as soon as the 

 land was sufficiently dried after the winter flooding (1920-1921). 



Mv thanks are due to the Chairman of the Land Reclamation 

 and Disposals Board (Mr. A. McKillop), and to the Director-General 

 of the State Domains Administration for permission to publish this 

 Report, to A. Wood Bey and the staff of the Reclamation Service of 

 the State Domains for the rolled ion <if the samples, and to Mr. R. 

 Aladjem and Ali Ragheb Eff. who have made the large number of 

 chemical and mechanical analyses involved. 



