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PART III. RESULTS OF CHEMICAL ANALYSES. 



It may be convenient at tins stage, before passing on to enumerate in 

 detail the actual analytical results arrived at, to tabulate the soils exam- 

 ined, grouping them according to the various divisions and districts of 

 the Colony whence they were collected, and in regard to the particular 

 methods by which they were analysed ; this is done in the list below : 



Method Method Method Method Method 



Division or District, I., II., III., IV., V., Total. 



Standard. German, ilaercker's. Hilgard's. Dyer's. 



Albany 3f 3f* 3 



Albert 3 3 



Aliwal North 4 4 



Barkly West 13 13 



Beaufort West 1 1 



Bredasdorp 1 21 22 



Butterworth 7 7 



Caledon o 34 40 



Cape 23 4G 69 



Carnarvon 2 2 



Cathcart 28 28 



Ceres 7 7 



Clanwilliam 7 7 



Colesberg 6 6 



Elliot-Slang River 4 4 



Fort Beaufort 4 4 



George 20 6 3 29 



Gordonia... 2 2 



Graaff-Reinet 3 3 



Hanover 6 6 



Herbert 3f 3f 3 



Hopetown 2 2 



Humansdorp 4 4 



Idutywa 1 1 



Kenhardt 4 1 . 5 



Kimberley 6 2 8 



King William's Town ... 1 1 



Knysna 16 3 19 



Komgha 27 27 



Ladismith 16 16 



Maclear 1 1 



Mafeking 2 2 



Malmesbury 7 64 71 



Middelburg 1 1 



Mossel Bay 3 17 20 



Mount Currie 2 2 4 



Mount Frere 2 2 



Namaqualand 3 3 



Oudtshoorn 13 19 



Paarl 51 5 66 



Piquetberg 1 1 2 



Port St. John's ] 1 



Prieska 4 4 



Queenstown 6 6 



* Phosphoric acid determination-; only. 



f Same samples examined by different method?. 



