connection with the subject of alkali in soils (see pages 185-7), the follow- 

 ing analyses will suffice at this stage : 



Ko. 



1. 



2. 



Percent, of 

 Field Sample. 



Percentage of soil sifted through 

 1 mm. sieve. 



Fine earth. Water. 



97-9 

 94-3 



6-25 

 2-43 



6-58 

 3-48 



Percentage of soil sifted 

 through | mm. sieve. 



Phos- 



Chlorine. Nitrogen. Lime. Potash. phoric 



oxide. 



1-542 -084 -876 -399 -228 



-0856 '070 



116 



29 



193 



These soils as is usually the case with " brack soils are well sup- 

 plied with plant food. 



CATHCART. 



No. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 



Field Cornetcy. 

 No. 3. 



No. 4. 



V 



No. 5. 



No. 4. 



No. 6. 



(Officially collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 The Dales. 



Exwe'll Park. 



Spanover. 



>j 



Side Spur. 

 Anta. 



Braemar. 



j> 

 Stoneridge. 



Inverthorn. 

 Blackpool. 









 Sledmere. 



> 

 

 Clapton. 



Collector. 

 St. C. O. Sinclair. 



As stated on page 36, the investigation of the soils of the Western 

 Province had nob progressed very far ere requests began to come in from 

 the east for similar investigations in that portion of the Colony. It was 

 in response to such requests that Cathcart and the neighbouring districts 

 were visited. It had, therefore to be borne in mind, in taking samples 

 in the Cathcart Division, that, although it was the intention that the 

 analyses of these samples should form part of the systematic investigation 

 of the Colony's soils, yet this area was being surveyed at the special re- 

 quest of the Eastern Province Fruit-growers' Association. It was found. 



