the H/umansdorp Division beyond. The soils in this valley are mostly 

 derived from Table Mountain sandstone, and are only saved from extreme 

 poverty by the presence of the Bokkeveld beds which here and there in- 

 crease the amount of lime otherwise in the soil. On the farm Klip Drift 

 two samples of soil were collected ; No. 15 an alluvial (vlei) soil, and No. 

 14, a soil from the hill behind the homestead and about 400 yards from 

 No. 15. This is succeeded by a Karroo soil, extending westwards to the 

 farm Groot Doom Rivier, where another sample, No. 11, was collected, 

 the ground being here of a more stony nature: this accounts for the 

 small proportion of " fine earth " found. The farm, it may be mentioned,. 

 takes its name from the mimosas which abound in the neighbourhood. 

 Of the Karroo soil, a sample, No. 12, was taken on the return journey to 

 Klip Drift, about two miles back, and another, No. 13, half-a-milei from 

 the homestead on the last-named farm. 



On the road to Uniondale a series of samples representative of the 

 Long Kloof soils was taken, covering a stretch of about seventy milea. 

 The first of these was on the farm Grootfontein, 13j miles from Klip 

 Drift, No. 16, a loose though somewhat stony soil, where rhenoster bushes 

 prevail. The latter remark applies equally to the farm Schoonberg, 

 seven miles further E.N.E., where No. 17 was collected. Covering another 

 five miles, Ganze Kraal was reached; here there is less rhenoster bush 

 and more mesembryacese ; at this place sample No. 18 was taken. About 

 13 J miles lower down the Long Kloof, sample No. 19 was collected on the 

 farm Kykoe. These four samples, Nos. 16, 17, 18, and 19 represent the 

 soils of the Upper Long Kloof in the George Division. Together witli the 

 samples 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, of the Uniondale Division soils, taken, subse- 

 quently in the Middle and Lower Long Kloof, they make up our series of 

 samples representative of the Long Kloof. 



(Privately collected.) 

 No. Field Cornetcy. Farm or place. Collejtor. 



20. Outeniqualand. Uitkyk. T. Searle. 



21. Great Brak River. 



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George. Govt. Forest Plantation. C.R.Ross. 



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26. 



The Island. P. Bornemisza. 



28. Kamnassie. Vogelstruisfontein. 



29. The Lakes. Lance wood. 



Noe, 20, 21, and 22 were collected from as nearly as possible the 

 identical spots where Nos. 1, 2, and 3 respectively had been taken on *.- 

 former occasion. The analyses of the latter samples had been conducted, 

 according to Method III., and as it seemed probable that the results so 

 obtained were too high, it was deemed desirable to procure fresh samples 

 and to analyse them by Method I. for comparison, in order to ascertain, 

 as far as that could be done, what differences of results could be detected 

 between the two methods : it may be said that about three years had 

 elapsed between the taking of the first and of the second set of samples. 



Of the samples taken from the Forest Plantation at George, No. 2$ 

 bore close resemblance to the other alluvial soils from that Division a 

 regards texture and general physical condition, its content of moisture 

 and organic matter, and its almost all-round poverty in plant food. Nos. 

 24, 25, and 26 were taken from different parts of a site on which it was 

 proposed to establish a forest nursery. 



