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just escape a poor potash average. The soils from the western part of the 

 Long Kloof showed a fair amount of phosphates, Ganze Kraal exceptod, 

 but further east there appeared a decided deficiency. 



To summarise in broad terms, the soils of the George Division are, 

 taken as a whole, poor in lime and phosphates, but contain a fair propor< 

 tion of potash, and are rich in nitrogen. 



GORDONIA. 



(Officially collected.) 



No. Field Cornetcy. Farm or place. Collector. 



1. No. 1. Upington. Dr. E. A. Nobbs, 







The above were two very finely-grained soils collected from lands under 

 irrigation at Upington. The samples were very typical of the alluvial 

 lands along the banks of the Orange River at that point. The soil had been 

 under cultivation for twenty years, and had been periodically enriched by 

 deposits of silt from flooding. Soils of a similar nature will be referred to 

 in connection with the Prieska Division. 



The analyses of the above soils resulted as follows : 



(Method I.) 

 f Percentage of Soil sifted through I mm. Percentage of Soil sifted 



Sample. * mm> Sieve> 



Phos- 



Ko. Fine earth. Water. Organic Chlorine. Nitrogen. Lime. Potash, phoric 



matter. oxide 



1. 100 3-23 3-49 '0209 '052 '582 *093 '061 



2. 100 1-68 2-05 '0184 '022 '400 '065 '052. 



It will be noticed that the nitrogen content of these soils is low, but 

 they are rich in lime, and fairly well provided with potash and phosphatio 

 material. 



GRAAFF-REINET. 



(Privately collected.) 



No. Field Cornetcy. Farm or place. Collector- 



1. Graaff-Reinet. Graaff-Reinet Town. C. Mayer, 



These three samples were taken from different depths at a locality in 

 the township of Graaff-Reiuet where vines were dying off from some un- 

 known cause. Local vignerons had been greatly perplexed in consequence. 

 Diligent inspection had revealed neither insects nor fungoid growth, and 

 in all cases decaying roots and a dead root stem indicated that dying had 



