Two soils, Nos. 1 and 2, were taken in this Division from localities 

 badly affected with " lamziekte," and where great mortality had resulted 

 amongst the sheep: the soils, as will be seen from the table below, were 

 found to be almost devoid of phosphoric oxide, although one was well 

 stocked with lime and pot-ash, and the other fairly so. Taken in conjunc- 

 tion with the analyses of the soils from the Albany Division,* it would 

 appear that lack of phosphates rather than lack of lime is one of the fun- 

 damental causes of larnziekte. Almost throughout this Division the soil 

 is entirely the result of the disintegration of the great ranges of Table 

 Mountain sandstone, which extend along the south coast from George, 

 and eventually die out in the Zitzikama Range. This sandstone contains 

 practically nothing capable of affording nutriment to plants. 



Samples 3 and 4 represent the average virgin soil of Storms River to 

 a depth of twelve inches, and were taken from upland plateaux. The soil 

 consists chiefly of fine quartz silt. The opinion of scientific agriculturists 

 with regard to acid soils of this type is that plant food constituents are 

 rendered available to such an extent by liming or cultivation that ex- 

 cellent crops are raised with moderate application of fertilisers. 



The following are the analytical results obtained : 



1. 

 ^2. 

 3. 

 4. 



Percentage 



Water. 



4-12 

 3-74 

 T36 

 2'43 



of Soil sifted 

 Sieve. 



(Method II.) 

 through 1 mm. 



Organic 

 matter. 



7'46 

 4-48 

 4-07 

 6-72 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 

 3 mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 



Chlorine. Nitrogen. Liine. 



024 

 005 

 053 

 060 



140 

 168 



09 

 54 

 101 



089 



Potash. 



07 

 13 

 018 

 013 



phoric 

 oxide. 



trace. 



trace. 

 005 

 OOS 



IDUTYWA. 



No. 

 1. 



Field Cornetcy. 

 Ibeka. 



(Officially collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 Ibeka. 



Collector. 

 St. C. O. Sinclair. 



One sample of soil was taken from, and may be considered as repre- 

 sentative of, the sandy tract of country near Ibeka. It is, in all proba- 

 ISility, similar in origin to the two soils, Nos. 1 and 2 on the Butterworth 

 Jist,t taken in the vicinity of the old Residency at 'Nhlambe, : ~ Al *~ k 

 district. 



that 



The results of the analysis of the soil from Ibeka are as follow^: 



(Method I.) 



Percent, of Percentage of Soil sifted through 



Field 1 mm. Sieve.' 



Sample. 

 Fine earth. Water. Organic Chlorine. Nitrogen. 



matter. 

 97-6 2-44 5-18 '0474 '133 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through i mui. sieve. 



Pho 



Lime. Potash. phoric 

 oxide. 



074 '027 -006 



* Vide page 23. t See page 32. 



