71 

 KOMGHA. 



(Officially^ collected.) 



No. Field Cornetcr. Farm or place. Collector. 



1. No. 3. Prospect. St. C. O. Sinclair. 



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3. ,, Ferndale. 



4. ,, ,, 



5. Reedfontein. 

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S. Hopewell. 



9. ,, Stainland. 



10. 



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13. Zuurvlakte. 



14. ,, ,. 



15. No. 1. A. D. Campbell. 



16. Residency. 



17. No. 2. Ben Hall. 

 IS. No. 6. Lilyvale. 

 19. 



20. Westbury. 



21. E. Sanson. 



22. Fort Warden. ,. 



23. Beaconsfield. ,. 



24. Badnoch. 

 25. 



26. Jessie. 



27. No. 5. Sea View. 



In taking samples in tho Komgha Division, it became necessary, for 

 the reasons mentioned in connection with the Cathcart Division, to place 

 one's self largely in the hands of the local agriculturists in respect to tha 

 selection of localities from which to take samples. In a few cases samples 

 were taken for special reasons : for instance, where experiments in fruit 

 growing were being carried on, and where it was the intention of the 

 occupier to use his land for specific crops, and it was consequently de- 

 sirable to have the most reliable information as to the exact physical and 

 chemical nature of the soil in use. 



The soil of the Komgha Division is essentially derived from the pecu- 

 liar " Lower Karroo " sandstone (Ecca beds, or, as the Geological Com- 

 mission has now termed them, in that part of the Colony,* Umsikaba beds). 

 Dolerite, occurring either in sheets, dykes, or loose boulders, is exceedingly 

 plentiful, and one cannot go anywhere in the district without finding it in 

 evidence in one or other of these forms. 



The surface soil, on the whole, appears distinctly loamy, consisting of 

 clay with a very fair proportion of fine sand. In some cases, however, 

 the soil seemed more sandy. The subsoil is generally either a red gravel, 

 or a rather stiff yellow pot clay, although, of course, variations between 

 the two are not rare. 



* Geological Commission Annual Report 1902, pp. 9 and 14. 



