very damp at the time of sampling. This is, no doubt, one factor which 

 may account for the poor productiveness of the surface soil. No. 8 repre- 

 sents the red soil of the farm Hopewell. The land represented was in- 

 tended to be used as an orchard. Nos. 24 and 25 were taken at Badnoch, 

 and No. 27 is a sample of black and somewhat sandy soil found on the 

 faa*m Sea View. No. 26 was taken a short distance from the roadside at 

 Jessie. No. 20 is from Westbury, taken from the top of one of the hil- 

 locks near the homestead. No. 21 was collected OIL the farm of Mr. E. 

 Sanson. 



Samples 9, 10, 11, and 12 were taken at Stainland, the farm of Mr. 

 Coulter. No. 9 represents a valley soil from a patch which was at one 

 time a, SAvamp, but had, by draining, been turned into an area where oats 

 do well. It is very similar to No. 10, which differs from it in being more 

 sandy. No. 11 is a red soil taken in the vicinity of some doleritic bould- 

 ers. No. 12 is a valley soil which should prove valuable. 



Nos. 13 and 14 were collected from Mr. Van Rensburg's farm Zuur- 

 ylakte. No. 15 was taken from a plot owned by Mr. A. D. Campbell, 

 adjoining the commonage, and would be typical of the soil of a large por- 

 tion of the latter. No. 18, from the farm Lily vale, was taken from a 

 patch studded with mimosa trees. No. 19 is from the same farm, and was 

 taken underneath a mimosa tree. No. 17 was collected on the farm of 

 Mr. Ben Hall. It represents the soil of the hill side sloping towards the 

 Kei River. The surrounding soil was very shallow. 



The results obtained by analysis are tabulated below : 



(Method I.) 



