Allusion has been, made above to certain of the soils of this Division 

 which f resemble those of the vast stretch further inland, known as the 

 Karroo. So great, in fact, is this resemblance, that a portion of this 

 Division, and that of Oudtshoorn adjoining thereto, is often called the 

 " Ladismith and Oudtshoorn Karroo.'' The soil of a great part of thia 

 area consists of the disintegrated Bokkeveld beds which overlie the sand- 

 stone formation referred to in connection with the soils of the George Divi- 

 sion. These Bokkeveld beds consist not merely of sandstone, but also of 

 siliceous clay slates, and thus, in decomposing, they give rise to a sandy 

 loam, superior, for agricultural purposes, to the sands, for instance, of the 

 George Division. This " Oudtshoorn and Ladismith Karroo " covers the 

 stretch of country which extends eastwards between the Zwartberg and 

 Langeberg Ranges and their continuations. This belt of country has a 

 great reputation for fertility, especially in the Oudtshoorn Division, east 

 of Ladismith ; the cause of this is easily explained : there stretches through- 

 out this belt a. surface formation of calcareous marl, derived from a thin 

 stratum of limestone called by local farmers " Kalkbank." Its fertilising 

 effect is noticeable solely in the valleys, and further east, in the Oudts- 

 hoorn Division, it is one of the principal factors in the almost unexampled 

 fertility of the Grobbelaars and Wynands River Valleys, the Cango dis- 

 trict, and the region about Vlakte Plaats. 



MACLEAR. 



(Privately collected.; 



No. Field Cornetcy. Farm or place. Collector. 



1. Wizard's Vale. Thomson. P. W. Leach. 



A sample of soil was collected on the farm Thomson, at the junction 

 of the Tsitsa and Mooi Rivers, from a spot where tobacco was being cul- 

 tivated. The quality of the tobacco produced had been very highly com- 

 mended by the Government Tobacco Expert. The soil is, taken all round, 

 of good quality. Good tobacco had also been grown on the farms Gordon 

 and Wizard's Vale, in the same district. 



The following is the analysis of the above soil : 



(Method II.) 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. Percentage of Soil sifted 



Sieve. through 3 mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 



No. Water. Organic Chlorine. Nitrogen. Lime. Potash. phoric 



matter. oxide. 



1- 1-75 9-18 -Oil -87 '38 '19 



MAFEKING. 



(Privately collected.) 



No. Field Cornetcy. Farm or place. Collector. 



No. 1. Hartebeestlaagte. S. Minchin. 



2 No. 2. West Hill. M. W. B. Webb, 



