collected from the farm Geelbeks Vallei. The proportion of chlorine, ib 

 will be noticed from the following table, is higher than in any other 

 of the Mossel Bay Division soils analysed. Sample No. 16, a light, yellow- 

 toil, with alkaline patches here and there, was taken from lands adjoining 

 the roadside, on the farm Hartenbosch. Journeying almost due west 

 from the last mentioned farm, over several varieties of " broken " soil, 

 to Hartjesfontein, more commonly known as Matjes Drift, some very 

 fertile varieties of alluvial clay soil were found. No. 2 is a good 

 "Karroo" soil, while No. 3 is a dark loose clay, said to be very fertile. 

 It is probable that this fertility is due to the lime present in the soil, 

 the proportion being the maximum for the Mossel Bay Division. Noe. 

 2 and 3 represent the two classes of soil mostly under cultivation here. 

 There is also a third variety, locally known as " vaal grond," but not 

 equally extensively cultivated. The last sample taken in this division 

 was No. 17, a loose gravelly clay soil, from the farm Patrysfontein. The 

 range of hills south of this is composed of sandstone, and forms the 

 natural boundary between the central belt of country, and the sand dune* 

 which stretch along the coast. The comparative poverty of the Harten- 

 bosch and Patrysfontein soils is evidently due to the influence of the 

 sandstone. 



No. 



18. 

 19. 



20. 



Field Cornet cy. 

 Mossel Bay. 



(Privately collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 Mcflsel Bay. 



Collector. 

 C. W. Blade. 



These soils were taken from the Public Park at Mossel Bay, whera 

 the underlying geological formation is Table Mountain sandstone; they 

 all represent poor sandy soils, No. 18 containing an admixture of a small 

 proportion of clay. 



The analyses of the soils enumerated in the foregoing lists are 

 tabulated below : 



(Method III.) 



No. 

 1. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 



