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No. Field Cornetcy. 

 1. Achter Cogmans Kloof. 

 2. 



ROBERTSON. 



(Officially collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 Donkerkloof. 



Collector. 

 J. Muller. 



22. 



23. 



24. 



25. 



26. 



27. 



28. Middle Bosiesveld. 



29. 



30. 



31. 



Station. 



Keur Kloof. 

 Hex River. 



5> 



Vrolykheid. 

 Riet Vallei. 

 Bosjesmans River. 



S. B. Morgenrood. 

 



E. A. Nobbs. 



S. B. Morgenrood. 



The Robertson Division is more of a viticultural than a grain-pro*- 

 ducing district. Geologically, the nature of the country is most compre- 

 hensive : the chemically poor Table Mountain sandstone is much less in 

 evidence than in the more southerly and westerly divisions of the Colony ; 

 on the other hand, especially as one approaches the village of Robertson, 

 not only do granite and Malmesbury slates contribute to the formation of 

 the soil, but the latter is enriched by the cretaceous Enon formation, and 

 diversified by beds of the Ecca, Dwyka, Witteberg, and Bokkeveld series. 

 Naturally then, as one may expect, the soil is frequently very rich, and, 

 with the Breede River and its tributaries not far distant, it is more avail- 

 able for irrigation than is the case in the Swellendam Division, and can 

 therefore the more easily be made to yield good crops. 



To commence with the description of the soils collected within the 

 Field Cornetcy of Robertson, four soils, Nos. 21, 22, 23, and 24, were col- 

 lected by Dr. Nobbs from the Government Experiment Station, which 

 occupies about 61 acres of the Robertson Municipal Commonage. The 

 lands consist of alluvial valley soil, and comprise three somewhat different 

 typee. These three types are represented respectively by Nos. 21, 22, and 

 23. No. 22 is a red-coloured light sandy loam, resting upon a denser, and 



