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granite soil at Neethlingshof in the Eerste River Field Cornetcy, near 

 Vlottenberg, a sample was taken representing a soil that had been 

 uiinianured for six years. At Saxenburg, in the same Field Cornetcy, 

 where No. 37 was collected, the effect of the lime from the blown sea- 

 sand begins to be perceptible ; it is also to be noticed in at least one of 

 the three Vlaggeberg soils from the same vicinity, analysed by Dr. Halm. 

 No. 30 was collected at a spot about 200 yards off the main road, near 

 Eerste River Station. The surface soil a.t this point is the usual white 

 sand of the Cape Flats and Downs, with a darker soil below. The locality 

 where this particular sample was taken lies about 14 miles distant, almost 

 due west, from the part of the Wynberg Flats where Nos. 55 and 56 of 

 the Cape Division soils were obtained, the former representing the wes- 

 tern and the latter the eastern margin of the Cape Flats. 



In the direction of Somerset West two soils were taken for analysis; 

 one of these was taken on the hill near Somerset West, from part of the 

 farm De Hoop, now known as Fair View; the other was a granitic soil 

 from the farm Kuiken Vallei, where the subsoil consists of pot clay. These 

 two soils are represented by Nos. 39 and 40. 



The analytical results obtained from the soils of this Division are 

 tabulated below : 



No. 



(Method I.) 



Percent, of Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. 

 Field Sieve. 



Sample. 



Fine earth. Water. Organic Chlorine. Nitrogen, 

 matter. 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through % mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 



Lirne. Potash. phoric 

 oxide. 



* In the case of this soil extraction? by Method V and by water were also made ; 



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