127 



So. 

 10. 



11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 



Field Cometcy. 

 Brak River. 



(Privately collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 Thebus. 



Collector. 



Engineer, Public Works 

 Department. 



Nos. 10 to 19 were also collected within the irrigable area above 

 referred to, at Thebus. No. 20 is representative of the silt brought down 

 by the river at TSebus. 



The results obtained by chemical analysis from the soils taken from, 

 this locality are set forth in the following tables: 



(Method I.) 



Percent, of Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. 

 Field Sieve. 



Sample. 



No. Fine earth. Water. Organic Chlorine. Nitrogen. 



matter. 



1. 98-4 4-33 4-09 '0106 '071 



2. 98-8 4-27 3'79 -0276 '071 



3. 94-8 6'19 3-34 '0630 '043 



4. 92-9 2-89 3'23 '0149 '071 



5. 97-8 5-65 4'81 '114 '070 



6. 97-5 4-28 4'25 '049 '028 



7. 91-1 4-00 4-26 '132 '084 



8. 98-0 5-58 5-09 '141 '098 



9. 98-0 3-99 3-99 '024 '084 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through J mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 

 Lime. Potash. phoric 



oxide. 



238 

 130 

 042 

 448 

 062 

 062 

 044 

 066 

 188 



196 

 192 

 195 

 152 

 181 

 213 

 189 

 257 

 161 



013 

 037 

 031 

 038 

 089 

 121 

 097 

 093' 

 080 



(Method II.) 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. 

 Sieve. 



Nitrogen. 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 

 3 mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 



Lime. Potash. phoric 



oxide. 



* In connection with these results see also remarks on the soils of this Division under 

 the head of " Alkalinity of Soils " (Part VI). 



