(Method II.) 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. 

 Sieve. 



No, 



11. 



Water. 

 3-13 



Organic 

 matter. 



6-46 



Chlorine. Nitrogen. 

 0034 -173 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through 3 mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 



Lime. Potash. phoric 



oxide. 



1-776 '206 '036 



The analytical results show that the Sundays River Estates soils are, 

 taken all rouind, satisfactorily furnished with Nitrogen, Lime, and Potash, 

 and have a fair proportion of phosphates. It frequently happens that 

 soils containing abundance of lime, as these do, are not inadequately pro- 

 vided with potash. The lime, in the present case, undoubtedly owes its 

 presence in the soil to the numerous bands of limestone which form an 

 integral part of the Sundays River beds in the Uitenhage geological 

 series. To these limestone bands must evidently be ascribed the great 

 difference that exists between the soils of the Sundays River Valley and 

 those of the adjacent Humansdorp Division. 



UMTATA. 



No. 

 1. 



2. 



Field Cornetcy. 

 Umtata-. 



(Privately collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 Kambu Plantation. 



Collector. 

 Forest Officer. 



These two samples of soil were collected from the Kambu Forest 

 Plantation, distant about fifteen miles west of Umtata: No. 1 represents 

 the surface soil and No. 2 the subsoil. They were taken from a steep 

 ridge which runs down about a thousand yards from the Kambu Forest 

 to the Umtata River, at a point about half-way between the two. The 

 surface soil in the vicinity is typical of the red sour veld, which abounds 

 in the mountainous parts of the district, while the subsoil is sometwhat 

 clayey, and bright red in colour. 



The analyses of the samples collected are as follows, and it will be 

 observed that the soils are, like most sour veld soils, deficient in prac- 

 tically all inorganic plant food : 



No. 



1. 



2. 



Percent, of 



Field 



Sample. 



Fine earth . 



99-0 

 98-6 



(Method I.) 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. 

 Sieve. 



Water. 



4-12 



Organic 

 matter. 



16-06 

 14-18 



Chlorine. Nitrogen. Lime. 



0075 

 016 



238 

 147 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through i mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 

 Potash. 



024 

 010 



040 

 018 



phoric 

 oxide. 



093 

 065 



No. Field Cornetcy. 



1 . Zuurberg. 





 3. Lower Ibisi. 



UMZIMKULU. 



(Privately collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 Nieshoutfontein. 



ft 

 Kippendavie. 



Collector. 

 Robinson. 



H. C C.'kippen. 



