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In the very broadest sense possible, then, the soils examined may be 



grouped in these three sections, and so we get the results shown below. 



1. SOILS OF THE MALMESBURY AND TABLE MOUNTAIN AREAS. 



No. Percentage of 



Division. examined. Fine Earth. 



Caledon ............ 4 68'0 



Cape ............ 21 70-2 



Malmesbury ......... 7 67 '7 



Paarl .'. .......... 51 65'0 



Piquetberg ......... 1 72'4 



Stellenbosch ......... 26 80' 5 



Tulbagh ............ 9 56*3 



... ... 119 00*1 



2. SOILS OF THE BOKKEVELD AREA. 



No. Percentage of 



Division. examined. Fine Earth. 



Bredasdorp ......... 1 90 '6 



Ceres ............ 7 89'8 



George ............ 23 84'3 



Ladismith ............ 16 73-8 



MosselBay ......... 17 87'2 



Oudtshoorn ......... 19 79'1 



Riversdale ............ 24 73-4 



Robertson ............ 22 77'7 



Swellendam ......... 9 78'4 



Uniondale ............ 12 69'3 



Worcester ............ 34 77'9 



Summary ...... 184 77 '0 



3. SOILS FROM THE BEST OF THE COLONY. 



No. Percentage of 



Division. examined. Fine Earth. 



Albert ............ 3 96'6 



Aliwal North ......... 4 98'7 



BarklyWest ......... 13 93 "7 



Beaufort West ......... 1 94'0 



Butter worth ......... 7 94 '1 



Carnarvon ........ 2 96*1 



Cathcart ........... 28 97'8 



Colesberg ............ 6 94-7 



Elliot Slang River ...... 4 96 '2 



Fort Beaufort ......... 4 85'6 



Gordonia ............ 2 100 



Graaff-Reinet ......... 3 95-2 



Herbert ............ 3 94'3 



Hopetown ............ 2 96'0 



Idutywa ............ 1 97'6 



Kenhardt ............ 4 86'4 



Kimberley ............ 6 



King William's Town ... ... 1 97-5 



Krysna ............ 16 94'9 



Komgha ............ 27 97'0 



Mafeking ............ 2 76'9 



Middelburg ......... 1 27'5 



Mount Currie ......... 2 60'0 



Mount Frere ......... 2 98*3 



Port St. John's ......... 1 97-2 



Prieska ............ 4 



Queenstown ... ... ... 6 95*5 



Richmond ............ 2 88'7 



St. Mark's ............ 4 81 '5 



Somerset East ......... 2 99'3 



Steynsburg ......... 9 96'4 



Uitenhage ............ 10 98'2 



Umtata ............ 2 98'8 



Umzimkulu ......... 2 99'1 



Victoria East ......... 1 99'6 



Vryburg ............ 16 8.V7 



Willowvale ......... 4 93'6 



Wodehou?e ...... 3 96 '1 



