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No. II. Black Soil from ReJisiilpore. 

 Loss by drying at 212, 5*7 per cent, moisture. 



No. IIL Black Soil from Chewul. 

 Loss by drying at 212, 7 per cent, moisture. 



" The loss of ignition consisted principally of water, 

 the proportion of organic matter being very small. 

 Sample No. III. contained most organic matter ; by an 

 approximate trial, No. I. contained rather less than No. II., 

 and No. III. about twice as much as No. IL 



