172 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Marcli, 1.907. 



waters, examined by Leather from Giijerafc, ^-Lich are specially 

 -suitable for tobacco cultivation (see Agricultural Ledger Jfo. 14 

 of 1895). It was shown that the value of these waters depended 

 mainly upon the amount of nitrates they contained. In the Ha- 

 dhramaut water there is only a minute quantity of nitrate present 

 ^nd we can only conclude that the large quantity of alkaline sul- 

 phates, as shown in the above analyses, is, in this part of the 

 country, extremely useful in the cultivation of hitrh class tobacco. 



