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derived will not be of very complex cheraical composition, but will, 

 on the contrary, lack the essential elements of plant food. This we 

 actually find to be the case. The following is a table showing the 

 results of analyses of 46 soils collected either directly from areas 

 formed of this sandstone or from valleys so completely dominated by 

 ranges of the Table Mountain series as to render it practically certain 

 that no other geological formations could have contributed to their 

 composition in any marked degree : — 



VII. TABLE MOUNTAIN SANDSTONE SOILS. 



Serial 

 No. 



90 



91 



92 



93 



94 



95 



96 



97 



98 



99 



100 



101 



102 



103 



104 



105 



106 



107 



108 



109 



110 



111 



Division. 



Bredasdorp 

 Caledon 



Ceres 



>> 



George 



Knysna 



Oudtshoorn 

 Paarl 



Robertson .., 



Swellendam 



Tulbagh 



Uniondale.. 



Worcester 



Farm. 



The Hope 



Gloria 



Geelbeks Vlei 



Isaaks Rivier 



RietVallei 



Outspan Reserve ... 



Woodville 



Diep River 



Grootfontein 



Schoonberg 



Geelhoutboom 



Roode Kraal 



Balmoral 



Millwood 



Portland Heights ... 



Portland 



Ashby 



Holt Hill 



Saff r aan River 



Keerweder 



La Dauphine 



La terre de Luque... 



Zand Drift .!! 



Concordia 



Rietvallei 



Tradouws Hoek 



Doornboom 



Gold Diggings 



Avontuur 



Misgund 



Kliphenvel 



Krakeel River 



Slanghoek 



De Dooms 



Stettin 



Wagenboom 



Vendutie Kraal 



Karbonaatjes Kraal 



Fine 

 Earth. 



Water. 



Organic -r 

 Matter. ^ 



ime. Pc 



)tash. 



90-6 



1-75 



5-35 



064 



017 



73-5 



47 



1^77 



010 



017 



64-3 



•86 



2-92 



006 



008 



52-5 



•34 



1-26 



008 



008 



81-6 



•58 



3-36 



044 



014 



— 



1-01 





014 



09 



97-0 



•36 



1-93 



072 



015 



80-7 



•37 



1^66 



010 



015 



98-3 



•27 



1^41 



010 



012 



98-0 



•56 



2-55 



008 



017 



97-8 



1-62 



6^57 



034 



016 



98-2 



1-41 



6-02 



024 



010 



97-0 



1^12 



5-94 



026 



016 



66-8 



2^78 



806 



040 



041 



81-9 



2-84 



7-37 



030 



066 



96-0 



1-17 



6-55 



032 



012 



98-5 



•86 



419 



044 



Oil 



94-7 



•97 



5^01 



050 



014 



96-6 



1-59 



8-86 



074 



017 



95-6 



3^84 



12-21 



032 



028 



98-2 



1-27 



5-81 



028 



014 



97-0 



•66 



2-80 



028 



023 



98-0 



1^20 



5^39 



082 



030 



76-3 



•40 



1-89 



074 



035 



77-9 



2^16 



7^57 



010 



039 



70-4 



1^40 



4-27 



042 



087 



57-8 



•81 



2-55 



008 



013 



651 



•97 



2-78 



008 



013 



56-9 



1^56 



4-77 



006 



015 



86-3 



1-41 



3^85 



058 



019 



66-4 



•81 



3-25 



030 



027 



62-4 



•59 



2-95 



013 



060 



60-3 



•21 



1^21 



010 



036 



76-8 



•77 



4-15 



024 



033 



24-4 



•27 



1^61 



008 



020 



57-1 



1^78 



4-72 



054 



050 



83-4^ 



•71 



2-92 



058 



030 



35-8 



•76 



3-30 



050 



062 



94-2 



•74 



2-97 



030 



038 



92-4 



1^07 



3-20 



040 



054 



98-5 



2-92 



10-47 



022 



028 



74-1 



•62 



2-48 



048 



085 



75-2 



•96 



3-38 



044 



067 



33-2 



•17 



•44 



038 



015 



88-6 



•69 



3-03 



086 



048 



52-2 



•09 



•57 



016 



034 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 Oxide. 



045 



037 



028 



015 



009 



05 



022 



028 



010 



032 



022 



015 



031 



095 



068 



020 



013 



018 



031 



056 



046 



010 



018 



040 



042 



042 



038 



022 



017 



038 



036 



045 



010 



023 



019 



077 



036 



052 



026 



044 



136 



052 



047 



022 



033 



024 



It will be observed that in no single instance does the reserve 

 stock of either lime or potash rise as high as -1 per cent., and only 

 in one case — that of sample No. 106, from the farm Slanghoek, in 

 the Worcester Division — does the percentage of phosphoric oxide 



