152 Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 
that none of them are ‘in any respect what may be called poor 
soils. | 
From the surface deposits and sands along the Bredasdorp and 
Riversdale coast 5 samples were collected; these yielded the 
following results :— | 
oO 
i) o ¢ 5 n 
Name of Farm and No. 2 Ag = 8 q a as 
of Sample. S ws Ae) m4 = 2 ae 
Ete | ee cs eee SO 
S) A a 
DIvIsION—BREDASDORP 
Field-Cornetcy : Bredasdorp 
228° Nachtwacht.......0.v.+.:..seeeeeh: “54 | 2°83 | ‘O11 | 15 25 | 076 | 028 
229. siecle aaa encnae Sinners 1:10 | 5°65 | -018 | :16 “40'| -12 || OLS 
230.. Matjesfontein ............2c0..000+ 92°) 5:30 | <O117) 6) aie) oe" | 0038 
Divis1Ion—RIVERSDALE | 
Field-Cornetcy: Onder, Duwen- 
hoeks Rwver. 
255 Tionisyhombelay pasta svscesetee 1:49 | 2:23 | 004 | 059 | 1-44 | 074 | -098 
232 WaverSab wre. otee ia ddeeeecr eter "82 | 2:47 | -003-|--0380.) 19 | +25 | 082 
As their formation would lead one to expect, the amount of lime 
is not unsatisfactory in these soils ; nor indeed is the potash, but the 
phosphates stand in need of augmentation, especially in the three 
Bredasdorp soils, which are decidedly poor. 
One more sample completes our list; it was taken from the 
Dwyka formation north-west of Robertson, and its analytical results 
are as follows :— ee 
2) 
ui S oi 3 a + B 
Name of Farm and No. = | 32 ; & g @ Ag 
of Sample. = ws 4 #8 3 5 2% 
OF Ss 5 a | 3s 
Ay 
DivistoN—ROBERTSON 
Field-Cornetcy: Robertson 
Zoo; Lex RIVER, \sceacreeece ae nae 38 | 1:53. | (0053 | °138 | °34 | 066 | -036 
The amount of lime in this sample is normal; there is not much, 
but still a fair quantity of potash, but the almost generally prevalent 
poverty in phosphates is again noticeable. Of course, to draw any 
general conclusions from the analysis of a single sample is out of the 
question. 
Rather interesting results were yielded by analyses of 6 soils 
from the Malmesbury District, which may be taken as supple- 
