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Coconuts would probably do excellently in these soils if planted 

 deep enough and well drained. 



(Sd.) A. Baur, 

 Colombo, 15th August, 1910. 



Estate ... ... ... Kukub-Sungei Peradin Estate 



District ... ... ... Johore 



Product ... ... ... Rubber 



Soil Samples ... ... ... Two 



MECHANICAL COMPOSITION. 



Peaty Soil. Clayey Soil. 



Fine soil passing 90 mesh ... 44.00% 52.00% 



Fine soil passing 60 mesh ... 56.00% 48.00% 

 Medium soil passing 30 mesh 

 Coarse sand and small stones 



00.00 100.00 



CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. 



Moisture 



7.000 % 



3.000 % 



Organic matter & combined water 



88.060 „ 



25.200 „ 



Oxide of iron and manganese 



0.500 „ 



1.600 „ 



Oxide of alumina 



0.559 M 



6.390 M 



Lime 



0.600 „ 



0.120 „ 



Magnesia 



0.2X6 „ 



0.288 „ 



Potash 



0.076 „ 



■ 0.138 „ 



Phosphoric acid 



0.128 „ 



0.064 '» 



Sand and Silicates 



2.860 



63.200 „ 





1 00. OCX) 



100.000 



Containing Nitrogen 



1.800 „ 



0.450 „ 



Equal to Ammonia 



2.180 „ 



0.550 „ 



Lower Oxide of iron 



Fair 



Fair 



Acidity 



Marked 



IMarked 



PERSONAL. 



Mr. C. K. Bancroft has joined the Department of Agriculture as 

 Assistant Mycologist. He obtained a Barbados Scholarship in the 

 West Indies in 1905 and proceeded to Cambridge where be took the 

 Natural Science Course obtaining his B. A. with 1st Class Honours, 

 and 2nd Class Honours in Botany in the Tripos Part II. In 1908 he 

 also won the Major Scholarship at Trinity College. After leaving 

 Cambridge he worked for nearly 18 months at Kew under Mr. G. 

 Massee, ihe great British authority on fungus diseases, being engaged 

 principally in the study of tropical fungi. 



