441 
Coconuts would probably do excellently 
deep enough and well drained. 
in these soils if planted 
(Sd.) A. Baur, 
Colombo, 15th August, 1910- 
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Estate 
District 
Product 
Soil Samples ... 
Kukub-Sungei Peradin Estate 
Johore 
Rubber 
Two 
MECHANICAL COMPOSITION. 
Fine soil passing 90 mesh 
Fine soil passing 60 mesh 
Medium soil passing 30 mesh ... 
Coarse sand and small stones 
Peaty Soil. 
44.00% 
56.00% 
Clayey Soil. 
52.00% 
48.00% 
100.00 
100.00 
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. 
Moisture 
Organic matter & combined water 
Oxide of iron and manganese 
Oxide of alumina 
Lime 
Magnesia 
Potash 
Phosphoric acid 
Sand and Silicates 
;.ooo % 
88.060 „ 
0.500 „ 
0-559 » 
0.600 „ 
0.216 „ 
0.076 „ 
0.128 „ 
2.860 
3.000 % 
25.200 „ 
1.600 „ 
6.390 » 
0.120 „ 
0.288 „ 
0.138 „ 
0.064 „ 
63.200 „ 
100.000 
100.000 
Containing Nitrogen 
Equal to Ammonia 
Lower Oxide of iron 
Acidity 
1.800 „ 
2.180 „ 
Fair 
Marked 
0.450 „ 
0.550 „ 
Fair 
Marked 
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 he 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, (he great British authority on fungus diseases, being engaged 
principally in the study of tropical fungi. 
