particularly 
'~a pS-v<JL ytuj 
armor to the hterth' 
river the stream 
beds are in many places solid rock and often stratified and of an 
to,ths^ of many of the petroliferous 
regions InOteleo and 
-tv-0 / \ ^u<rv 
ly igneous conglomerate 
y vy __ 
&%t»«ea~4xaid.s. AA, j‘ i 
In a general way the soil may bo regarded as being fer¬ 
tile and capable of producing sll the,tropical farm and forest «pr 
- 
iropsf 
crops. 
the farm crops^planted in a small way 
the 
tract show/remarkable dex ? olopraent during the first two or three 
A *Z$lx 
. k r . ^.. t , . , 1>b DHU . .J.TOH 
^ i&dLtuft _, y . 
cane snd corn fail 
■ o u s s t e ps. arn .JLBic 4y~B^pdyd-ng“i.''t ?riirr 
years, -ti 
third yeer . ^3 
the, procor constituents requiTnri'#®r“^pa?»’st---*gro%rth^ The eoacttara 
' 
rarely rosorfcfc to measures that would render the soil on his clear 
ing fit for continuous cropping, but prefers to ■'make another clear 
inge on nesrby suitable'"areas on which ho burns the brush and tim¬ 
ber for tho purpose "of supplying a j*e*tain aroont of ashes in order 
to destroy soil acidity. The bases ouch as calcium, potash,etc., 
M 
aro dissolved not only by cropping but even more 30 by the excess¬ 
ive rainy which leach the soil and carry away the bases leaving 
tho soil deficient in neutralising constituents. 
Climate and Rainfall 
Climate**rainfs11, and drainage are conditions closely 
dependent one on another, The climate is.of course of a purely 
't-- f :r " 7 & 
tropical character with an average temperatar 0 of about 80 degrees 
3?. There ia a considerable 1 tootween the temperature of midday snd 
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