✨ Soil Analysis Report
ANALYSIS OF SOILS FROM WESTLAND, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR APPROXIMATE COMPOSITION.
| No. on List. | Laboratory No. | NAME OF SENDER. | Character of Soil. | Character of Sub-soil. | LOCALITY OF SOIL. | APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS CALCULATED CENTESIMALLY. | PRINCIPAL CONSTITUENTS OF A PART SOLUBLE IN WATER. | COMPOSITION OF PART SOLUBLE IN ACID. | Composition of Alkali. | General character of part sand and gravel. | |||||||||||||
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| Water after air-drying. | Organic matter insoluble in water. | Organic matter soluble in water. | Salts soluble in water. | Salts soluble in acid alone. | Clay. | Fine sand. | Coarse sand | Silica. | Iron oxides, &c. | Alumina. | Lime. | Magnesia. | Phosphoric Acid. | Alkalis. | Potash. | Soda. | |||||||
| 5 | 205 | Mr J. Rochfort | Sandy | Loamy | Greymouth {Terrace near Tainui street} | 4·550 | 8·141 | ·016 | ·013 | 6·290 | 7·490 | 29·500 | 44·000 | Alkaline chlorides, sulphate of lime traces } | ·62 | 2·70 | 1·72 | ·22 | ·66 | ·14 | ·14 | ·09 | Quartz, slate, & mica |
| 7 | " | " | Not sent | {3 miles above Greymouth, South side of River} | 2·250 | 6·840 | ·003 | ·017 | 7·970 | 8·220 | 74·700 | ... | Principally alkaline chlorides... | ·64 | 3·60 | 2·05 | ·45 | 1·02 | ... | ·21 | ... | ... | |
| 10 | " | Turfy; compact | Sandy loam | Hokitika {Kanieri} | 7·180 | 25·90 | ... | ... | 5·020 | 8·100 | 23·700 | 30·100 | Alkaline chlorides, with traces of sulphate } | ·51 | 3·42 | ... | ·62 | ·36 | ... | ·11 | ... | ... | |
| 11 | " | Compact, feebly plastic | Loamy | {Hokitika} | 6·300 | 15·70 | ·190 | ·190 | 6·010 | 13·800 | 43·000 | 15·000 | Principally alkaline chlorides } | ·38 | 2·46 | 1·98 | ·41 | ·44 | ·16 | ... | ·13 | ·08 | |
| 14 | " | Loose sandy soil | Loose sand | {South side of Hokitika River} | 1·400 | 4·59 | traces | traces | 4·230 | traces | 89·80 | ... | ... | ·41 | 2·02 | ·88 | ·18 | ·43 | ·13 | ·18 | ... | ... |
TITANIFEROUS OXIDE OF IRON PERVADES THEM ALL, MORE OR LESS.
JAMES HECTOR.
Printed by JOSEPH PHILIP KLEIN, authorized Printer for the time being of the “County of Westland Gazette.”
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 12
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🌾 Analysis of Soils from Westland
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesSoil Analysis, Westland, Greymouth, Hokitika, Soil Composition
- J. Rochfort (Mr), Sender of soil samples
- James Hector