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Analysis. Organic matter and moisture ... ... 40-70, containing nitrogeu, 3'ol. Silica and insoluble matter ... ... 4-30 Tricalcic phosphate ... ... ... 20-05 - Iron and alumina oxides ... ... 4-15 Calcic carbonate ... ... ... 26-92 Alkalies, Ac. ... ... ... 3-88 100-00 Value, about £3 7s. 6d. per ton.

APPENDIX No. 2. Report of the Natural Science Department, First Term, 1891. The examination and identification of seeds, plants, &c, received from the public has been carried on, and the results, since the last report, may be tabulated as follows: —

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No. Name. Source. so 111 8 a Impurities per Cent., and Remarks. Efl 113 ■19 50 Grass-seed Meadow-fescue North Island.. College farm.. 5 Is doub-grass (Cynoden dactylon). Weevil-eaten fescue-seeds, 12 ; rye-grass, 11J; dog'stail, 2 ; Bromus sp., 1J ; small fescue and Poa, 1 Sorrel, 3 ; and occasional timothy and plantain or ribgrass A few odd seeds of white-clover, sorrel, plantain, timothy, &c. Is a tussac-grass (Poa anceps, var B. foliosa). Occasional undetermined. Occasional plantain. Pure. 16 51 White-clover Gore 3 52 Alsike 53 54 55 66 57 58 59 Grass-seed Red-clover Lucerne Poa trivialis Crested dog's-tail Italian rye-grass Cow-grass Masterton College farm.. Christchuroh 84 Occasional seeds of sorrel, plantain, timothy, whiteclover, and undetermined. Contains about equal proportions of two sorts. Is meadow-fescue. Is Italian rye-grass. Sorrel, 3 ; alsike, 1; and occasional undetermined Similar to above, with occasional chickweed Pure. Occasional white-clover. Hedge-mustard, 1; undetermined, 1 ; and occasional black-medick Occasional plantain. Pure. Occasional timothy, hedge-mustard, and sorrel. Apparently same as No. 70. A grass (Trisetum sp.) and undetermined A caryophyllaceous seed Red-clover, 1 ; plantain, 1 .. Misnamed for hard fescue; occasional Anemagrostis spica-venti. Pure. Yorkshire fog 110 61 62 68 64 65 66 67 Mixed turnip Grass Greymouth .. White-clover Masterton 59 58 90 71 67 4 4 American red-clover.. Alsike 2 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 English cow-grass .. 78 83 91 89 52 90 86 48 American cow-grass .. Japan clover Trefoil Lucerne Sheep's fescue 5 2 2 7(1 77 78 79 SO Hard fescue Crested dog's-tail Timothy 47 6 10 95 81 8 7 81 82 83 84 85 80 Meadow foxtail Poa trivialis P. nemoralis Poa pratensis Piorin Lawn-grass mixture .. White stubble turnip Plantain Meadow-fescue 12 7 3 5 36 98 56 80 10 47 Pure. Undetermined, 8; white-clover, 1; various, 3 (chiefly sorrel, plantain, chickweed, and sp. of composite plant) Occasional wavy mountain hair-grass. A small percentage of P. pratensis. Indistinguishable from P. pratensis. Pure. Pure, but nearly all chaff. Sheep's fescue, var. 57; rye-grass, 24; meadow-fescue, 11; dog's-tail, 6; foxtail, 1; small Poa, 1 ; and occasional sorrel and plantain Pure, but variety not vouched for. Red-clover, 13; alsike, 4; sorrel, 2 .. Rye-grass Pure. Dock, 2 ; occasional rye-grass (with ergot), Scotch thistle, plantain, and sorrel Rye-grass, 49; cocksfoot, 49 ; Yorkshire fog, 2 ; and -occasional sorrel, florin, goose-grass, dock, plantain, thistle, and lesser clover Is black-medick (Modicago lupulina). Is buttercup (Ranunculus rivularis var.). 12 7 87 88 89 90 91 Christchurch 19 20 Colonial red-clover .. Waimate 2 92 Devonshire evergreen Christchurch 51 93 94 Seed Plant Masterton Ohaiawai