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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66

Black and. Ruby Sand

Black and. Ruby Sand.

  • Frank Ozer, Hampden Beach, Waitaki, Otago.
  • Cinnabar ore, copper ore, shulite (2) and metallic sand from Waipori, Southland, Otago.
  • Nickel ore, from Jackson's Bay.
  • Plumbago from Lower Nevis, Otago.
  • Calcedony from Tapu Creek, Thames, Auckland.
  • Shulite from Buckleburn, Otago.
  • Kaolin from Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago.
  • Sample of stones from iron reef, Waimea, Nelson.
  • Two specimens of miscellaneous incrustations on Ti tree from Lake Ratorua; one specimen of sulphur crystals from Blue Bath, Ratorua; one from Sodom and Gomorrah, Ratorua.
  • Eight photographs, Westport Coal Co.'s line.
  • Three photographs of Forth & Clarke's crushing battery, Wairongornai.
New Prince Imperial Gold Mining Co., Ld., Thames.
  • Auriferous quartz.
New Zealand Frozen Meat and Storage Co., Ld., Auckland.
  • Manures and raw materials for manures, i.e. sulphur, pyrites, &c.
Oamaru Totara Tree Stone Co., Ld., Oamaru.
  • Specimens of Oamaru calcareous freestone, worked with wood-working machinery. Price free on board in Oamaru 9d. per cubic foot, so that it can be landed in London for about 2s. per cubic foot. Extensively used for the principal public buildings in New Zealand, as well as in the Australian Colonies.
Peache, A. E., Mount Somers.
  • Quartz sand suitable for manufacture of glass.
Pepper, John, Tapu, Thames.
  • Opal, Chalcedony, and Cairngorm, from the beach of Tapu Hauraki Gulf.
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Phœnix Mine, Skippers, Upper Shotover, Otago.
  • Specimens of auriferous quartz.
Pond, J. A., Auckland.
  • Ores, clays, &c.
Rayner, George, Thames.
  • Auriferous quartz.
Rhodes, George, Auckland.
  • Mortar and ingredients thereof.
Rocky Point Gold Mining Co., Ld., Thames.
  • Auriferous quartz.
School of Agriculture, Canterbury.
  • Twenty specimens of soils.
Smith, J. E., Thames.
  • Auriferous quartz and samples of rocks.
Stevens, Charles, Thames.
  • Sulphide of antimony and barytes.
Sutro Gold and Silver Mining Co., Ld., Auckland.
  • Auriferous and argentiferous quartz from the Sutro Mine, Karangahake, Hauraki.
Tanner, Thos., Riverslea, Napier.
  • Two specimens of soil.
Thomas, Edward, Thames.
  • Crushed quartz from Loyalty Mine.
Tokatea Gold Mining Co.
  • Auriferous quartz and other stones.
Union Beach Mining Co., Ld., Thames.
  • Specimens of auriferous quartz.
Vaughan, John, Coromandel.
  • Auriferous quartz from the Nataiwai Mine, Coromandel.
Washbourn, R. J., & Sons, Nelson.
  • Limestone, hæmatite paint dry; iron ores.
Willeston, Charles E., Wellington.
  • Two bars of antimony and antimony ores.
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Analyses of New Zealand Soils. Results Calculated on 100 Parts of Soil Dried at 100° Centigrade.
Exhibition Numbers 1 2 4 6 9 10 11 16 20
*Organic Matter 5.604 5.996 9.082 53.307 7.701 19.981 15.139 7.820 6.170
Silica and Insoluble Matter 87.410 87.075 81.383 37.509 80.519 57.083 65.053 81.183 84.636
Soluble Silica .031 .046 .198 .339 .217 .476 .277 .076 .029
Aluminic Oxide 2.658 2.419 3.890 3.241 4.336 15.220 12.227 4.882 2.148
Ferric Oxide 2.870 2.975 3.419 1.970 4.586 5.084 5.570 3.976 3.869
Calcic Oxide .152 .219 .332 1.685 .617 .667 .258 .382 .478
Magnesic Oxide .308 .394 .575 .141 .335 .460 .136 .607 .997
Potassic Oxide .174 .187 .495 .387 .561 .157 .125 .024 .357
Sodic Oxide .167 .314 .169 .253 .289 .147 .704 .582 .148
Phosphoric Anhydride .144 .118 .205 .324 .148 .150 .103 .223 .154
Sulphuric Anhydride .172 .020 .188 .637 .044 .160 .120 .071 .147
Chlorine .007 .005 .011 .031 .021 .009 .019 .006 .012
Carbonic Anhydride, LOSS & Undetermined .303 .232 .053 .176 .623 .406 .269 .168 .855
Total 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000
*Containing Nitrogen per cent .186 .328 .294 1.652 .245 .572 .236 .179 .175
Moisture in Sample Analysed 2.485 1.945 3.070 15.315 3.590 11.920 5.225 6.505 4.185

George Gray, F.C.S.,

Lecturer on Chemistry.

School of Agriculture,

Lincoln, New Zealand.

April, 1886.

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Wilson & Co., John, Auckland.
  • Hydraulic lime.
Woollams, Frederick, Coromandel.
  • Auriferous quartz from the foreshore fronting Union Beach, Gold Mining Co.
  • Auriferous quartz from the Tokatea Gold Mining Co.
  • Auriferous quartz from the Bismarck Gold Mining Co., Coromandel.
  • Auriferous quartz from the Royal Oak Gold Mining Co., Coromandel.
  • Auriferous quartz from the Little Wonder Gold Mining Co., Coromandel.
  • Auriferous quartz, surface deposits, from Driving Creek, Coromandel.
  • Gold from the Royal Oak Gold Mining Co., Tokatea Range, Coromandel.
Wren, Charles T., Auckland.
  • Specimens of soils.
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