THE Wanganui district includes the counties of Wanganui, Waitotara, Waimarino and Rangitikei, and soil surveys embracing this area comprise : ( 1) The 4-inch to the mile survey of the North Island (Soil Bureau, 1954). (2) The sand country soil association survey, which mapped the sand country as far north as Whangaehu River (Cowie and Fitzgerald, in press). (3) A detailed survey of the soils of Flock House Farm of Instruction near Bulls (Cowie and Hall, 1965).
