Fine or Soft—Where the soil contains no gravel, but is chiefly composed of very fine sand, or soft, light earth without gravel.
Cold—Where the soil rests on a tenacious clay subsoil, and has a tendency when in pasture to produce rushes and other aquatic plants.
Sandy or Gravelly—Where there is a large proportion of sand or gravel through the soil.
Slaty—Where the slaty substratum is much intermixed with the soil.
Worn—Where the soil has been a long time under cultivation, without rest or manure.
Poor—Where the land is naturally of bad quality.
Hungry—Where the soil contains a considerable portion of gravel, or coarse sand, resting on a gravelly subsoil; on such land manure does not produce the usual effect.
The colours of soils may also be introduced, as brown, yellow, blue, grey, red, black, etc.
Also, where applicable, the words steep, level, shrubby, rocky, exposed, etc., may be used."
Lists of market prices were sent with the field books, and the amounts then reduced to a uniform rate, which Mr. Griffith fixed at 2s. 6d. per pound over the prices of produce mentioned in the Act.