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ON A BORING FOR WATER NEAR BIRDLIP 
In 1881 the Corporation of Gloucester, under the advice of 
Mr Bareman, determined to apply to the Local Government 
Board for power to take water from Birdlip; and a series of 
borings were made, which I inspected from time to time with 
Mr Reap, the City Surveyor, to whom I beg to express my 
acknowledgment for the Sections, which I have had enlarged, 
and much valuable information, which I have availed of in this 
short Paper. 
Mr Bareman’s plan was to construct a tunnel three feet 
six inches high by three feet broad, with a rise of one in 500, 
and to commence about 240 feet below No. 4 bore hole. The 
boring No. 1 took place, as shewn in the diagram, 1630 feet 
from the Painswick road. 
Unfortunately a diamond borer was not used, and the hole 
being made by percussion or stamping, it was impossible to 
ascertain accurately the character and thickness of the beds 
passed through before the sands were reached. 
The boring commenced in the upper bed of the Inferior 
Oolite, and I found Clypeus plottii on the surface. 
Mr Reap believes the following Section is approximately 
correct :— 
- ft. in. 
Soil ... bd = ee - eG 
Rag Stone . ie aa S: eet Di 6 
Freestone... “ a Bey hee -. 105 0 
Oolite Marl ... oe ee oo See) END) 
Freestone and Pea Grit... ise eee UO 
Cephalopoda bed... ace ass p 8 0 
195 0 
At this depth water was found, and 
the boring was continued through 
Lias Sands ... see aE < oa) THSeLO 
Sand and Clay a4. oss =e ..-) (130 
Sand ... aa —- Sat Ses aa 
Sand and Clay ar on le su One) 
Making a total of =e .. 303 6 
