WELL SECTIONS. 



315 



Nitrates containing 17 per cent, of nitrogen 



(Equal to grains of nitrogen per gallon, 0'06). 



Chlorides containing 60 per cent, of chlorine 

 (Equal to grains of chlorine per gallon r9). 



Hardness, reckoned as chalk grains or " degrees " ; 

 removed by ebullition - - 10' 



unaffected by ebullition - - 0" 



Total hardness _ - - - - 



Lead or Copper - - - 



Physical examination after subsidence 



Oxygen absorbed in three hours 



Grains per Gallon. 

 0-35 



3-20 



10-00 

 None. 



Satisfactory 

 0-02 



West Cowes. Boring at Egypt Point by Mr. Vignollks. 

 Height 8 feet above datum line. 



Clays of various colours [Osborne Beds] ... 



WooDVALE. West of West Cowes, Isle of Wight. 

 Commimicated by the Messrs. Addie, of Preston, to Mr. Whitaker 

 The Fossils determined by Mr. J. W. Elwes 



Feet. 

 94 



Bembridge 

 Beds. 



Osborne 



Beds 



109 feet. 



Upper 

 Headon 



Beds 

 73 feet. 



Thickness. 



Ft. In. 



'"Whitish earth, calcareous - 2 



Grey shelly clay. Melanin 



muricata - • - 10 6 



Light-buff calcareous earth - 16 



Grey clay with shells. Melania 

 j muricata - - - 30 



j Light greenish-grey clay with 

 <^ some broken shells - - 2 



Grey and brownish clay - - 15 



Dark -grey or blackish clay with 



some shells - - - 2 



Dark-grey and brown clay. 



Melania muricata 

 Grey clay with some broken shells 

 Cream-coloured Hmestone 

 Light-grey clay, mottled brownish 

 Puce and grey mottled clay 

 Pale-grey clay _ - - 



Crimson and grey mottled clay - 42 

 Light-greenish and brownish clay 2 

 <(' Grey clay with some very fine and 

 I soft sand ? - - . " ^ ^ 



Grey clay, partly brownish (speci- 

 1 men from 138 feet) - - 24 



I Crimson, grey and brown mottled 

 I clay - - - - 27 



(Limestone ? nodular - 3 6 



I Pale greenish -grey clay - - 18 3 



I Greenish-grey and puce mottled 

 I clay - - - - 30 



Light-grey clay with some broken 



shells - - - - 10 3 



J Grey clay with crushed shells 

 ] ? Potamomya - - - 1 



I Grey clay with some broken shells 3 

 I Calcareous nodule (?) - - 6 



I Greenish-grey clay with broken 

 1 shells - - - - 6 



l^Stone (no specimen) - .06 



Depth. 



Ft. In. 



2 



12 6 



14 



44 



46 



61 



63 



66 



75 



79 3 



87 3 



89 3 



91 3 



133 3 



135 3 



137 3 



161 3 



188 3 



191 9 



210 



240 



250 3 



251 3 

 254 3 

 254 9 



260 9 



261 S 



