ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 157 
Weekly Record of the Level of Water im Messrs. Samuel Courtauld and Co.’s 
well, Bocking, Braintree, Essex. Observations made at 6 a.m. on Monday 
mornings. No water is drawn from well on Sunday. 
Date Above surface} Below mean 
a of surface of : Remarks 
1883 , previous 
ground ground | * eek 
Jan 1|16 inches — 1:10 
” 8 | 125 39 = 40 
selon 18 re — 67 
eee. | Ld 55 -- 13 
eee 29) |) 16 SS — 94 
Feb. 5 | 112 - — 72 
ee eae es — 1:84 A very general heavy fall throughout 
otters =! the county. 
” ” ve 
ee 20 A LOS6 9 55 — 03 
Mar. 5/114 =, = 22 
ee Le.) 16 i — Si 
ee 19 1 15 ss — 66 
ee 26 1 19 % — Nil Easter. No water used on the 23rd, 
24th, or 25th. 
April 2 | 13 es — 27 
” 9] 12 ” fea Nil 
» 164 133 re —= Nil 
» 23] 143 5 — 47 
ee 3) LG - -— 1:12 
May 6/1] 15 45 — 02 
me Lb} 4 as — ‘90 Whit Tuesday. No water used on the 
16th. 
21 | 13 , — Nil 
Be 28 | USK 5s = 59 
June 4/1] 13 ss — Nil 
fe Ld) |, 123 ¥ _ 04 
er sd. | a4 45 — 81 
me | 15 ; ~- 13h 
Geiger? (213: ~,, a 97 
” 9) 15 ” — 24 
gs) 16 [13 a — 89 
e238 | 14 on — 83 
ReaO! Ie Lo x = 27 
Aug. 7] 14 i —- — Tuesday. No water used on the 6th. 
co) lea) tae Xe — = 
Notre.—The rainfall is taken from the record kept at Fennes, Braintree (observer 
Mr, 8. Tabor), which is about one mile from well. 
Collected by Mr. Thos. S. Stooke, C.L. 
1. The well is situated at the Wem Pumping Station, near the village of Preston 
Brockhurst, about 3} miles to the south-east of the town of Wem. The works for 
utilising the supply are in course of construction. 2a. A trial boring was put down 
in March 1882, and the well was sunk in the same year. 2. Approximate height 
above mean sea-level is 270 feet. 3. The well is 663 feet in depth, and 6 feet in 
diameter. The bore-hole is 90 feet in depth, and three inches in diameter. @ and 
4a. No pumping has taken place since the drift-way was finished on December 15, 1882, 
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Three days afterwards, i.e. :— Feet 
On December 18, the water-level was cl . 324 from surface. 
» February 6, a as : ae Dies ass aa 
» May 23, * * ¥ =a OU Sess A 
” July 2, ” ” M P 30 ” 2” 
