88 



EEPOBT — 1889. 



Feet. 



Gosport. 



Information collected by Mr. "Whitaker. 



1. Waterworks, Bury Cross, la. About 1859. 2. 



3. No. 1 well. Shaft 10 feet. Larger 

 cylinders to a depth of 83 feet ; smaller to 110 feet ; remainder bored. No. 1 shaft 

 is the most easterly in the eastern engine-house ; No. 2 is close by, to the N.N.W., 

 just outside the engine-house; No. 3 is a pumping shaft, by the western engine- 

 house ; No. 4 is further west, by the north-western corner of the field, beyond the 

 works. The water from No. 2 flows into No. 1 by a pipe. Nos. 1, 3, and 4 are con- 

 nected by a conduit at the base of the shafts. 4. Water rose to 9 feet below the 

 surface. It was pumped down to 80 feet, and rose to 35 feet ; if left for a time, would 

 rise to 25 feet. 5. Tested up to half a million gallons a day. 8. Quality good. 

 9. Section of No. 4 shaft, 40 feet, with bore-holes to 120, 220, and 330 feet. 



Feet. 



12 



a 



.a 



M 



r—l 



o 



303 



320 



334 



River f Brown loam .... 



drift. \ Gravel 



/ Brown and grey clay 



Grey clay and sand laminated 



Light grey sand, clay, and shells 



Coarse grey sand and shells . 



Brown clay 



Sand and peat 



Clay and sand 



Light-coloured sand 



Clay with sand 



Hard clay 



Light grej' sand 



Clay and sand, laminated 



Clay with a little sand .... 



Sandy clay, with flint pebbles 

 L. Bag- /Light-coloured sand, with some flint pebbles 



shot. L Light-coloured sand 



London!™ -, ■, ■ 



clay. J ^^^^' ^^^^y clay, iron pyrites 



[ 



Feet. 



3 



9 



1 

 10 

 57 

 22 

 15 



S^ 

 19" 



22 

 36 

 22 

 16 

 59 



5 



4 

 13 



14 



Milton. 



Communicated hy Mr. W. Hill, of Gosport. 



1. Portsmouth Lunatic Asylum, la. In 1885. 3. Cylinders 48 feet; rest 

 bored to 604 feet from surface. 4. Greatest height of water 11 feet from surface.. 



