ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 



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Ordnance sheet, 72N.W.). 2. G15ft. 3. Shaft 145 ft. deep, 12 ft. diameter; bore-hole 

 500 ft. deep, 24 in. diameter. 4. The level of water in this case is kept down neai-ly 

 to bottom of shaft, but the water has been found to fill 900 cub. yards of standage 

 drift and rise about 20 ft. up shaft in 24 hours. 5. 900,000 galls. 6. The seasons 

 affect this shaft very little ; the feeders hare been permanent during the past 5 years, 

 but less than when the shaft was ;««< down (bore-hole in hand at present). 7. No. 

 8. Water of good quality ; about 9° hardness. 9. New Ked Sandstone (with band 

 of marl of considerable thickness), cover about 20 ft. If a section of the shaft and 

 bore-hole woidd be of service I should be glad to supply the same. 10. About 1 mile 

 N.E. there are several copious springs, and apparently quite unaffected by the above 

 sinking. 11. No surface-spring near well. 12. There are several /««7fe in the im- 

 mediate locality. A large fmdt running about JV.K, and about 1 mile north of this 

 shaft, supposed to be the southern limits of the N.-Staifordshire coal-field ; but 

 borings just completed to the south have proved coal at a depth of 265 yards. 13. 

 None. 14. None to my knowledge. 15. The above well is the only one in the 

 neighbourhood sunk for the purposes of water supply. 



Messrs. Mather and Piatt. 

 1. Messrs. Lonsdale and Adshead, Macclesfield. 3. 12-inch bore, 94 ft. deep, 

 5. 66,240 galls. 



Lancashiet! and Cheshiee. 



Name of Member of Committee asking for information, G. H. Morton. 

 Name of Individual or Company applied to : — 



Ml'. George F. Deacon, C.E., Municipal OfEces, Dale Street. 

 1. Litherland Road, Bootle, near Liverpool. 2. CO feet. 3. Depth of shaft 

 108 ft.; oval, 12'0"x9' 0"*. 4. Pumping continuously, except when stopped for 

 repairs. During a stoppage from oOth Jan. to Feb. 18, 1876, the water rose 11 ft. 

 above Ord. datum, or 50 ft. above the bottom of the well. 5. Average for 1875, 

 1,399,791 galls.; present maximum 1,433,720 galls. 6. See repoi-ts herewith. 

 7. See No. 4. Ffl'ect of local rains not traced. 



8. Copy of Analyst's last report. 



9- F 2 ; drift about 12 

 10. No. 

 12. Yes. 



ft. (pebble beds and "Lower soft Bimter Sandstone"). 

 11. The well is lined with brickwork in cement down to the hard rock. 

 13. No. 14. No. 



1. Green Lane, Old Swan, near Liverpool. 2, 136 ft. 3. Shaft 10 ft. diam., 

 depth 185 ft. ; 1 bore-hole 9 in. diam. for 173 ft.9 in., and 6 in. diam. for 25 ft. 10 in. 

 from bottom of shaft ; 1 bore-hole 24 in. diam. for 12 ft., and 18 in. diam. for 298 ft. 

 4. There are 3 engines, and the whole are never stopped at one time. . Average 

 for 1875, 2,533,060 galls. ; present maximum 3,243,549 galls. 6. It has diminished 

 (see reports herewith). 7. Effect of local rains has never been directly traced. 



* There are altogether about 16 bore-holes in the lodges connected with this well. 

 They were sunk many years ago, and records have not been preserved of tlie details. Tlie 

 principal bore-hole is 6 in. diameter at the top, and its depth from the surface is about 

 GoO ft. 



