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ing purposes. 9. Passed through red marl and grey rock, wth thin bed of gypsum, 

 to the red sandstone rock, when the water was met with ; continued the boring in 

 the red sandstone to a depth of nearly 1000 ft., but the water was not increased 

 thereby. 10. No. 11. This is a report of boring operations. 12. Within 1 mile. 

 13. No. 14. Within 2 miles. 15. No. Within § a mile of the above boring there 

 is a large mere, called "Alsager Mere," 11 acres in extent, with neither an inlet or 

 outlet on the surface, the water of which is very clear and pure. This lake ebbs 

 and flows, rising sometimes even in very dry seasons. 



Messrs. Mather and Piatt. 



1. Stockport Waterworks, Wilmston. 3. 12-inch bore, 170 ft. deep. 5. 54,700 

 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. 



1. Messrs. Charles Marsland, Stockport. 3. 12-inch bore, 182 ft. deep. 5- 30,oG0 

 galls. 9. New lied Sandstone. 



1, Messrs. R. Sykes and Co., Stockport. 3. 18 in. diameter, 42 4ft. in depth. 

 5. 806,400 galls. 



1. Messrs. J. E. & W. Christy, Stockport. 3. Diameter 12 in., depth 228 ft. 5. 

 3,200 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. 

 1. Messrs. S. & T. Carrington, Stockport. 3. Diameter of bore 12 in., depth 190 ft. 

 5. 50,000. 8. New Red Sandstone. 



1. Messrs. Robert Orme, Stockport. 3. 12 inches diameter of bore, depth 192 ft. 

 5. 24,960 galls. 



1. Messrs. Bayley & Co., Stock-port. 3. 18-iuch bore, 274 ft. deep. 5. 30,000 

 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. 



Name of Member of Committee asking for information, C. E. De Ranee, 

 through Mr. W. S. Aveline. 



Name of Individual or Company applied to : — 



John Vi\ian, C.E., for the Diamond Boring Company, Furness District. 



1. Rampside, near Barrow-in-Furness. 2. 25 ft. 3. 8 in. hole at surface and 

 3 in. at bottom ; 2,210 ft. deep. 4. Water cut at 250 ft. from surface, and will rise 

 about 12 ft. above siu-face in an inch pipe. 5. 13,500 galls, flowing out of hole 

 daily. 6. Always running about the same quantity for the past 4 years. 7. A 

 beck runs within 5 ft. of hole, but at 5 ft. lower level than top of hole. 8. Peculiar 

 water was cut in the petroleum-bearing sandstone, but it only flowed ti'om that 

 place for a short time. 9. Water was cut in the New Red Sandstone; drift 

 about 100 ft. thick, consisting of gravel, sand, boulder-clay and cobbles. 10. No ; 

 but a little water was found on top of rock. 11. Tubed out of hole. 13. Brackish 

 water impregnated with petroleum-oil. 14. None. 



Yorkshire. 

 Messrs. Mather and Piatt. 

 1. Messrs. Bolckow Vaughan, Middlesboro'. 3. 18 in. diameter, 1132 ft. deep. 

 5. 806,400 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. See section of upper portion, previ- 

 ously published in last report. 



Name of Member of Committee asking for information, C. Pox-Strangways. 

 Name of Individual or Company apj)lied to : — 



Messrs. Steward and Sons.* 

 1. Messrs. Steward & Sons, Comb Works, Walmgate Bar, York. 2. About 50 ft. 

 3. 8 yards to bottom of shaft, 46 yards to bottom of first bore-hole, 129 yards to 

 bottom of second. 4. Water stands at about 22 to 23 ft. from smface. 5. 500 

 galls, per minute from 3 bore-holes. 



* The present owners of these wells do not appear to know much about them ; there- 

 fore I have filled in the form from information previously obtained, and from my own 

 personal knowledge of the locality. — 0. F.-S. 



