138 KEPORT— 1875. 



ft. in. 



9. Drift 13 8 



Upper Keuper sandstone . . 53 



Bed marl 53 4 



Lower Keuper sandstone: ; 115 



Upper Bunter (?) 110 4 



Conglomerate 30 8 



Lower Bunter 44 4 



Permian ,15 5 



435 9 

 10. \es. 12. Great number N.E. and W. 13. Great number. 14. None. 15. None. 



Spinney Hills Company. 

 1. Humberstone, near Leicester. 2. 180 ft,, mean tide Liverpool. 3. 600 ft. ; bore 

 8 in., 6 in., 5 in., 4 in. 4. 400 ft. 5. No estimate. 6. No. 7. No. 8. None. 



ft. 



9. Drift 6 



Ehajtic 12 



Upper Keuper sandstone 100 



Red marl with bauds of gypsum . . 250 

 Lower Keuper sandstone 2.32 



600 

 10. Yes. 11. Tube all the way. 12. None. 13. None. 14. No. 15. No. 



NoETH-wisT OP England. 

 Name of Member of Committee asking for information, Mr. E. W. Binney, 



r.E.s, 



Name of Individual or Company applied to : — 



Messrs. Bayley and Craven, Agecroft. 

 1. 70 yards from River Irwell. 2. Not known. 



_ on Ti. .. c 1 ^i 1 312 ft. it is 18 in. diameter. 



3. «. 32ft.x5ift 1 gj^ jgjjj 



5. Bore-hole 455 feet deep from surface • • j oQ ft' " 9 in' " 



4. rt. 16 ft. from bottom of well before pumping, and 4 ft. from bottom of well 

 after pumping ; h. 5 or 6 hours. 5. About 180,000 to 200,000 gallons. 6. a. As 

 we only pump for two or three weeks during dry weather, we have not noticed 

 this ; 6. Yes, probably because not worked continuously. 7. a. We have not 

 noticed this : h. Tlie water rises in the well if the river is high. 8. No analysis ; 

 the water contains a considerable quantity of iron. 9. Stratification in bore-hole 

 only. 



^ ft. 



Red rock ' 110 



softish 114 



very hard 76 



soft, with various veins of white sandstone 



from 3 to 6 in. thick. 15 



very hard, with various saddle beds 45 



soft, with veins of white sandstone 12 



rather hard. 18 



soft, with veins of white sand striae 23 



413 

 Not known , 20 



433* 



* There is an error of 10 feet somewhere in this stratification : it is copied exactly from 

 Messrs. Mather and Piatt's report when the bore-hole was made. 



