ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 73 



about 4 ft. above their level. 8. Nothing peculiar ; good pure water. 9. 23 ft. 

 of drift or boulder-clay, Eed Sandstone and shales, greenstone or Laver Dyke, 

 Ma-uesian Limestone, grits and shales, mountain Limestone; there were four 

 springs : — 1st cut at 120 ft. from surface in Red Sandstone ; 2nd cut at 244 ft. from 

 surface in Red Sandstone ; 3rd cut at 1061 ft. from surface in the Greenstone Dyke ; 

 4th cut at 2080 ft. from surface in dark blue shale at junction of Limestone. 10. 

 No springs, but a little drainage. 11. The drainage was tubed back. 12. There 

 is a dyke, but no known fault, 13. No. 14. No. 15. Not known ; I think not. 



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



At Southport Palace Hotel, Birkdale Park, a boring was made without success 

 for water, which reached a depth of 180 yards without finding the base of the 

 Keuper Marls. At Scarisbrook Park, east of Southport, the Red Marls were 

 penetrated and found to rest on chert, limestone, and grit, which may possibly 

 belong to the Yoredale series. 



At Poulton-le-Fylde a fruitless boring for coal, after passing through Upper 

 Boulder-clay, Middle Sand, and Lower Boulder-clay, penetrated the Keuper 

 Marls to a depth of 179 yards without reaching their base, pseudomorphic crystals 

 of salt and pieces of gyysuui occurring as at Southport. 



At the North-Eastern Hotel, Fleetwood, a boring was made for water by the 

 War Office without success, a bed of grit being reached at 179 yards. 



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

 Name of Individual or Company applied to : — 



Mr. Boult, from Mr. Beloe, C.E. 

 1. Neston: (a) Waterworks; (6) Village well. 2. (a) 176 feet; (b) 103 feet. 

 3. (a) 119feetx7x5|, 178 feet X 5"; (b) 75 feet X 25 X 9, 332 feet X 3". 4. (a) 

 59 feet above O.D.L. normal level. 5. («) 191,000. 8. The water is tasteless 

 nd pure. 



Mr. Boult, from Messrs. Macfie and Sons. 



1. Sugar Works : (a) Bachelor Street ; (6) Vernon Street, Liverpool. 2. (a) 

 56 feet; (6) 56 feet. 3. («) 127 feet, 504x7 feet; (6) 126 feetxll feet, 603x18 

 feet. 4. (a) 4 feet below Ordnance datum line ; (b) 4 feet below O.D.L. 5. (a) 

 830,000; (b) 660,000. 



Grains per gallon. 



8. Total hardness 22 



Solid matter 744 



Albumenoid ammonia 0-21 



Ammonia - 33 



Chlorine ._ 406-5 



Water, salt, and acid. 



9. («) Drift 38 feet, Upper Mottled Sandstone 466 feet. 



Mr. Boult, from Mr. E. Tate. 

 1. Love Lane Sugar Refinery, Liverpool. 2. 51 feet. 3. 109 feet X 9 feet, 369 

 feet x 4" and 8". 4. Normal height 19 feet helow O.D.L. 5.840,000. 8. Water 

 has a strong taste of salt. 



Mr. T. Boult, from Mr. Dresser, Edmond Street, Liverpool. 

 1. Edmond Street Rice Mills, Liverpool. 2. 60 feet. 3. 79 feet by 4| ; bores 

 379 feet ; 3 bore-holes, 12", 6", and 4". 4. 15 feet below Ordnance datum in normal 

 condition. 5. 230,000. 



Grains per gallon. 



8. Total hardness 19 



Solid matter 1157-8 



Albumenoid ammonia - 27 



Ammonia 0-6 



Chlorine 588-4 



9. Drift 18 feet, Upper Mottled Sandstone 301 feet. 13. The water is very bitter 

 and saline. 



