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REPORT L879. 



9. Cla}', with sand and limestone . 



,, very sandy .... 



Blue and grey clay and calcareous grit 



Fine sand 



Grey sand and clay, with water . 



Messrs. Baker & Sons. 



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1. Gillingham, Dorset, la. Unaware of date of sinking. DeejDened by boring 

 1878. 3. To bottom of shaft, 60 ft. from surface ; to bottom of boring, 86 ft. 8 in. 

 from surface. 4. Before pumping, about 50 ft. from surface ; after pumping, about 

 70 ft. from surface. 5. Pump only equal to about 20 gallons per minute. Could 

 not exhaust at this. 9. Well sunk through clay and rock. Boring through clay, 

 hard sand, and rock. 



Name of Member of Committee asking for information, James Plant. 



1. Hinckley, Leicestershire, la. 1875. Deepened 30 ft. since. 2. About 350 ft. 

 O.D. 1 3. 30 ft.; diameter 6 ft. Bore various, 11 in. to 7 in.; 520 ft. deep. 3a. 

 None. 4. 450 ft. 6. Not known. 8. Sulphate and carbonate of lime was first 

 found ; this was due to the water from the red marl and gypsum beds above the 

 waterstone ; it is now partially stopped out, and will be entirely so when shaft is 

 sunk. 



9. Section of Shaft and Bore at Hinckley, Leicestershire. 550 feet. 



Thick line represents permanent level of water for four years, standing 300 feet 

 above ' waterstones.' 



lO. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. An upthrow fault, distant two miles east; amount of 

 throw from 600 to 700 ft. 



13. None now. 14. None known. 15. None. 



