ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 



93 



Per imperial gallon. 



8. Actual and saline ammonia ()001 



Ammonia from organic matter 0001 



Nitrogen as nitrates 



Oxygen required to oxidise organic matter . . . O'OIO 



Lime 5544 



Magnesia 2-474 



Alkalies not ammonic ....... 1-190 



Chlorine 1-340 



iSiilphuric anhydride . . . . . . . 2-114 



Nitric acid 



Carbonic anhydride 5-89." 



Silica, aluminia, &c 0-800 



Hardness 18-0 



Ditto after boiling 3-3 



It is an extremely pure water. 



C. Meymott Tidy, M.A., M.B., 



Laboratory, London Hospital. 



9. Soil 



Strong clay 

 Sand and gravel 

 Strong clay 

 Quick sand 

 Strong clay 

 Red sandstone 

 Ditto in bore-hole 



\ 



40' 6" 



Well, ISO'O'' 



222 



Fault with much water between Parliament Shaft and Pilot Shaft, cut in drift 

 10 to 15 feet from former shaft, and again in "West drift from Pilot Shaft. 



lO. No. 11. Are none. 12. Yes. 13. No. 1ft. No. 15. No. 



South port Waterworks Co. Lim., per Mr. W. Harper, Secretary. 



1. Scarisbrick. la. 1854 ; not deepened, and no bore-holes. 3. 124 ft.; no 

 bore-hole. 3fl. None. 4. Not pumping, water stands near surface, and drains away 

 into Old Quarry. 4a. Same. 5. Formerly pumped. 6. No. 7. No. 8. Requires 

 filtering through Mr. Spencer's Carbide. 



Hardness 20° analysed by Thos. Spencek, F.C.S., 



Euston Square. 



9. Soil and clay 

 Freestone rock 



120 

 lO. No. 11. None. 12. Yes. 13. No. 14. No. 15. No. 



Southport Waterworks Co. Lim., per Mr. W. Harper, Secretary. 



1. Springfield, near Town Green. 1«. 1876-9. Not completed. 3. 232 ft. 

 loi'x 6. Two shafts. 3«. 135 ft. (39' high, by 6', then 15' high). 4. Always 

 pumping, 125 ft. to water; when stopped, at surface. 4^7. At surface. 5. Half- 

 million gallons without lowering. 6. Does not vary; new well. 7. No. 



8. Taken at 250 ft. from surface (bore-hole in well). 



Per imperial gallon. 



Actual and saline ammonia 0001 



Ammonia from organic matter O-OOO 



Nitrogen as nitrates 



