94 



REPORT — 1880. 



Oxygen required to oxidise organic matte: 



Lime . 



Magnesia , 



Alkalies not ammonia 



Chlorine 



Sulphuric anhydride 



Nitric acid 



Carbonic anhydride 



Silica and alumina 



Hardness . 



Ditto after boiling 



0-007 

 4-682 

 2-298 

 0-920 

 1-440 

 2-013 



5-123 

 0-100 

 14-8 

 5-1 



The waters from four feeders at 100, 200, 210, and 225 feet from sm-face, contain less 

 lime, magnesia, and sulphuric and carbonic anhydride. 



The water is of very great purity. I obtained no evidence of organic nitrogen 

 whatever. 



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



Laboratory-, London Hospital. 



/Soil . . , . 

 Sand 



Soily clay 

 Gravel and sand . , ! 

 Clay . . . 1 ft. in. 



Gravel and sand (water) / 79 

 Sandy clay 

 Sand and gravel . 

 Strong clay 

 Sandj' gravel 

 Soft red sandstone in well 

 „ bore-hole 



9. 



153 

 20 



252 



Mr. Mason, Manager Southport Waterworks, Springfield Station. 



Boring made by Mr. Mason, in field at Old Quarry, north-west of 

 Town Gi-een Station. 



Soil 10 



Clay 19 



Sandy clay 8 6 



Freestone 134 3 



Very light rock .,,.,. ..20 



Blue rock 6 



Red sandstone, soft 1516 



300 



Boring made by Mr. Mason, in field near Gerrard Hall, east of Town 

 Green Station. 



Clay 8 



Gravel (water) - 2 



Red sandstone 290 



300 



lO. No. XI. Are none. 13. No. 14. No. 15. No. 



* The section of these drift deposits has been published by Mr. G. H. Morton, 

 F.G.S., in Proceedings Liverpool Geolog. Soc, vol. iv. pari iii. p. 370, 1879. 



