390 report — 1878. 



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Messrs. Docwra & Sons. 



1. Brereton Colliery, for Earl of Shrewsbury. 3. Above 100 shaft; total 

 980 ft. 9. Upper part New Red sandstone ; lower portion of coal measure. 



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

 Ranee. 



Name of Individual or Company applied to : — 



Mr. Strahan. 



1. Eaton Hall, near Chester. 2. About 14 ft. above highest spring-tide mark 

 (27 ? ft. above Ordnance datum.) 3. To bottom of rock, 40 ft. ; to bottom of bore- 

 hole, 347 ft. 4. Before pumping sands at 8 ft. from surface. Maximum yield of 

 water = 225 gallons per minute. 7. Water in well stands at about 6 or 7 ft. above 

 level in the Dee, which is less than 20 yds. distant. 8. One gallon contains solid 

 residue 63 - 20 grains. 



Grains. 



Volatile matter 2-00 



Chlorine 15-20 



H 2 S0 4 9-36 



Lime 1120 



Magnesia 5 - 98 



Oxide of iron - 60 



Siliceous matter '38 



Alkalies — 



CO., 15-84 



HNO, 2-64 



63-20 



Total hardness 20°-5 



Permanent hardness 15°-0 



Free ammonia per gallon, -001; albuminoid ammonia, -0021. 9. B. C. 20 ft. 

 Pebble beds, 227 ft. (Bed of pebbles 5 ft. thick occurred at about L 200 ft.) 10. 

 Probably not. 



N.B. — The water was useless for washing or for boilers. 



Two breweries in Chester get their water from the Red Sandstone — Seller's 

 (1) and Huxley's (2). 



1. In Steller Street. 



Feet. 



Boulder Clay B. C 18 



R. Sandstone K 30 



A good spring was struck in soft white rock at this depth ; water not very 

 hard ; no further particulars to be got. 



2. Huxley's Brewery, Ring Street. 



Old well all in pebble beds, 70 to 80 ft. ; is pumped dry in 4 to 5 hours. No 

 analysis ever made ; water not very hard. 



Queen's Park, from Dr. Slotterforth. About 50 feet above O. D. ; 36 ft. deep ; 

 water stands at 30 ; deposits iron if left to stand in a vessel. 



Rev. A. Grenfell, Neston Local Board. 



1. Little Neston Waterworks. 2. About 140 ft. 3. Shaft 50 yds. ; 9 ft. dia- 

 meter; 60 yds. 4. Does not vary. 5. 105,800 gallons in a day of nine hours. 6. 

 After a long dry season it lowers about 3 ft. 7. No. 8. Chlorine, 2-1 grains per 

 gallon ; carbonate of lime, 123 grains per gallon ; free ammonia = -002 parts per mil- 

 lion gallons; albuminoid, -046 parts per million gallons. 9. Red sandstone and 

 shale cover. 10. No. J 2. No. 13. No. 14. No. 15. No. 



