218 EEPORT— 1882. 



the rock 11 ft. 4. 40 feet of water in well which we have pumiced out in an hour. 

 10 hours. 5. 250,000 gallons. 6. Some slight variation in rainy weather. Yes ; it 

 has diminislied aboiit one-fourth. 7. Yes. Appears to rise when Severn is in flood. 

 8. Only the hardness ; by Clarke's test 18°. 9. 48 feet of clay and sand. Eed 

 sandstone to bottom of bore. lo. Yes. 11. Yes, by cast-iron cylinders. 12. Geo- 

 logical Survey shows a fault N.W. close to the well. 13. No. 14. No. 15. No. 



Collected by Mr. Thos. S. Stooke. 



From Mr. C. Hy. Kynaston, Brewei', Wem, Salop. 



1. Sunk 17 feet. Bored from bottom diameter of hole 3 inches, la. 1878. No. 

 3. 17 feet, 6 feet, and 100 feet. 3«. None. 4. 14 feet from surface. 2 hours. 

 4(7.. 14 feet from surface. 5. From 4 to .5,000 gallons. 6. Does vary a little in 

 September and October, when it is the lowest. 7. Yes ; in about 24 hours. 8. 

 None. Used for brewing purposes. 9. None; gravel, then blue claj^ down to water, 

 1.5 inches of sand 100 feet from surface fi-om which the water came. — T. S. S. 12. 

 None, 13. None. 14. Not within 17 miles. 15. No. 



Collected by Mr. Thos. S. Stooke. 



1. At Messrs. Marshall & Co.'s Bleach Works, Hanwood. 1«. In progress. 3. 

 €8 feet ; 4 feet 6 diam. 3a. None. 4. Pases to top. 5. 48 gallons per minute. 

 7. No. 8. Soft. 9. Eed marl and blue-grey sandstone. lO. No. 15. No. 



Collected by Mr. Thos. S. Stooke. 



From Mr. R. E. Johnston, C.E., Engineer Office, G.W.R. and L.N.W. 

 Joint Railways, Birkenhead. 



1. Steam Shed, "Wellington G.W. &: L.N.W. joint railway companies, la. 

 Finished August 1875. 2. Above 350 feet. 3. 18 feet below soil level ; 36 feet 

 below original surface. Bore-hole 163 feet below original surface. 3a. None. 

 ■4. One foot below rail-level. After pumping 14 feet below rail-level. Two hours. 

 4a. One foot below rails, or 19 feet below surface-level; at present time height of 

 water 18 feet. 5. 204,000 gallons per day of 24 hours. 6. Notbing perceptible. 

 7. Slightlj', after several days' rain. No information. 8. Good for general pur- 

 poses. 



9. Drift . . , 45 feet 



Sandstone . . . . . . . . 78 „ 



Eed marl 22 „ 



ita. In sandstone. lO. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. None. 13. None. 



Collected by Mr. Thos. S. Stooke. 

 From Lient.-Col. Drake, R.E. 



1. Barrack enclosure, Shrewsbury, la. March 1882. No. 2. -I-239-01- O.D. 



3. Total depth 93 feet ; diameter 37 feet x 6 feet 3 inches and 56 feet x 5 feet 

 5 inches. Bore-hole 243 feet 6 inches x 5^ inches diameter. 3a. No drift-ways. 



4. 75 feet to surface of water. 4(7. 75 feet, which it maintains. 5. 175,000. 7,000. 

 6. No variance has been detected. 7. No. The water in well stands 6 feet 4 inches 

 above adjoining Eiver Severn. 



8. Lime . . Large . . Ammonia . . Trace 

 Magnesia . Present . Nitric acid . Large 

 Chlorine . „ . ' . Nitrous acid . Trace 

 Sulph. Acid SO^ „ . . Oxidisable matter Present 

 Phosphoric acid None . . Iron . . . None 



Hardness. 



Fixed 7°-35 



Temporary 5°-40 



ft. in. 



9. Soil 3 



Coarse gravel 7 



Eed sand ... .... 3 



Yellow loam 2 



Fine red sand 35 ; 



