296 



REroKT — 1894. 



Solids in suspension (none) 

 Solids in solution dried at 1-10° C. . 

 Oxygen absorbed in four hours at 15° C 

 Saline ammonia .... 

 Albuminoid ammonia 

 Nitrogen in nitrates ... 

 Nitrites (none) 

 Chlorine in chlorides 



Hardness, temporary 

 ,, permanent 



Total 



Grains per Gallon. 



. 220 

 . 0014 

 . 0003 



00055 

 . 0-26 



. 1-45 



. 1U° 



180° 



An approximate analysis of solids gives the following results : — 



Grains per Gallon. 

 Carbonates of alkaline earths, principally lime . IBO 

 Sulphate of magnesia ...... 3-6 



Chloride of sodium 24 



22-0 



This is an excellent drinking water, free from all trace of animal contamination ; it 

 i.s, perhaps, a little hard for general purposes, as is the case with all the water of the 

 district. Water used for laundry purposes is softened. 



Ft. 

 9 

 4 

 3 



9. 



Yellow clay with pebbles 



t^andy red clay 



Sandy gravel . 



Sandy grey and red loam 



Coarse gravel .... 



Red sandstone rock (Bunter beds) 



Grey 



Red 



19 

 3 



55 



6 



91 



190 



9a. A steadily increasing yield of water was met with from 106 feet. The 

 greatest increase was from the bore-hole below 150 feet, which caused the water 

 level to rise in the -well. lO. Yes. 11. Yes, the well is lined with iron cylinders to 

 the deptli of 85 feet. 12. The Permian measures outcrop about 700 yards south of 

 the site. 13. No. 14. No. 15. An old well-under the asylum buildings has been 

 abandoned and filled in on account of the surface water finding its way into it. 



Collected by Mr. Thos. A. Stooke, C.E., Shrewsbury. 



1. Hinnington, on the Hatton Estate, about 2^ miles south of Shifnal, Salop. 

 Ifl. Tube wells driven in 1889. 2. 172 feet O.D. approximately. 3. Three 2-inch 

 tube wells are driven to the depth of about ten feet, and connected by a horizontal 

 pipe under the ground surface. 3^. — . 4. Water stands about two feet under the 

 surface of the ground outside the tube. 4«. Wells ; it is lowered only fths of an 

 inch while pumping. On ceasing to pump the ordinary water level is at once 

 restored. 5. The yield of water flowing freely through the pipe connecting the tube 

 wells together was found to be 64,800 gallons in the twenty-' our hours. Pumping 

 into a storage reservoir containing ;!0,000 gallons takes place twice during the week ,- 

 the daily consumption is about H.OOO gallons. «. Water level does not vary, 

 (7) and is not aflEected by rainfall. 8. Analysis. 



Grains per Gallon. 



