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{I) Analyses of Samples of Water from Bores arid Springs, Great 



Australian Artesian Basin. 

 Samples Collected by Capt. S. A. White in 1013. 



By W. S. Chapman. 





Horse- 

 shoe 



Home- 

 stead, 

 Dalhousie 



Station 

 Bore, 



Hamilton 



Hot 



Railway 

 Bore, 





Bore, 

 Macumba 



William 

 Creek 



Bore 



Spring, 

 Dalhousie 



William 

 Creek 





Analyst, 



Analyst, 



Analyst, 



Analyst, 



Analyst, 



Analyst, 



Saline Constituents (grains 



Chapman. 



Chapman. 



Chapman. 



Chapman. 



Chapman. 



Chapman. 



per gallon). 





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* 





* 





Chlorine, CI 



67-96 



31-16 



167-74 



28-36 



23-82 



168-48 



Sulphuric acid (radicle), S0 4 ... 



28-42 



— 



35-92 



14-58 



7 00 



42-84 



Carbonic acide (radicle), C0 3 ... 



8-70 



16-67 



13 50 



6-30 



7 20 



9-60 



Sodium, Na 



53 94 



20-77 



105 45 



16 54 



14-98 



108-15 



Potassium, K. 



1-84 



1-20 



5-71 



6 24 



1-76 



5-61 



Calcium, Ga 



6-14 



5 43 



16-86 



4-35 



4-28 



15-56 



Magnesium, Mg 



116 



2 74 



419 



2-59 



1 -75 



4-01 



Silica, Si0 2 



1-80 



105 



1-70 



1-50 



1-50 



1-90 



Oxide of iron and alumina 



— 



•15 



10 



— 



10 



•10 



Total saline matter — 















Grains per gallon 



169 96 



7917 



351-17 



80-46 



62-39 



356 25 



Ounces per gallon 



•38 



•18 



•80 



•18 



14 



•81 



Assumed Composition of Salts 















(grains per gallon). 















Calcium carbonate 



14-50 



13 57 



22-50 



10 50 



10 70 



16 00 



Calcium sulphate 



115 



— 



26 72 



■51 



— 



31-14 



Magnesium carbonate 



— 



9-59 



— 



— 



1 09 



— 



Magnesium sulphate 



5-80 



— 



20-95 



12-95 



7-20 



20-05 



Sodium carbonate 



— 



2-97 



— 



— 











Sodium sulphate 



33 97 



— 



•44 



5-71 



1-83 



712 



Sodium chloride 



109-23 



49-55 



267-86 



37 37 



36-61 



269 23 



Potassium chloride 



3 51 



2-29 



10-90 



11-92 



3 36 



10-71 



Silica ... 



1 80 



1-05 



1:70 



1-50 



1-50 



1-90 



Oxide of iron and alumina ... 



— 



•15 



•10 



— 



•10 



•10 



Hardness (English degrees). 















Total 



20 18 



24 90 



59-64 



21-67 



18 00 



55 63 



Temporary 



14 50 



24 90 



22 50 



10 50 



11-90 



16 00 



Permanent 



5-68 



— 



37 14 



1117 



6-01 



39 63 



Due to calcium 



15-35 



13 57 



42-15 



10-87 



10 70 



38-90 



Due to magnesium 



4-83 



11-33 



17-49 



10-80 



7 30 



16-73 



Temperature at time of sampling 



104°Fh. 



90°Fh. 



— 



— 



nrrh. 



— 



*Odour of sulphuretted hydrogen. 



