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miles, showing a regular sequence of red measures, commen- 
cing in the new red sandstone (trias) at Withington and 
passing through red clays, shales, and sandstones of the per- 
mians, until the Levenshulme limestones at Slade Lane 
were reached. 
Mr. Swarbrick, the Surveyor to the Withington Local 
Board, had made a section giving the surface of the red 
measures passed through, which shows it to be much worn and 
at varying depths, overlain by the lower boulder clay. A deep 
sewer from Levenshulme to Cringle Brook, to join the above 
sewer, has been made under the direction of Mr. Harper, 
the Surveyor to the Levenshulme Local Board, whose work- 
ing plan and section w r ere also produced, showing the mea- 
sures which were drifted through in the progress of the 
works. Commencing at Cringle Brook, where the works 
of the Withington sewer were met, the drift was in red 
sandstone, but the limestone was soon after reached and 
continued for about 750 feet. Some portions of the drift- 
ing were through solid limestone rock, the beds being from 
1ft. 6in. to 2ft. thick. In other places the measures were 
much disturbed, a fault being marked on Mr. Harper’s plan 
at one point, and a seam of ironstone Gin. thick also oc- 
curred, embedded between the limestones. Bed clay was 
next passed through for about 270 feet, the limestone rest- 
ing upon it. The course of these works was nearly from 
south to north, the drift being nearly parallel to the face of 
the limestones and apparently almost upon the top of the 
outcrop. A little further northwards the lower boulder 
clay was entered, and shortly after the course of the sewer 
turned eastwards along Albert Road, passing under the L. 
and N. W. railway at Levenshulme station, and terminating 
in the Manchester and Stockport road at Levenshulme. 
The lower boulder clay occupied the whole of this por- 
tion. Endeavours had been made to ascertain the depth of 
the clay in this part of the section, but it could not be 
