155 
Feet. In. 
Dark shale 32 0 
Blue shale with fossil shells 11 0 
Shale 3 0 
Coal baud 0 8 
Shale 3 0 
Dark rag 26 q 
Dark shale 44 2 
Millstone grit 8 0 
Total 348 0 
The third bore hole was at Wirrall, near Birkenhead, 
commenced March 8th, 18G1. The -well in which ibis bore 
hole was made is 23 feet deep, a portion being in the red 
stone (Trias). From the bottom of the well the boring 
was : — 
Feet. In. 
Bed sandstone 32 0 
Bed and white sandstone 14 0 
Close grained red sandstone with quartz pebbles 3 6 
Bed and white sandstone 10 0 
White rock with bands of brown hard substance 
like iron cement 14 0 
Bed sandstone 51 0 
Bed sandstone, very fine 73 0 
Bed sandstone, finer still 8 0 
Bed and white sandstone, coarser and softer ... 41 0 
Coarse soft red sandstone 2 0 
Bed and white marly clay 0 6 
Soft red sandstone 11 6 
Bed sandstone 13 0 
Ditto 90 0 
Coarse soft red sandstone 0 4 
Total 364 4 
Dr. Clay presented a fine specimen of granular magnetic 
oxide of iron, from the district “ Taranaki,” in New Zealand, 
