163 
Essex I Veil-Sections. 
Southchureh. 
Information got by Mr. Dalton from Mr. Purldss, well-sinker. 
Water up to 36 feet below the surface. 
To base of London Clay. 355 
Sand . 40 
395 
Southend. — On the Green, Lower Southend. About 1850. 
Communicated by Mr. Scott (of the Eoyal Hotel). 
Surface about high-water mark. 
Sand and shingle [beach] . 35 
Bine [London] Clay.about 440 
To sand and water. 475 
Another w T ell near by, 380 feet. 
According to Mr. Purldss a well at the Eoyal Hotel Mews 
reached the base of the London Clay at 370 feet; but these 
figures would seem to be too low, as also is the case with the 
following (from the same authority, through Mr. Dalton):— 
Southend. —Railway Station. 
Gravel . 15 
London Clay. 340 
Sand . 40 
395 
Stanstead. —Eew Almshouses. 
Sunk and communicated by Mr. G. Ingold. 
Shaft 46 feet; the rest bored. 
Water 47 feet down. 
Thickness. Depth. 
[Brick-earth . 4 ... 4 
ITiiM-ft-1 J Gravel and loam, very irre- 
L J j gularly bedded... 30... 34 
(Gravel . 12 ... 46 
Chalk . 56 ... 102 
Stratford, — Messrs. Howard d Son's Chemical Works. On the 
main road, about midway between Bow and Stratford. 1884. 
Sunk and communicated by Messrs. Legrand & Sutcliff. 
Shaft 14 feet ; the rest bored. 
Water-level 31 feet down. 
