Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

Mr. Byerly was re=
gild, by ballot, Dr. Thothson as

aCcted treasurer, by acclamaiion

. Several pamphlets and other donations -were. presented.
"This closed the general I)usiaies; but Mr. Richard
Brooke, F,S.A., afterwards made a coininaniCa64n to
the society on a curious subject of research in ilich lie
has been recently engdged,—was it from Africa, or Asia
that the Carthagemaps got the elrphatits which they
used in war ? He was - prepared authorities
show-that they were, imported from Tyr€
The society they adjorned. It
on Monday evenings, until April next

v,iit meet forthightly

BURIAL BOARD

The usual monthly meeting of thiS Board waq held
yesterday morning, in the Board-rooni of the Work-
house, BrownlOw-hilli. Mr. J. It 7 jeffery in the chair.
,The other members present 'Were—Messrs. Jacks*
.Coibally, Townley; ar.d Bairstow: •

The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
confirmed.

The proceedings of the Executive Committee were
read; which contamed a recommendation that the Beard
should borrow the sum of £75,000,-for the purpose of
forming a new cemetery for the town of Liverpool.
A letter was read from the Home' Secretary, approv-
ing of the proposed site of 'the_ new cemetery.'
A letter was read from Mr. Gay, and also from Mr.
Gerrie, lands Cape gardeners, relative tolhe plans for the
Cemetery. Instructions were given to the Law' Clerk to
invite Mr. Gay to meetkthe committee on the subject.
Mr. JACKSON stated that he, With Mr. Corbally, had
obtained a list of newspapers published in the Counties
where the money to be borrowed was most likely-to be
obtained. On consulting' MT. poult, it was thought that
_they should not go fnrther south thairDerbyshire, and it
had been ag,reed to insert the adVertisement m the Times,
in two papers in each couply, and all the Liverpool
papers, for loans to the aniount.requireci to be berrowed,
in sums of not less than £5OO. The total number of
papers selected' was 45.
It was resolved that the advertisement be' inserted in
each of the Livcrpool'papers four times, and once in the
county papers, and that it will be left to the Executive
Committee whether it should be repeated.

- A letter was read from the Seemtan- of State, asking
if the board had any objection to Mr. 3ebbens removing
the body of a child from the graveyard in Renshaw-
street, to. another grave. in the ancient chapel-yard;
Tosteth-park.
The Law Clerk was'-directed to reply that the board
had no objection, Provided-it took place under the direc-
tion of the local officer of health.

On then motion of 'Mr.'JinsON, it-was agreed that
the Executive Committee should meet each Thursday
eleven o'clock, as the bo=nes to be traus

;fed :was

•
greatly increased. •
The other business was unimportant

4

THE WATER COMMITrEE,

• The weekly- meeting of this committee. Was held
yesterday, in, the council chamber at -the Town, Hall.
Mr. Hodson presided; and the Other members present
were—Messrs. Crellin, _Bennett, Jeffery, Stitt, Farn-
worth, Rae, Woodruff, and Wagstaff.
. The following return was submitted :

"TON DURING TIIE

QUANTITY OF WATER-RECEIVED FROM RIVIN
WEEK ENDING. IST "octotrat, 1859
- Gallont4.
Into Rivington.; 38,173,028 •
r „ Andley:street " 16,451,432
„- Park-hill' 11,108,000 c 5,732,460
QUANTITY OF WATER PUMPED FROM THE WELLS
At Bootle 4,445,404
„ Green-lane 10,592,337
„ Water4street 2,714,400
~ Windsor 5,868,000

Gallons

23,620,1g7

89,352,597

Quantitjof water in store, week
•-ending•24th Sept. 1859 13,038,318
05.,. let October, 169 12,622,807

415,511

89,778,108
2,800,000

87,278,108

Delivered at Bootle, unmixed 2,500,000
„ nuked 84,; 78,108

87,278,108
Proportion of Rirington to well water as 65 to 23

Mr. DuscAN, the engincer, rainfall
for the week ending Saturday,` the, Ist October,- was
2 23 inches, and for the month, of September 6 24
inches, making for the nine months 35 82. The
quantity for the correspondiry, period of 1858 was 2961;
excess of 1859 over 1858, 6 21.

The depths of water in the various reservoirs, under
their respectiCe. nverfidws, were, on the Ist instant, .as

Oct. 1. Sept. 24. Rise.. • Fall.
- ft. in. ft. in. ft, in. ft. in.
Roddlesworth .. 611 6 3....., 0. 0 ... 0 8
Rake
Anglezark
Rivington 1.5 0 ... 15 4 . . 0 0 0
Prescbt
Tile quantities of water drarn off from the under-
noted reserv9irs,d4ring the week, and -left in store on
'the Ist instant, were as per table:—

Roddlemortb
Rake

Oct. 1. Sept. 24. • Increase. Decrease..
72,722,216 75,03,608 2,331,392
56,091,742 58,053,867 1,962,145
586,210,770 415,471,834 170,738,931
856,827,904 636,315,262 20,512,642 -•

AnKlezark
Rinugton

1,571,852,632 1,384,894,596 191,251,573 4,20,537
1,384,894,696 , 4,293,537 ' ' ,

186,958,036

136,958,036

Mr. CRELLric`called attention zto the fact, that some
very dirty courts had been totally without water for two
or three weeks.

Mr. Duricall thought it probable that, in consequence
of the tenants not paying, the water had been turned
'off.
Mr. CnELLIN, in answer to a, question, said he had
found that, morning, Blenheim-street, Granville-street,
Collingwood-street, St. Martin-street, and another, all
in that condition.

The Engineer was requested to report upon the sub-
ject at the next meeting. , •
Mr. EsiixErr called attention to the fact, that whilst
there had been a rainfall of 2i inches, there were only
stored in the reservoirs at Rivington 46 million gallons
of water in addition to what would be required for next
week's consumption.
Mr. JEFFERY thought there must be some fault in the
strata there.