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DlKECTORY. JCHESHIRE,BIRKENHEAD. 69to the Mersey tunnel railway already mentioned; andmany merchants and business men of Liverpool residehere and in the neighbouring district; the town is Ughtedwith gas from works in Thomas street, and supplied yrithtfxceUent water from three sets of works, the whole beingthe property of the corporation; these are (i) Spring HiUV^aterwo^k8, onginaUy constructed previous to 1840,since which date various additional works have beencirried out. There are two yvells, sunk in the New RedSandstone rock to the depth of 160 feet, and bore-holesof various depths, the loyvest being 714 feet below thesurface; and there is also a covered reservoir holding600,000 gaUons, The wells yield 10,500,000 gallons perweek, raised by two pumping engines, each capable ofdeUvering 90,000 gaUons per hour. (2) Flay brick HiUWaterworks, completed in 1864. The well here, 15 by 9feet, is sunk to a depth of 205 feet. There are alsobore-holes sunk to a depth of 833 feet and 710 feet belowthe surface, and connected by a large heading with thewell, from which the water is raised by two pumpingengines, each capable of deUvering 64,000 gaUons perhour. The water tower contains a tank holding 104,000gallons and a covered reservoir holding 4,562,000 gaUons.(3) The Borough Road Waterworks, erected in 1861, forthe supply of Tranmere, was enlarged in 1871. Thereservoirs and high level tanks are about a quarter ofa mile distant from the engine bouse, and have a capacityof 1,599,563 gallons.Birkenhead Docks.The Birkenhead Docks, which are partly in Birkenheadand partly in Poulton-cum-Seacombe, belong to theMersey Docks and Harbour Board, who own all the docksin Liverpool. The area of the dock estate at Birkenheadis about 506 acres, of which the yvater area is 172acres, and the lineal measurement of quay, gj miles,and these docks occupy nearly one-third of the totalaiea of the docks under the management of theBoard, and the lineal quay measurement is aboutone quarter of the total quayage. The first Act of Parliamentfor docks at Birkeinhead was obtained in July,1844. Morpeth and Egerton docks were opened in 1847.After the constitution of the Mersey Docks and HarbourBoard in 1857, the Birkenhead docks were transferredby purchase to the Board, which has since developedthe dock estate to meet the wants of trade.Receipts at Birkenhead for j-ear ending July, 1909.£ s. d.Rates on goods inyvards 12,824 12 i,, ,, ,, outwards 45.029 «6 3Tonnage dues SViZSg 10 2Total rates on goods and tonnage dues 117,6+3 18 6Total tonnage of vessels. Hiikenliead 1,928,785 tons.Total rates on goods and tonnage dues received by theM'-rsey Docks and Harbour Board, i, 1,363,591 is. cd.Total tonnage of vessels, 16,747,479 tons. The numberof vessels which have sailed for foreign parts and coastivis"from July, 1908, to July, 1909:—Foreign, 5,4^0>