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and pulley, and with an approved brass bolt inside. A desk with two drawers to be provided and fixed in the office as approved. The timber composing the ground and wall plates to be in as long lengths as possible, but in no case to be less than 14 feet in length. Scarfs in all cases to be made over a pile or stud. A name board of station shall be erected above the fence, of sufficient length to contain the name written in 10-inch block letters. The dimensions given in this Specification are for finished sizes. Plumber. Cover the roof with corrugated galvanized iron, to have two corrugations side lap, and 9 inches lap at ends; the end laps to be rivetted together every third corrugation, and the sides with galvanized iron screws and washers 24 inches apart. The sheets to be afterwards attached to the purlins with 2-inch lead-headed nails through top of every fourth corrugation horizontally; the holes for these nails to be punched from the underside of the plates. Provide and fix at eaves a continuous wood bar 3 in. x 2 in., screwed through sheeting into purlins with 6-inch coach screws every 2 feet. Make all necessary zinc flashings around doors, windows, junctions of roof, plinth, &c, &c. Provide and fix where shown on the plan two approved stoves; the one in the booking-office to be for cooking, the one in the waiting-room to be for warming purposes only. Fasten down securely on its flat a timber frame 3 in. x-g in., leaving a space within 3 feet 6 inches square; this space to be filled in over its entire surface, flush with the top of the frame with a composition of sawdust steeped in a strong solution of alum, well consolidated. Upon the composition and the frame a piece of sheet-iron, 4 feet square and inch thick, is to be placed, and securely fastened to the frame with screws; upon these sheets the stoves will be centrally placed. A piece of sheet-iron, No. 16 8.W.G., 3 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft., to be fastened behind each stove to the wall with screws. Fix a sufficient length of 4| inch stove-piping to project 5 feet above the roof-sheeting, properly stayed to roof with f-inch bolts. Provide and fix galvanized iron ridging. Painter. Properly knot, stop, prime, rub down, and otherwise prepare the whole of the woodwork exposed to view, inside and out, wrought and unwrought; and afterwards paint the same with three coats of best colour, composed of white lead and linseed oil, and finished a light stone colour. The ladies' waiting-room and booking office to have written in 2^-inch block letters on their doors, or such other convenient place, the name of room as above, in black. The ticket opening to have the word " Tickets " painted above it. On the signboard paint in 10-inch block letters the name of the station. The whole of the floor to be scrubbed and windows cleaned after painting, and the building to be left perfectly neat and clean in every respect, and ready for use. Materials. Timber. —The piles to be of totara, matai, black birch, hinau, or puriri. The ground plates and sleeper joists shall be of totara ; the remainder of the framing and boarding may be rimu, matai, or kauri. All the timber used shall be straight and sound, free from shakes, large or loose knots, and other imperfections; and each side of any scantling shall show nowhere less than three-quarters heart. The galvanized iron to be of " Gospel Oak "or other approved English brand, 8.8. quality, 24 8.W.G., free from all flaws, cracks, damage by water, discolour, or other defects. Ridging and spouting shall be of galvanized iron, the same quality as specified for corrugated galvanized iron. All straps, bolts, plates, &c, to be made of 8.8. Crown iron or other equal and approved quality, to be dipped in oil while hot from the forge. Bolts not otherwise specified to have a square head, the depth to be not less than the thickness, and the width twice the diameter of the bolt, to be screwed with a clean cut screw, and to have a nut equal in size to the head. Two washers to be provided to each bolt not less than three times the diameter of the bolt and one-quarter of the diameter in thickness. All spikes shall be of such a length as that, after being driven through the first timber, they shall enter the second timber at least onehalf of their entire length previous to punching; and all nails shall be in length equal to two and a half times the thickness of the first timber through which they are driven. In weatherboard nails the thickness of the second weatherboard must be added to their length. All nails and spikes to be punched in.

SPECIFICATION FOR THE WORKS REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE ERECTION OF A FIFTH-CLASS STATION (CLASS B) AT KELSO, ACCORDING TO THE PLANS ACCOMPANYING THIS SPECIFICATION. 1. This Contract will include the supply of all materials, labour, and plant necessary for the erection of the building, as well as the clearing and preparation of the site, and the delivery of the same at the termination of the contract in a complete and perfect state for the purpose intended. The whole of the work to be executed in strict accordance with this Specification and the plans accompanying it, and to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer who may be appointed to supervise it, within of the. date of the acceptance of the tender.