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SCHEDULE.

SPECIFICATION FOR WORK TO BE DONE AND MATERIALS TO BE USED IN ERECTING GOODS SHEDS. (To be used except when otherwise instructed.) Site and Description. The buildings shall be erected at Tapanui and Kelso. Extent of Contract. The contract comprehends the following works, viz., —The levelling off and excavating of the ground to the proper widths and depths for the several works requiring foundations, and after such works arc properly laid, to refill and consolidate the earth about them ; the erection of the building complete in every respect; and, when finished, to level off and remove all extraneous soil and rubbish, so as to impart a neat appearance to the works; and generally to complete the contract to the full intent and meaning of the drawings and this Specification, and to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer in Charge. Excavator. Excavate for foundations to a depth of at least two feet in the solid ground, through all made earth; also excavate trenches for drain pipes, &c, and for all work necessary; and afterwards, when the foundations and drain pipes, and every other work, are properly placed in position, to fill in and well ram round them the excavated earth and clay requisite, in layers not exceeding twelve inches in thickness at any part; each layer to be well wetted; and in this manner the entire surface excavated shall be brought up to the proper level requisite. The drain-pipes to be jointed and laid with well-worked clay. Carpenter. The piles shall not be less than 9 in. x 9 in. if square, or if not square shall have at least 81 square inches of heart-wood in their cross section; and if made of round timber, they shall be barked. The whole of the plates requiring mortising shall be neatly mortised right through a good fit to receive the tenons. All studs shall have tenons formed at both ends the full depth of the corresponding mortises, to be also a good fit, and secured therein each with two spikes of sufficient length, driven from, the sides. Ground plates, 4 in. x 6 in., well spiked with 9-inch spikes to piles; wall plates, 3 in. x 6 in.; angle studs, 6 in. x 6 in., door studs, 6 in. x 6 in.; window studs, 6 in. x 3 in.; intermediate studs, 6 in. x 2 in.; diagonal bracing at sides, 6 in. x 1 in., halved into and to be well spiked to each intersected stud and plate, which must be cut out to receive them. The platform to be erected as shown, of timbers of the following sizes :— ground plates, 9 in. x 4 in.; stumps, 6 in. x 6 in.; floor joists, 9 in. x 3 in., covered with 6 in. x 3 in. planking ; each plank shall be well spiked to each intersected joist. For the remainder of this portion of the structure see drawings attached, on which they are properly delineated. Tie 4 E.—7.

WATER TANKS.

Description. Unit. Quantity. £ a. a. £ 8. d. Earthwork Foundation Blocks, 9 in. x 9 in., fixed Timber: Scantlingsunwrought, but framed and fixed in place— Totara ... at per Matai Kauri ... „ Weatherboarding (fixed) ,, Painting —Cement, two coats... „ Oils, three „ Wrought Iron Lead Tanks —each fixed complete ... Brass taps and piping, Sec, as specified cube yard per foot 100 feet BM 1J square yard per lb. 5) lump sum )j Total