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made, whether as a deduction or addition, to be ascertained accord- 

 ing to the usual mode of measuring, and regulated by the prices 

 contained in the detailed estimate. Where the estimate does not 

 apply, the price shall be determined by the architect. 



Contracts. — The architect does not bind himself to accept the 

 lowest, or any tender for the work ; and reserves full power to in- 

 crease, lessen, and omit any portion of the work which he thinks 

 proper. 



Payments. — Payments shall be made on account of the contract, 

 equal to 75 per cent, upon the certified value of the work executed; 

 and the balance within a period not exceeding three calendar 

 months after the buildings have been completed, and the work has 

 been certified by the architect to have been duly performed accord- 

 ing to the contract. Part of the payment of the slater's estimate 

 will be retained until twelve months after all the works are 

 completed. 



Time of Completion. — The works to be commenced immediately 

 on signing the contract, and carried on with business-like diligence ; 

 and the whole must be completed to the entire satisfaction of the 

 architect, or whoever he may appoint to inspect the work, on or 

 before the 1st day of November 1888. 



Mason Work. 



Excavations. — The contractor will remove the surface soil from 

 off the whole area of the buildings, and make the necessary ex- 

 cavations for walls, space under floors, drains, etc., and the materials 

 thus removed will be laid down by him in a place to be pointed 

 out. The tracks for the walls to be sunk to whatever depth is 

 required to secure a proper foundation on the solid subsoil, with- 

 out respect to the depth shown on the sections, but none to be less 

 than two feet below the finished ground outside. The ground under 

 wooden floors to be sunk to a depth of 15 inches below the under- 

 side of the sleeper joists. The entire area of the back wing will be 

 taken out to a depth of 18 inches below the surface of finished 

 floors, and will be again filled in to a depth of 12 inches with 

 broken stones well rammed down. 



Materials. — The window sills, lintels, rybats, corners, jambs, 

 hearths, and chimney heads will be of good freestone, carefully 

 selected, and perfectly free from defects. 



Lime Mortar. — The lime to be of the best quality Scotch lime 

 shells, properly slacked, and the mortar prepared in the proportion 



