SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ERECTION OF A FORESTER’S COTTAGE. 371 
inches thick. All window cases to be bedded in lime, and 
pointed with cement outside. 
The spaces behind all skirting to be lathed and plastered close 
down to the floor. The sitting-room, parlour, and front entrance 
passage shall be finished with 18-inch cornices, according to draw- 
ings to be supplied by the inspector ; and the whole to be finished 
in a neat, tradesman-like manner, according to the foregoing speci- 
fication, general conditions, and plans to which they refer. 
(See General Conditions.) 
GENERAL CONDITIONS. 
1, Contractors shall provide all materials (except such materials 
as are otherwise expressly specified in the foregoing specifications), 
and provide scaffolding, tools, etc., and bear every other expense 
necessary to complete the works, in terms of the foregoing specifi- 
cations, these presents, and the plans to which they refer ; and offers 
for each department of the work to include all such expense. 
2. Whatever is shown on the plans shall be considered as both 
shown and specified ; and whatever is specified shall be considered 
as both specified and shown. 
3. The employer reserves full power to alter or vary the fore- 
going specifications and plans as he may think fit during the pro- 
gress of the works. The increase or deduction on the contract 
price in consequence of such alterations or variations shall either 
be settled by contract before being proceeded with, or be made at 
a valuation fixed by the inspector of works. No extras shall be 
allowed unless sanctioned by the inspector of works in writing, at 
prices agreed upon. 
4. The inspector shall have full power to reject all work or 
materials not in strict conformity with the plans and specifications, 
or in his opinion not fit to be used in the works; and should the 
contractor, after due notice has been given him, fail to remove any 
such work or materials, or fail to carry on the work satisfactorily 
and expeditiously, so as to ensure its completion by the stipulated 
time, the inspector, on behalf of the employer, shall have full power, 
under reservations of all claims of damages against the contractor 
for breach of contract, to remove such work or materials, and carry 
on and finish the work at the contractor’s expense, and the con- 
tractor shall not be entitled to interfere with or molest those 
employed by the inspector to complete the works. 
