• NOTES AND QUERIES. II3 



" The blocks are cylindrical pieces of wood 3;^ ins. high by 

 4^ ins. in diameter. 



" The tent pins are 10^- and 13 ins. long (to be cleft), or 20 ins. 

 long and 3 ins. in widest part, while tent runners and triangular 

 pieces are of smaller dimensions. 



"The picketing pegs are 17 ins. long by if in. thick (full). 



" The helves vary from 12 to 36 ins. long, some being round, 

 others oval, and some straight and others curved. 



"The cask vats are of various sizes, viz. : — 



" I ton, I in. thick, 41 ins. long in stave, 34 ins. diameter in 

 head, and 41 ins. diameter in bilge. ^ ton, i in. thick, 40 ins. 

 long in stave, 29 ins. diameter in head, and 34I ins. diameter 

 in bilge, h ton, f in. thick, 40 ins. long in stave, 25 ins. 

 diameter in head, and 30 ins. diameter in bilge. { ton, 

 I in. thick, 32 ins. long in stave, 22 ins. diameter in head, and 

 27 ins. diameter in bilge. The staves are to be made of cleft 

 oak free from sapwood. 



"The forms are 6 ft. long, 8f ins. wide, and i| in. thick, with 

 battens 2| by ih ins. 



"The tables are 12 ft. long, 2 ft. 5^- ins. wide, and i| in. thick 

 when finished. 



" The trestles are 2 ft. 5 ins. high, 2 ft. 5I ins. long, top 3 by 

 2\- ins., legs 2^^^ by 2 ins., battens 7 by 6 by | ins. 



" Copies of the specifications giving full details for each article 

 needed can be obtained on application to the Director at the 

 address given above. 



" Attention is drawn to the articles needed, as it is hoped 

 that timber of the required kinds and dimensions may possibly 

 be shaped in the rough at estate sawmills and workshops, if 

 landowners, factors or timber merchants can be brought in 

 touch with the manufacturers willing to enter into contracts 

 with the War Office for the supply of any one or more of the 

 articles mentioned. 



"The benefits that may thus be secured to the country at 

 large, and to the labouring classes employed in connection 

 with working up the raw materal are self-evident." 



A Useful Type of Stile. 



I have found the device illustrated in the accompanying 

 figures useful myself, and possibly it may prove convenient 

 for foresters and others. To make a passage or gangway for 



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