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rooms will not be objected to. The height of the living-rooms not 

 to be less than eight feet in the clear, and the bed-rooms not less than 

 seven feet six inches ; the level of the ground floor to be not less 

 than eight inches above the general surface of the ground outside. 

 Party walls between cottages, when built of bricks, not to be less 

 than 9 inches thick ; and in all cases to be carried from the founda- 

 tions to the underside of the roof covering. 



" The sanction of the Commissioners must be obtained before the 

 works are commenced. No deviation from this can be sanctioned." 



Attention is called to the following specifications : 



" For Excavator. A minimum depth should be given for the 

 footings of the walls, piers, &c., so that the top course shall not be 

 nearer to the surface of the ground than six inches ; also the 

 depth of all cesspools, drains, tanks, &c. 



"Drains. All drains to be laid with a good and sufficient fall ; 

 those for manure not to be less than 1 ft. in 80 ft., and those for 

 water only, not less than 1 ft. in 100 ft. 



" For Bricklayer or Mason. The description and quality of bricks 

 to be specified, every header to be a whole brick, and no half bricks 

 or bats used, except as closers to a course. 



"The description and quality of stone should be stated ; proper 

 bond stones to be built into all walls of their full thickness, so that 

 they shall not be more than three feet apart in any direction. 



" Cast iron air bricks to be inserted in all external walls for 

 ventilation under boarded floors. 



" Carpenter. In all cases where fir timber is used, that obtained 

 from Memel or Norway, and battens from Dram, St. Petersburg, or 

 other Norway or Baltic Ports, is to be preferred. 



" All oak used to be of English growth. No timber to be placed 

 nearer to the inside of any flue than one foot. All timbers to be 

 cut die square, and to hold the scantlings specified when finished. 



" Scantlings of Memel or Norway fir, for the timbers of roofs, &c., 

 in the following table, will be sanctioned by the Commissioners : 



