APPENDIX. 139" 



Cover the ridge of skylights with zinc 1 6 ozs. to superficial foot, 

 and 16 inches wide, with proper fastenings, in accordance with 

 details to be furnished ; also form all gutters, valleys, flashings, &c. 

 to roofs with zinc of similar description ; detail sketch to be supplied* 



Knot, stop, prime, and paint 3 coats, all wrought woodwork ; 

 also paint 3 coats, all ironwork. 



H. Specification of Hay Barn. We add the specifica- 

 tion and cost of a cheaply constructed Dutch barn erected by a 

 Gloucestershire landowner who has been good enough to send the 

 particulars. The roofs of the Dutch barns are corrugated iron 

 22-gauge. The uprights are larch poles, the lower ends placed 

 on stones. The cross pieces are larch poles split in half. The sides 

 and ends are open. 



(1) 34 feet long, 20 feet span, 16 feet to wall plates : The 

 whole of the iron, including spouting-down pipes, and also fixing 

 and delivering, 21 10s. ; carpenter's bill, ,3 10s. ; larch poles, 

 including felling and hauling, 4 ; plinth stones, including fixing,. 

 l 5s. ; drain, 5s. total, 30 10s. 



(2) 44 feet long, 22 feet span, 1 6 feet to plates : Ironwork, 

 34 10s. ; carpenter, 4 10s. ; poles, 7 ; plinth stones, l 12s. ;. 

 drain, 5s. total, 47 17s. 



The yard I am now covering is 59 by 44 feet, 13 feet 6 inches 

 to wall plates. The roof will be in two spans, corrugated iron, 

 22-gauge, supported on oak posts and plate. The posts will not be 

 squared, but simply small oak trees of a suitable size. Iron work, 

 including spouting and down pipes, also delivery and fixing, 98 ; 

 carpenter, 6 5s.; oak trees, 5 10s; drain, 10s.; nine plinth 

 stones, at 5s., 2 5s. ; bricklayer, 12s. total, 113 2s. Where 

 there are no buildings, I have built a wall about 7 feet high. My 

 object has been to keep the yard dry avoiding, as much as possible, 

 making it unnaturally warm. From the cost of the yard should be 

 deducted the expense of pitching and draining a yard, which is-- 

 necessary in an uncovered yard, also of laying on water, as sufficient 

 will run off the roof into water-troughs. I calculate that the Dutch 

 barns will pay 12 per cent., and the covered yard 17 per cent. 



I. Lauds Improvement Acts (CHAP. VIII. pp. 118 to 



124). The following is a list of the Acts under the control of the 

 Land Commissioners, 3, St. James's Sauare, London, S.W. 



