BUILDINGS AND BUNGALOWS. 15! 



be done in the way of a temporary habitation 

 for Rs. 350, and suggests it is better to spend 

 that sum only until the success of the estate is 

 assured than to sink as many pounds at the 

 beginning. On a new estate, where timber was 

 plentiful, we could build for Rs. 3,500 a very 

 superior house, with two living rooms, five bed- 

 rooms, office and bath-rooms, kitchen and servants' 

 rooms, stables for two horses, &c., &c., all on a 

 raised stone foundation. 



Furniture and furnishing are items that must not 

 be overlooked. 



Lines. Twenty rooms, roof and walls of cadjans 

 or talipots, can be erected at a cost of Rs. 10 a 

 room (site included), which will be watertight and 

 comfortable, and last for all the time they are 

 wanted ; they can be run up in a few days a great 

 consideration and there is no risk of the coolies 

 catching illness from wet mud walls and damp 

 floors. A line of this sort should accommodate 100 

 labourers. A shallow drain should be cut all round 

 the line to keep the floors dry. A permanent set of 

 rooms can be built at leisure. For a 2OO-acre 

 estate we might thus say temporary lines would 

 cost Rs. 200, and permanent lines Rs. 300. More 

 lines would be needed afterwards perhaps. 



Under the head of bungalows and lines, Mr. 

 Sabonadiere argues strongly for permanent buildings 

 of stone with shingled roofs. 



Store. Stone pillars, roof of galvanised More- 



