Max 14, 1859.] 
ni and we ato the more a us to persevere in vere i 
ions of this zs Aus nien we Piel 
y our strie 
m 
i 
h 
ers may 
finding out where their. true 
LAB BOURERS COTTAGES. 
{We give the following abstract of the reports of judges 
ted by the Agricultural Improvement Society of Treland | 
B award the prizes offered by the Society to the landowner 
ected o: A property the greatest number | 
s, suitable for labourers, 
e Cottier 
— We 
2290 0 mut "dd 
pé 
the 
— P M CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTU 
and | 
Tenants' Act of | 
in the seulle ell as from the 
RICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Ja menns of taing ‘still — the relative merits of 
P dak m 
0 ad pigge nor een the 
tanks of the two cottages a most convenient passage 
has been constructed, walled on — side, filled in 
earth and gra rrowing o 
. | feet. 
wi ydiw ve estimated the cost 
| with reference to E od contents of each house. 
| The following is the de p this examination. Plan 
Marquis of Bath's estate, contains 6940 
r each house, g 
r. O’Neill’s 8 7 each 6216 -— — 
above rers 
ag 
arge fec 
| accommodation MUS, these "houses are somew ha 
| rior UR 
cheapest of the thre 
t ap 
cubic feet, 98s. : 
ouses in this point ia view, it appears h 
Jo. 2 is, with refer nce to the space contai 
This result 
pears to be, i ina great measure, owing to their being 
and lite the cost, as 
of 100 
. 7s. for eg M Me g gront nd 1705 ris iles 
feet apap by 14 feet; a bedroom, 12 feet by 
9 feet, and a sc culle ery and A 12 feet by | 5 feet, the 
P 
six i He er, 
ard. tei mus are situated o 
the road leading from Ballinas o Ahascragh, facing 
est e total cos ay det p 4201. o 
details of the estimate and expen 
ry. The 
common ha trict, with 
ayi pA ap. » roble dressed masonry. The 
A the jambs and arches of 
of w 
y. pr all hich are well finished. 
een used in the 88 
ndi s 
are built s nr 1 
which wall 
8 
Aranés 
the | w 
n There is no back door to these houses, which we c 
sider an objection. "The floor ‘of the kitchen is laid | a 
n- 
ry the floor i is of | 
approved 
agricultural labourers, 
with tiles; in the bedroom and sculle 
M 
the adye wo bed- 
b 2 hes by "n feet 6 udin; 
. The side 
ave b 
und floor con: vs of one &parimeny as kitchen 
y 2 
© 
"£A 
h 
in height to jo oist, The ack door is opposite to the 
w 
opinion, improve this room very mu uch, without 1 
15 aspect, exti — a appearance, warmth, ad 
the structures, we have no hesitation in 
o the Rev. Wm. O'Neill, 
well a 
considexin ng 
superior as they & 
more neg d than the others 
building which it is th 
| — 
ced between them to prevent cross draughts of a 
. dormer 
i as in the firs 
Ws, 
well and sty grace feted. up with presses and 
s of ‘the age — € ; too 
y—a commit 
| — s wages 
shelving, 
D creditable. 
NEILL's CorrAGES AT RANDALSTO 
—viz 
—They 
are Mi in number, built in one continuous "m The plan 
h’s No. e 
the 
be attributable to € expensive 
ight; but we should ies Bale a different distri- 
bation of the space by changing the partition, ait thus 
h es 
houses, —.— seven pairs on that plan, 
in a row. The on! 
that and Mr. Trench's No. 1 is in 
stairs; Mr. Neville having ie. a choice of 
In rega 
„with the entire light o dorm 
rd to size, these houses — 
wi 1l ar 
4 
de d b. which 
shal 
aan average, 707. for each house. John 
Satara 
ving 
m larger the 
Dues which is at present divided. The skyli ght j in “the 
rear would nd .give sufficient light to the smaller 
room. an ied * 
measuring 23 feet by 17 feet, from out to out, 
Mr. Tr ench's house. measures 24 feet — 18 feet. 
The wer or ground 
of mortar, an sweeping in the direction of 
‘the f fre lace 555 anne pat ERY we, therefore, 
fens oe : t portion, at lea A bed d be tiled 
2 e piggery, privy, and ash- pit are convenient] 
Meg and the 3 ns are to be allotted from a a ee 
* in the rear. We dee cmd it right, as as ther 
no e on, e little 
or have | pac 
„these houses are extremely 
good. The e mason work in the front Aa and gables is 
alli = strong pups built, of large blocks of fine, com- 
black basaltic rock of the district, with tine cu at 
rt re re 
nden 
to find — 
bee 
e of «TA 
Mold successful innovation on the lan; 
|t his be agone and his observations, “without doubt, 
son ey" of hen same; the rere wall of g 
A em arches exi jambs of all the ‘doors. pei 
o the chim mn. are built ec Moore's 
neat] 
such es shelving, or : 
foy. for putting up a to ¢ ry 
L to xd : 1 rater and. also to to prevent it 
inst the in an exposed — e pen 
don 
Bares e red brick, jointed with white 
paint, and which, compared with the black 2 has a 
As to i 
are agg grenier 
ont quality, and the 
an er head. This 
Marquis of 
oor is laid 
we consider very 
Sys stem by the timid, and by thos se who are deterred 
45 5 it by the amount of haid tsi We in its 
integrity it 3 His cale just 
licit, his argument soun 
m as the greatest best f 
Ly riecht Her that much may be effectuated on Mi 
Smith’s principles without the requirement of such an 
amount of hand labour as now, no > lcs 
vent its adoption by 2 rr 
1 +h 
ure 
r pr rotection against variations | of temperat 
I ench 
is finished, both on "front 
an tho ing 
The entire He of houses 
ith: metal aide t. which we consider 
and rear, 
put of horse- 
f 207. was awarded. by our 
a very valu 
in the houses previously - described, As to the rooms, 
e de 
as oad cross to Dund dalk, Mr. 
scribed in 
very 
y 
expense in — out | 
hitec cts plans i in the best manner, ne ery 
x- height of t 
first part of this 
e size of house 
ing be dee lit cs 
of the necessity of brin ging 
| extent he has done, it — is. 
ts f 
be que stioned, and indeed, M r. Smi th himself seems 
t as 
responding giten » E 0 
s 8 feet 
he « 
$ 1 
rries 1 
in the locality affording facilities for su thea which | 
in few districts can be surpassed, or, perbape, equalled, | 
These houses a 855 fet 1 6 inches wide in the inside, | 
and on entering you m a small interior porch 
into the ki which is 15 14 feet 6 inches by 12 feet | 
bedroom 7 feet | 
8 2 
Q 
aem to the c ane, and of the ect 7 fee t 6| 
ecessa ry, S hat the ferit] E 
t ceases to be n 
8 be rae ty then a shallows 
the soil may 
nches, walls latter 
| from the floor to the sprin g of the roof. The larger 
bedroom, which is over the Liteon is lighted by a 
good-sized dormer window, the other o y sky light. 
There i is also a mon 275 over the stairs. 
Eon are by much the cheapest of any that 
ted. The entire — of 14 . — s, including a 
s shed Meg = Kiii ected in the rear, is stated to 
l. for r each house. 
work n ow 
Whea rich an e or e 
la harc 
d that, ina 
. 
a 
| take place oftener than 
the half of the om bs "e 
miim 
The 
* LO 
as i asta dy e and those on the 
m Bath’s estate, which are v with 
tenth of the. land will ae have to be tg LES 
ir and 
hands of the country, at the 
which Mr. S 
we believ 
makin; of 
or 31. ins on the diac. Staking, then, the 
Cost of the 14 houses, 
And addin d ES 
And for 3 55 
erected for 
y walls 
the 
ieh, | work of such P benen g 
» and t 
ny be eee 
3 
o risk -of 
