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distance. The entire area enclosed for the three houses is 

 203' x 130', all in one block, the front fence wall being rather 

 lower and finished with an iron railing on top. Earth closets are 

 provided to each house, and a stable with coachhouse and work- 

 room for carpenters or other work. The rain water from the 

 roofs of these buildings is collected in three 400 gallon tanks. 

 The drainage from the buildings is carried away in stoneware 

 drain pipes, discharging over the face of the cliff where they are 

 fitted with cast iron bends turned downwards. Inspection pits 

 fitted with raised trachyte kerbs and wrought iron manhole, lids 

 are placed at intervals along the line of pipe, and doors are fitted 

 to the pipes at certain portions to allow of a collection of waste 

 water in the higher levels of the pipes which can be suddenly 

 discharged for flushing purposes. Ventilating pipes for foul air 

 nve connected with the drains and taken up to discharge above 

 the roofs of cottages. 



The entire premises are enclosed from cliff to cliff on the N.E. 

 and N.W. sides by a paling fence 6' high, and a fence is also 

 placed along the edge of the cliff. A three-rail fence is also put 

 across the promontory from cliff to cliff, enclosing an area of 

 about 80 acres to provide pasturage. 



The whole of the detail plans, specification, bill of quantities 

 containing 400 items, and the estimate, have been prepared by 

 Mr. Charles Harding, the architect in charge of lighthouse design 

 in the Public Works Department, under the direction of Mr. 

 0. W. Darley, M. Inst. C. E., Engineer-in-Ohief for Public Works, 

 and are so complete that Mr. Darley has decided to adopt them 

 as the standard for lighthouse work in the future. Mr. Harding's 

 estimate of the cost of tho work was £10,266 5s. 8d., and a 

 tender has been accepted for £10,719 16s. 10d., which shows 

 remarkable care and accuracy when the isolated position and 

 difficulty of access to the lighthouse is taken into consideration. 



A sum of money has been placed on the estimates for the 

 construction of a first order lighthouse and equipment at Cape 

 Byron, 17 miles north of the Richmond River, the most eastern 

 point of Australia. 



