H. R. CARLETON. 

 COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES.— Continued. 



CXXI. 



DESCRIPTION OF BUILDINGS. 



Tower. 



Quarters. 



clear space of 9 feet all round, paved with glazed 

 paving bricks. 



Situated on Crowdy Head, Manning Kiver. 

 The tower is 12 feet high from the ground to 

 floor of lantern room. Circular on plan, 6 feet 

 diameter inside, in 1 storey, with an internal 

 iron stahcase. The walls are built of brickwork 

 1 foot 7 inches thick at the base, tapering to 

 L foot 2 inches thick at the top. The outer 

 gallery round lantern is of bluestone, supported 

 on bluestone corbels, and with an iron railing. 

 The floor of lantern room is of iron. The tower 

 stands on a bed of concrete, 2 feet 6 inches 

 thick, forming floor and foundations. Annexed 

 to the tower is an enclosed porch, and 2 rooms, 

 L being an oil store, and the other a room for 

 the keeper when on duty ; all built of brick, 

 roofed with galvanized iron, the rooms having 

 boarded floors, and the porch a concrete floor. 

 All walls are cemented outside and plastered 

 inside. 



Quarters are provided for 1 keeper in a detached 

 cottage, containing 4 rooms, with kitchen and 

 store, &c, and with back and front verandahs. 

 The walls are built of brickwork, on local 

 rubble stone foundations, the walls being 

 cemented outside and plastered inside. The 

 roof is covered with galvanized iron. An 

 underground rain-water tank, of 6,000 galls, 

 capacity, is provided. 



Situated on Tacking Point, Port Macquarie. 

 Construction precisely similar to that at Crowdy 

 Head. 



Situated on Smoky Cape, Trial Bay. The tower 

 is 32 feet high from ground to floor of lantern 

 room, 12 feet diameter inside, and octagonal 

 outside, divided into 2 stories, with iron floors 

 and staircases. The walls are built of mass 

 concrete, cemented inside and out, 3J feet thick 

 at the base, tapering to 2 \ feet thick at the top. 

 The gallery round lantern is of granite, sup- 

 ported on moulded granite cantilevers, and 

 having a gun-metal railing. The tower is 

 entered from an enclosed passage 4^ feet wide, 

 from which also 2 storerooms are entered, each 

 14 \ feet x 10 feet. The walls of which are also 

 built of mass concrete. A screen wall of 

 concrete, 4 feet high, is built all round the 

 tower, at a distance of 7 h feet from same, the 

 space thus enclosed, also the floors of store- 

 rooms, being paved with concrete, and cemented. 



Precisely similar quarters to those provided at 

 Crowdy Head. 



Quarters are providad for the head keeper in a 

 detached cottage, containing 4 rooms, with 

 kitchen and stores, also a room for visiting 

 officers ; and quarters for 2 assistant keepers 

 2 semi-detached cottages, each containing 4 

 rooms, with kitchen and stores. The walls are 

 built of mass concrete, cemented outside and 

 plastered inside. The roofs are covered with 

 galvanized iron. Verandahs, 8 feet wide, are 

 put all round the buildings, roofed with 

 galvanized iron, and paved with concrete. 

 Cemented underground rain-water tanks, of 

 6,000 galls, capacity, are provided to each 

 house. A stall stable, with cart shed and forage 

 room, are also provided. Extensive excavation 

 and stone retaining walls were necessary in 

 preparing the sites for these buildings. 



