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APPENDIX. 



per nails, although expensive, are the best. 

 Grey slates are derived from the inferior grey 

 sandstone of the old red sandstone formation, 

 and are used in many parts of Scotland where 

 such material exists. They make a very heavy 

 roof. They are laid on roofs, furnished with 

 laths, much in the same way as pan-tiles, the 

 largest being placed at the lower part, diminish- 

 ing in size towards the ridge. 360 of ordinary 

 sizes are sufficient for a rood. They cost in 

 Forfarshire, and where they are quarried, <£4 

 per 1000. Expense to slater for dressing, 

 finding nails, mortar, and putting on, 19s. per 

 rood. Slater's allowance for measured work is 

 9 inches at the eaves, 18 inches on flanks and 

 ridges, and 3 inches at the skews. 

 Slate plant-boxes, camellia tubs, &c, 



12 inches square, . 6s. Od. each. 



14 „ „ . Us. Od. „ 



15 „ „ . 12s. 6d. „ 



16 „ „ . 16s. Od. „ 

 18 „ „ . 19s. Od. „ 

 20 „ „ . 22s. 6d. „ 

 22 „ „ . 25s. Od. „ 

 24 „ „ . 32s. Od. „ 



PLASTERING. 



Rendering one coat on brick or stone walls, 

 5d. per yard — masters' price for all material and 

 labour. For labour only, 2d. per yard. Two 

 coats, with angles floated, 9|d. for all materials; 

 4d. for labour only. Lath and plastering. — 

 Lath only 7|d. for all materials ; l|d. for labour 

 only per yard. Lath and plaster, one coat, 

 Is. 2d., all material ; 3d. for labour only. Lath 

 and plaster, two coats, 1 s. 6d. for all materials ; 

 5^d. for labour only. Lath and plaster, three 

 coats, Is. 8d. for all materials; 6^d. for labour 

 only. 



Rough-casting (harling) one coat on brick or 

 stone external walls, 9d. for all material ; 4d. 

 for labour only per yard. Rendering on brick 

 or stone walls, with Roman cement, Is. 6d. for 

 all materials ; 6d. for labour only. Ditto, with 

 Portland, or Johns & Co.'s patent paint cement, 

 1 s. 9d., one coat, for all material ; 9d. for labour 

 only, per yard. 



Plasterers' wages per day, from November till 

 March, 5s. 6d. ; the remainder of the year, 5s. 

 9d. Common laths per bundle, 2s. ; lath and 

 half, per do., 3s. ; double lath, per do., 4s. Add 

 4d. to each bundle, if nails be included. Hair 

 per bushel, Is. 2d. — The above are English 

 masters' prices. Clean river or pit sand only 

 should be used. 



Scotch prices. — Plastering in one coat, 3d.; 

 in two coats, 4d. to 4^d. ; in three coats, 5d. to 

 6d. per superficial yard. Lathing, 5d. per yard; 

 dooking and strapping the walls, 8d. per yard, or 

 1 s. 6d. per yard, including the three operations, 

 and finding all material. Lathing and plastering 

 per square yard, if for labour only, 6^d. Plas- 

 terers' wages per day, 3s. 6d. to 4s., masters' 

 prices. 



CARPENTER OR JOINER WORK. 



The various kinds of timber fit for hothouse 

 building and garden purposes, where durability 



is a primary object, stand in value as follows : — 

 Memel, Quebec red pine, and Dram or yellow 

 pine. Dantzic, Riga, and Swedes, are almost 

 similar in quality to Memel. Timber is sold in 

 London, and most parts of England, by the load 

 of 50 cubic feet ; and all the above, excepting 

 yellow pine, are calculated to weigh 18 cwt. 3 

 qrs. per load, or 42 lb. per cubic foot, and yellow 

 pine 17 cwt., or 38 lb. per foot cubic. In regard to 

 the relative value of these, they stand as follows 

 in the London market : Dantzic, Riga, Memel, or 

 Swedes, 2s. 4d. ; Quebec red pine, 2s. 2d.; Dram 

 or yellow pine, 2s. per cubic foot, in the timber 

 yard, including cartage, sawing, waste, and pro- 

 fit. That is, taking the load of 50 cubic feet at 

 7 0s. at first cost at the wharf. For cartage add 

 5s. ; sawing, 1 5s. ; waste, 8s. 8d. ; and 20 per 

 cent profit, or 1 8s., gives the value of the load, 

 to be charged in day work, taken as an average, 

 £5, 16s. 8d. This may be taken as the value of 

 all fir timber, without labour, in all kinds of 

 work. Wall-plates, lintels, rafters, &c, 2s. 10d., 

 for all material and workmanship, per foot 

 cubic. Planing per foot superficial, from the 

 saw, Id. for labour only ; chamfered edges per 

 lineal foot, |d. ; sunk rebate, up to 2 inches by 

 | of an inch, in astragals, &c, |d. per lineal 

 foot ; common shed or lean-to roofing on ground 

 story, 3s. 6d. per 100 square feet, for labour 

 and nails ; 2s. 6d. for labour only ; 1-inch yel- 

 low deal, clear of sapwood, tongued headings, 

 flooring, 45s. per 100 superficial feet, all ma- 

 terials and workmanship; f-inch white deal 

 rough, edges shot, 26s., do. do. Astragals, lfd. 

 per lineal foot; 6-panel 2^-inch square framed 

 doors, Is. 5d. per foot superficial, all mate- 

 rial and workmanship ; 2-inch ovolo, 2-panel 

 square-framed sash door, Is. 2d. per superficial 

 foot, all materials and workmanship ; 2-inch 

 deal, framed and braced garden doors, fitted in 

 with inch deal, ploughed, tongued, and beaded, 

 Is. 6d. per foot superficial, all material and 

 workmanship. If hung with town-made hinges 

 and screw-bolts, add 2d. per foot superficial. » 



Leith Prices. — St Petersburg red battens, 

 3d. to 3^d. per lineal foot. White do., 2|d. to 

 3d. Memel logs sell from Is. 9d. to 2s. 3d. per 

 cubic foot. The principal objection to Memel 

 timber for hot-house roofs is its nottiness, on 

 which account Norway battens are preferred. 

 American red pine is clean and resinous, and 

 fetches from Is. 8d. to 2s. per cubic foot. 

 American yellow pine is well fitted for interior 

 work, such as fitting up seed, fruit, or store 

 rooms. The logs are of large size, and afford 

 great economy in cutting up. Its price is from 

 Is. 6d. to Is. lOd. per cubic foot. Swedish 11- 

 inch red wood plank sells at 6d. to 7d. the lineal 

 foot; the white wood, at 5d. to 6d. 



Memel timber is the produce of the Scots 

 pine, Pinus sylvestris; the Swedish, of Abies ex- 

 celsa or communis, our spruce-fir; the Canadian 

 red pine is the Pinus resinosa; the yellow pine 

 the Pinus variabilis, &c. 



Greenhouse and hothouse lights manufactured 

 in London, l^-inch yellow deal, from 9d. to 1 Od. 

 per foot superficial. 2-inch ditto, from lOd. to 

 lid. per foot superficial, priming and glazing 

 included. Hothouses of the usual forms, best 



