Draining'Tiles and Soles. 95 



Srd. Machinery. — The only machinery for making draining- 

 tiles in this county is the machine constructed by myself, and 

 which I have patented, and the common hand mould — the mode 

 of working my patent machine is fully described in the explana- 

 tion appended to the drawings of the machine, Plate, figures 1, 2, 

 3, 4, and 5. The use and construction of the common hand mould 

 is too well known to require any description. 



4^th. Best shcqjed Tile for Draining Land. — I consider the 

 best shaped tiles to be the common draining and sole tile ; they 

 are the cheapest, and also the most permanent when laid in a 

 drain. For the manufacturer they are also the most simple and 

 easy to produce in large quantities ; they do not take up above 

 half the space in the kiln that winged or other shaped tiles do, and 

 thus they require less fuel to burn them, and the manufacturer is 

 enabled to produce the tile and tile sole (the two to be sold as 

 one) at less money than the winged or other tiles which vary in 

 shape from the common tile. 



bth. Cost of ereciing Kiln and Hopper (to burn 40 to 45,000 

 Tiles), with Sheds, Machinery, or Tables and Moulds, ^-c. 



£. s. d. £. s. d. 



Kiln and hopper, as shown by the plans, 

 will require 60,000 bricks, at 30^. per 



thousand . 90 0 0 



Labour, lime, and sand . . , . 45 0 0 



Firebricks 10 0 0 



Two tons of furnace-bars and doors, at 



12/. 12^. per ton 25 4 0 



Roof for the kiln and hopper . . . 20 0 0 



190 4 0 



Four drying sheds and pug-mill ; house co- 

 vered with pan or flat tiles ; the shelves to 

 be one-inch board ; the posts may be fir 

 or other poles set upon a sill on brick- 

 work raised six inches from the ground, 

 the shed being but seven feet wide ; the 

 tops of fir-poles will do for the roof; in 

 setting up the shelves, lay the first board 

 on the ground ; support the shelves from 

 this j merely attach them to the building 



to keep them upright .... 130 0 0 



Patent machine . . . . . .12120 



Pug-mill . 12 12 0 



Tools, barrows, and planks . . . .10 0 0 



35 4 0 



£.355 8 0 



N.B. If tables, hand-moulds, &c.,^ are used to make the quan- 

 tity of tiles above mentioned, the cost of these will be about 

 equal to the machine. 



