'54 On the Makiiuj and Using Tiles for Ihider- Draining. 



3.— SMALL DRAINING TILES 

 per 1000. 



1 Raising earth ..... 1 0 



2 Turning, &c., four times,, or 



grinding 1 0 



3 Making, i. e. moulding and 



drying 6 6 



4 Barrowing to kiln and out . 1 4 



5 Setting ...... 0 3 



6 Burning 1 3 



7 Sand 0 6 



8 Tools, waste, & foreman's profit 3 2 



Paid kilnman . . .10 0 



4.— BOTTOM TILES 

 per 1000. 



1 Raibing • 



2 Turning, &c. 



s. d. 



0 G 



0 8 



3 Making, &c 3 6 



4 Barrowing to kiln 



5 Setting 



6 Burning 



7 Sand ...... 



1 0 



0 3 



0 9 



0 6 



8 Tools, waste, & foreman's profit 2 4 



Paid kill 



9 6 



9 Fuel 

 10 Straw 



4 0 

 0 6 



9 Fuel 

 10 Straw 



3 0 

 0 6 



Cost . . , . . 19 6 



Value to sell 25 



Earth, sand, agenc}^, &c. . 5 



Cost 



Value to sell . . . 

 Earth, sand, agoncy, &( 



13 0 



15 0 

 2 0 



5.~LARGE TUNNEL TILES G.— SMALL TUNNEL TILES 



per 1000. per 1000. 



s. d. s. d. 



1 Raising 7 0 1 Raising 46 



2 Turning and grinding ,. 3 0 2 Turning, &c 20 



3 Making ...... 50 0 3 Making 25 0 



4 Barrowing to kiln and out . 5 0 4 Barrowing in and out .,30 



5 Setting ' 16 5 Setting 10 



6 Burning C 6 6 Burning 4 6 



7 Sand 2 0 7 Sand 16 



8 Tools, waste, &c,, foreman . 20 0 8 Tools, waste, &c., foreman . 43 6 



Paid kilnman ... 95 0 Paid kilnman . . . 85 0 



9 Fuel ....... 20 0 9 Fuel 13 0 



10 Straw, &c. « .... 5 0 10 Straw 20 



Cost ..... 120 0 Cost 100 0 



j^.B. — Of these tunnel-tiles 1000 of each per annum will suffice a consideiable 

 quantity of land: and washing in the mill E, Plan 3, is worth 10s. per 1000, and is 

 only practised for particular ware. 



N.I3. — .About the year 1817, when extensive tile-draining commenced on the 

 Stow Hall estate, the then Brick and Tile Act only authorised flat tiles to be made 

 free of duty for draining of certain form and perfoi ations, such as were supposed to 

 render them unfit for other purposes ; but the forms and perforations and dimen- 

 sions prescribed by the Act rendered the tiles unfit for the purpose of draining. 

 This defect in the law was afterwards amended. 



11. The consumption of vfood^ from the thinning's of the fir 

 and other plantations, is found very convenient, as it wouhl other- 

 wise be scarcely saleable in great quantities. On the other hand, 

 the carriage of wood to the kiln is a great expence. The kiln is 

 therefore to be placed as near to the plantations as possible : the 



