384 Memorandum regarding Syrian or Cylinder Roofs. [April 



4200 at 6 rupees per 1000 == Rupees 25 0 0 

 Chunam — about 50 candies at 1| Rs. per candy = 75 0 0 

 Flat Tiles- 7000 at 12 As. per 1000 = „ 5 4 0 

 Briqks — for binders and haunches 



8000 at 2i Rs. per 1000. = „ 20 0 0 



Materials.,.. Rs. 125 4 0 

 Centreing to erect— 8 men at 4 fanams per day for fixing 



timbers 3? fanams« 



Laying, bricks, mud, &c. &c. and bamboos 



16 men at 4 fs 64 „ 



40 women at 1 fanam 40 „ 



4 coolies for mud, at 2 fs ^ 8 „ 



about 12 0 0 



Taking down centreing 4 men 5 days 80 fans, about 6 8 0 

 Building Arch.— The same number of men and 



women as above II day or Bups. 18 0 0 



Laying flat tiles, &c. &c. and chunaming outside 



4 men 2 days 32 fanams about. ... . ......... . .Rups. 280 



Roof without ornament and in the rough though 



quite water tight Total Rups 164 4 0 



Fine chunam inside and outside and ropes, tim- 

 ber for centreing and sundries not included, 

 as these last were carried to account else- 

 where. 



A Tiled Roof with teak rafters, reapers, &c. &c. 



shorter by 3 feet would cost 230 Rups. in the rough,... 230 0 0 



Room 20 feet X 17 feet span— actual observation. 

 1555 baskets of chunam were used for the cylin- 

 der roof— 3 baskets contained 10 seers of 

 chunam and 10 seers of sand — Therefore 518 

 marcals of chunam were used— 25 candies 

 and 18 marcals. 



Boom 21 feet % 15 feet span— semicircular— about 

 450 superficial square feet* 



