On the Construction of Cottages. 
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XXVII. — Report on Drain-Tiles and Drainage. By Josiah 
Parkes, Consulting Engineer to the Society. 
The Society had offered a premium of ten sovereigns for the 
drain-tile which should fulfil certain specified conditions ; but 
it was found impossible, in the show-yard, to authenticate the 
facts required ; consequently this prize was not adjudged. A 
silver medal was awarded by the Judges to each of the follow- 
ing implements, or sets of tiles exhibited : viz., to the Tweed- 
dale Patent Tile and Brick Company, London, for their hand- 
tile machine, invented by the Marquis of Tweeddale, and shown 
at work ; to Mr. F. W. Etheredge, of the Woodlands, near 
Southampton, for tiles and covers produced by his new patent 
machine ; to Mr. John Read, 35, Regent Circus, Piccadilly, 
London, for specimens of cylindric or pipe-tiles invented by him; 
and to Messrs. Ransome, of Ipswich, for a Beart's brick-machine 
improved by Mr. A. Stickney, of Ridgemont, Holderness. Since 
the meeting correct information has been sought for as to the 
selling price, durability, effectiveness, «Scc. of the several kinds of 
tile rewarded ; and, at the instance of the Council, the writer 
has visited Mr. Etheredge's tilery at Eling, near Southampton, as 
well as one near Penshurst, in Kent, producing the pipe-tiles. 
The dimensions, weight, and price of these various tiles are ar- 
ranged and contrasted in the following table : — 
2 B 2 
