474 
Hoxo to establish a Tile- Yard. 
Tile-Yard, Plan No. 
Kiln 12 feet 6 inches by 10 feet; 7 feet 
underground, 8 feet above, with fire- 
holes on two sides. 
2360 clay lumps 18 inches long, 12 inches 
wide, and 9 inches thick, including 
workmanship and labour of building 
walls 3 feet thick, stone foundation 
rising 10 inches, at lOd. per yard, 
1 foot thick .... 
2000 bricks for arches 
650 bricks for wall coping . 
Sinking kiln-pit .... 
Coal-tar and labour on ditto 
Kiln-irons .... 
Putting up wooden brace 
Sheds : four 50 feet thatched sheds 4 feet 
wide, to contain the same number as 
in plan No. 2. 
32 small posts and wall-plate 
20 wooden frames for thatch 
Labour, carpenter, &c. 
3. 
12 
6 
0 
2 
2 
0 
0 
12 
0 
0 
10 
0 
1 
5 
0 
1 
6 
0 
1 
0 
0 
Barrows : 2 navys, 3 offbearers, 3 crowders 
Carriage and putting-up machine . 
Incidentals ...... 
0 
0 
10 
19 1 0 
3 
3 
3 
14 
10 
4 
10 
15 
Total 
Straw not calculated. 
£44 0 0 
The Cost of a Wash Mill. 
£. s. d. 
3000 bricks to make trough 3 3 0 
4 harrows and chains complete . . . . 4 4 0 
Workmanship and cart-wheel for centre, fitted with 
iron box and cross-trees to attach harrows . . 5 12 0 
Making mound on which to place machine so as to 
allow a fall for the clay to the pits . . . 7 10 
£20 0 0 
When the mill can be placed on the slope of a hill most of the last 
item is saved. 
6. On the Cost of Tiles zchen ready for Sale. 
This is the most difficult question to answer, as no general rule 
can be laid down. I know a tilc-yard in Norfolk where the clay 
is blue, full of chalk and stones, which is washed to free it from 
these impurities ; the contract price is ds. Gd. per 1000, including 
