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3 d. A curing-house, adjoining to the boil- Jamaica 
ing-house, calculated to hold one —! 
half the crop, with strong joists of 
solid timbers instead of a floor, ha¬ 
ving a terrassed or boarded plat¬ 
form underneath, leading to a mel- 
lasses cistern, lined with terras, 
sufficient to contain 6000 gallons. 800 
4 th. A distilling-house, 70 feet by 30; the 
distillery part to contain 2 stills of 
1200 and 600 gallons, with worms 
proportionate; also a stone tank or 
cistern, to hold 30,000 gallons of 
water; the fermenting part to con¬ 
tain two, or more, vats, or cisterns, 
for the dunder and skimmingS; al¬ 
so 12 cisterns of solid plank fixed 
in the earth, of 1200 gallons each, 
with copper pumps, and other 
necessary apparatus: together also 
with a rum store under the same 
roof - 1,600 
5th. A dwelling-house for the overseer - 600 
6 th. Two trash-houses, each 120 feet by 
30; the foundation stone, the sides 
open, the roof supported by stone 
pillars, and covered by shingles, 
^.300 each - 
600 
