Painting and Plumbing.

The whole of the outside walls and gables, together with downpipes and spouting, tanks and tank-stands, and all outside visible woodwork, to have three coats of good white lead and oil, well mixed, stone colour.

Barge boards and mouldings and other projections to be painted in three coats, in a darker tint; the inside of all doors and windows to be painted in three coats, but no other painting is required inside.

Valleys and gutters to be laid in No. 12 zinc, and to lap at least 8 inches up under the cover; all joints to be properly soldered.

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Ridging to be 21-inch girt galvanized iron, securely fixed over a ridge roll; all intersections to be covered with a piece of 6-lb. lead.

Spouting.—Spouting throughout to be 6-inch OG galvanized iron, securely fixed by iron brackets every 3 feet apart. Down pipes to be 3-inch diameter galvanized iron, to be six in number, and to have the necessary heads and shoes.

Flashing.—Fix flashing of No. 12 zinc round all outside door and window openings, skillion roof, ventilators, and wherever deemed neces-sary.

Small ventilators in roof to be made of galvanized iron, securely fixed.

Water and Steam Pipes.—All pipes, whether for steam or water, to be galvanized.

Steam pipes to the milk and curd vats to be connected to the boiler and to be 1 inch diameter, and placed under the floor where shown in foundation plan; to have stanchion pipes and the necessary stop-cocks to each vat. Also lay 1-inch diameter cold-water pipe, with the necessary cocks connected to the outside tanks.

Steam pipes in the heating chamber to be 3 inches diameter.

Iron Tanks.—Fix two iron tanks, 4 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet each, connected together at the bottom of each tank, and to have the necessary overflow-pipes brought down to the surface.

Well.—A well to be sunk at some convenient place outside the building, as close to the engine-room as possible.

Drains.—Lay underground 6-inch diameter socket drainpipes from the end of each drain to the outside of the building, to be hereafter therefrom connected with other drains suitable to the fall of the ground.