Site Level.—The building-site is supposed to be level and on solid ground.

Excavation.—Trenches to be cut, 18 inches deep by the necessary width, for all walls, and holes for concrete piles and wood piles below the uprights of cheese revolving shelves. If a solid foundation is not obtained at 18 inches, the trenches and holes to be sunk deeper until a solid foundation is obtained, If necessary, excavate for steam-pipes.

Materials.—All materials should be of the best description of their several kinds. If it should be found in the different districts desirable to build in other materials than herein described, the walls could be substituted in either stone, brick, or concrete; in which case the walls should be hollow, say from 3 inches to 4 inches.

Concrete Work.—All foundation-walls to be 12 inches thick, to be built on a solid ground. The tops of same to be 6 inches higher than the surface. Piles below partition-walls are likewise to be in concrete; but piles below the uprights of revolving shelves are to be totara, solidly bedded in the ground.

Concrete to consist of one part of best Portland cement to three parts of mixed fine and coarse gravel and one of sand.

Lay the whole of the floors in 4-inches-thick concrete, to have ½-inch-thick top-dressing in compo. of one of cement to one of sand. Provide for channels in floor of cheese-room for hot-air gratings. Also provide for a slight inclination in the floors to an indent or flat gutter, by which the water may easily be swept out.

Boxes for enclosing steam pipe, shown in drawing, to be made in concrete, the top to be covered with perforated continued cast-iron grating, laid flush with the floor.

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Timber.—Timber used in the building to be free from sap and of good sound quality, to be red pine (rimu) unless otherwise specified. All interior visible woodwork is to be dressed.

Bottom Plates.—Bottom plates to be 6-inch by 4-inch heart of totara, properly bedded in cement on all concrete work.

Studs, &c.—Studs to be 6 inches by 2 inches, 18 inches apart from centres. All windows and doors and other openings to be trimmed out. Corner-studs to be 6 inches by 6 inches. All studs to be tenoned.

Top-plates to be 6 inches by 4 inches, mortised for studs.

Braces in walls to be 8 inches by 1 inch, placed diagonally, checked into studs, and securely fixed at each intersection with the studs, and to be placed wherever required or necessary to insure a firm wall.

Rafters to be 5 inches by 2 inches, 18 inches apart.

Ridges, collar-ties, and struts, to be 8 inches by 1 inch. Ceiling-joists to be 4 inches by 2 inches, 18 inches apart in skillion roof, and 5 inches by 2 inches, 24 inches apart over milk-and cheese-rooms.

Arched Ceilings.—The ceilings over milk-and cheese-rooms to be arched, as shown in section; the ribs to be 2 inches thick, 6 inches wide in two thicknesses, breaking joints, and well nailed together, and to be 18 inches apart, properly strutted between the ribs, and hung up to rafters with 8-inch by 1-inch boards. All ceilings to be trimmed out for ventilation, shafts, and flues.

Beams.—Beams to uprights in cheese-room to be 9 inches by 4 inches, mortised and pinned to uprights, securely braced overhead to keep them in parallel position.

Sarking, &c.—The roofs to be covered with 8-inch by 1-inch boards, breaking joints laid diagonally, securely fixed to rafters. Cover the roof with totara or kauri shingles, laid to 4½-inch weather, and to be made perfectly watertight.

N.B.—Shingle roof is specified, that being the coolest roof, but should the locality be such that an iron roof would be preferable, the following would apply to such: Cover the sarking with best roofing felt iu long sheets, to lap about 1 inch; also cover the whole of the roofs with galvanized corrugated iron, good English brand, 24 gauge, fixed to have two corrugations side lap, and not less than 6-inch end lap, and fixed by 3-inch page 27 lead-headed wire nails; care to be taken not to indent the iron, Iron to be laid so as to lap with the prevailing winds.

The necessary trimming out for an engine funnel to he made in the roof to leave at least 12 inches clear space all round the funnel, space to he covered with thick sheet iron.

Outside Boarding.—The whole of the outside walls and gabies, if of timber, to be covered with 8-inch by ¾-inch feather-edged weatherboards, to have 2-inch lap; angle-stops 4 inches by 2 inches. The plinth to be totara, 2 inches thick, chamfered, All soffits of projecting parts of roof to be 11/8 inches thick, and gable-ends to have plain chamfered barges.

Lining.—The whole of the interior walls and ceilings, including the arched ceilings, to be covered with 6-inch by ¾-inch tongned-and-grooved dressed red-pine boards. The whole of the walls of cheese and milk room to be filled in with sawdust, or other approved materials, except in such places where openings are required for ventilation or otherwise. Also fill in the whole of the circular ceilings and gable-ends of cheese-room only. The circular ceiling over milk-room is not to be filled in, but the ribs are to be covered with good strong calico before the lining is put on, to prevent all dust from falling into milk room.

Windows.—The sashes in the whole of the building to be made of totara or kauri, 2 inches thick. The windows in front elevation to be double-hung in box frames, to have all the necessary stops, beads, fasteners, cords, pulleys, and weights, &c., complete.

All the other sashes, including the two centre sashes in circular window, also fanlights over doors, to be hung on pivots, to have all the necessary frames, stops, pivots, iron quadrants, cords, and other fixtures complete.

All sashes to be glazed with 21-oz, glass. All outside window and door-casings to be 6 inches by l½ inches, and the inside to be finished with 6-inch by 1-inch casings.

Doors .—The whole of the doors to be made of 6 inches by 1¼ inches boards, dressed on both sides, to be ledged doors as shown in drawing, to be hung to 1½-inch rebated door-jambs, to have all the necessary 21-inch T hinges, 7-inch Carpenter's rimlocks, barrel-bolts, &c., complete.

Tank Stand.—Build water-tank frame outside, where shown page 28 on plan; sole pieces to be 12-inch by 6-inch totara, laid flat on a solid surface; uprights of same to be 8 inches by 8 inches, top plate to be 8 inches by 6 inches; frame to be properly braced with 6-inch by 2-inch braces, securely spiked, and to have a ¾-inch iron rod through the centre, as shown. Top of stands to be covered with 2-inch planking. The whole of the timber in this frame to be heart of totara.