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

Excavation.—Excavate the several trenches for walls 18 inches deep, or until such depth as a solid foundation is obtained; also excavate for heating chamber to depth shown on drawing.

Materials.—All materials to 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, built on a solid foundation, the top of walls to be 6 inches higher than the surface.

Lay concrete 4 inches thick in the whole of the floors, except in cheese-room. Concrete to be composed of one part of best Portland cement, and three parts of mixed fine and coarse gravel, and one of sand. Floors to have an ½-inch top dressing in compo. of one of best Portland cement to one of sand.

Also provide for a slight inclination in the floors to an indent or flat gutter, by which the water may easily be swept out.

Piles under partition walls are likewise to be made in concrete.

Timber.—All timber to be red-pine (rimu), unless otherwise specified, free from sap or any other defects; all interior visible woodwork to be dressed.

Piles.—Piles below upright in cheese-room to be heart of totara, to be set 18 inches into the ground, and well fixed, to be 12 inches square or diameter.

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

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Sleepers,—Sleepers below floor of cheese-room to be 6-inch by 4-inch, properly spiked to piles.

Studs, &c.—Studs in all walls and gables to be 6 inches by 2 inches, 18 inches apart from centres. Walls to be trimmed out for doors, windows, and other openings. Corner studs tobe 6 inches by 6 inches.

Top plates to be red-pine, 6 inches by 3 inches, mortised and spiked to studs.

Braces.—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.

Joists.—Floor joists to be 9 inches by 2½ inches, to be placed not more than 18 inches apart from centres.

Ceiling Joists,—The whole of the ceiling joists, except over the milk-and cheese-room, to be 6 inches by 2 inches, 18 inches apart, collar-ties and struts to be 8 inches by 1 inch.

Arched Ceilings.—The ceilings over milk-and cheese-rooms to be arched, as shown in sections; ribs to be nailed together in two thicknesses of 1-inch boarding, and breaking joints to be about 18 inches apart, properly strutted and hung up to rafters with 8-inch by 1-inch boards; ceilings to be trimmed out for ventilation, shafts, and flues.

Rafters to be 5 inches by 2 inches. Ridges and valleys to be 10 inches by l½ inches.

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

Pole plates to be 5 inches by 2 inches.

All scantling in front of porch to be 4 inches by 2 inches.

Sarking.—The roofs to be covered with 8-inch by 1-inch boards, laid diagonally and securely fixed to rafter.

Cover the roofs 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 in long sheets, to lap about 1 inch; also cover the whole of the roofs with corrugated galvanized iron, page 15 good English brand, 34 gauge, fixed to have two corrugations side lap, and not less than 6-inch end lap, and fixed by 3-inch 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 engine-funnel to be made in the roof, to leave at least 12 inches clear space all round the funnel; space to be covered with thick sheet-iron.

Outside Boarding.—The whole of the outside walls and gables, if of timber, to be covered with 12-inch by l1/8-inch machine-dressed double-rebated totara boarding, to cover 2-inch lap, and worked as shown in detailed drawing; angle-stops to be 4 inches by 2 inches. The plinth to be of totara, 2 inches thick, chamfered. All soffits of projecting part of the roof to be 11/8 inches thick, barges of gable-ends and covering boards of roofs to be 2 inches thick, and gable-ends to have plain moulding and chamfered barges.

Lining.—The whole of the interior walls and ceilings, including the arched ceilings, to be covered with 6-inch by ¾-inch tongued-and-grooved dressed red-pine boards. The whole of the walls 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 the room.

Flooring.—Flooring in cheese-room to be tongued-and-grooved kauri, 4 inches by 11/8 inches.

Windows.—The whole of the sashes to be made of totara, 2 inches thick. The whole of the sashes to cheese-room, receiving stage, and two centre sashes of gable end of milk-room, also fanlight, to be hung on pivots, to have all the necessary frames, stops, iron pivots, quadrants, cords, and other fixtures complete. All other sashes to be double hung in box frames, to have the necessary stops, beads, cords, weights, pullies, fasteners, &c., complete.

Outside door and window casings to be 6 inches by 1½ inches, Inside to be finished with a bead only.

All sashes and fanlights to be glazed with 21-ounce glass.

Doors.—The whole of the doors to be made of 6-inch by page 16 1¼-inch boards, dressed on both sides, to be ledged doors as shown in drawings, to be hung to l½-inch rebated door-jambs, to have all the necessary 21-inch T hinges, 7-inch Carpenter's rim-locks, barrel-bolts, &c., complete.

Tank Stand.—Build water-tank frame outside, where shown 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 5-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.

Ventilation and Heating.

The ventilation shafts should be made of l1/8-inch kauri boarding, fitted close together, with louvres and covering caps; these latter may be made of galvanized iron. It will be understood that these flues will ventilate their respective rooms only, and that the small ventilators, already specified to be made of galvanized iron, are solely for the purpose of ventilating the space between the ceiling and the roof proper. Fresh air is introduced through air-gratings in outer walls where directed, both direct into the rooms, as also through a horizontal channel to the inner wall in milking-room, on the Tobin principle; these latter to be made of wood (see foundation plan). Provide six openings, 24 inches by 12 inches in the base, for cold air into the heating chamber; to have hinged flap and bolts, &c.

Heating Flues.—Heating flues in the other part below the cheese-room to be made in 1½-inch thick totara, to have a slide as shown on drawing whereby the heat can be shut off from the heating chamber, which is to be accessible through a manhole in the cheese-room floor. From the top of these channels the beat is to be brought up the floor through cast-iron gratings shown in floor plan.

Cheese-Room.

Revolving Shutters.—Fix wood revolving shutters across the cheese-room where shown in drawing; these to be made of straight-grained picked kauri, perfectly free from any cross-grained or knotty wood, to be well-seasoned and glued to the page 17 best obtainable canvas, to have all the necessary rollers, sheaves, leather-straps, iron pivots, and eyes complete.

The space in the circular ceilings above these rollers to be cased square up to the line of top plate; the side casing to be hinged so as to be able to get at the spindles if required.

Fix grooved uprights close to the uprights of cheese-shelves, each division of shutter to be moveable by itself, the whole to work smooth and easy, the bottom rail of each shutter to have a 1½-inch by ¼-inch iron bar with an eye fixed thereto; also provide hooks for fixing straps when shutters are open.

Revolving Shelves.—Uprights for revolving shelves to be fixed where shown in floor-plan, and made of well-seasoned kauri. The different sizes are figured on the details. Every three shelves to be dovetailed together and to swing on a pivot as shown; to have all the necessary plates, screws, &c., complete. The uprights to be set on the sleepers immediately over a pile as shown, and fixed at the top by being mortised into tie beams. At a height of, say, 7 feet from the floor fix lintels to carry a 14-inch by 2-inch kauri plank, from which a man can work the upper revolving shelves. These planks to be placed in the passages where air-gratings are shown.

Shelves (fixed).—Shelves along the walk to be 16-inch by 1½-inch kauri timber, dressed and sufficiently supported by iron or wood brackets, say, every 4 feet 6 inches apart. This applies also to the other fixed shelves in the other parts of the building. All shelves of whatever description to be clean hand-or machine-dressed.

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.

Press-Room.

Cooling Vats.—Provide two cooling vats in press-room, where shown on floor plan, to be made of 2-inch thick kauri, to be 2 feet 6 inches wide, 3 feet high to top by 8 inches deep in the clear, to be securely supported by plain stools; trough to have watertight joints put together with white lead in joint only, to have stanchion waterpipe fixed to one end of the vat, proper stop-cock, and an overflow pipe 2 inches diameter, with pipe down to the open drain below before mentioned; also provide brass plug and chain to join the overflow pipe.

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Milk-Room.

Vats.—Two milk-vats, holding 450 gallons each, to be placed in the position where shown in floor plan. The steam and cold-water pipes are to be connected thereto. The level of the top of vats to be such that a sufficient fall is obtained to slide the curds to the cooling vats.

The slides in wall from receiving stage to be to such height as by a moveable shoot the fresh milk can be led to any of the milk vats. These shoots should be made of galvanized iron, supported by a loose board. Slides to be provided with the necessary bolts or other fastenings complete. Also provide the necessary fittings and fastenings to the slides in wall between milk-room and press-room over the curd-cooler.

Steps from level of receiving stage to milk-room floor to be made in concrete.

Provide a plain writing-desk, with hinged flap, lock and key, on receiving stage.

Donkey-Engine.—A four-horse-power donkey-engine will be required to pump water from the well into the tanks overhead, with the necessary proper pumping gear, and to drive a shaft overhead, if required, in washing-room, and to drive the curd-mill in press-room; also to supply steam for heating purposes below the floor in cheese-room (marked in drawing as heating chamber), and having a 3-inch diameter steam-pipe placed in the direction shown in foundation plan, connected with the boiler of the engine. The boiler should be large enough for driving an engine of six-horse power, so as to be able to supply steam and pumping power wherever necessary or required.

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