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 COTTAGE DWELLINGS JN VARIOUS STYLES. 1^7 paint to be taken off by using turpentine in the last coat, instead of oil). The plumber, the painter, and the glazier to find all materials, workmansliip, and carriage, and every thing requisite for the performance of their works ; and to do the same in a perfect and workmanlike manner; subject to the conditions in the general particular at the end hereof. '243. General Particular. The whole of the foregoing works to be entirely finished and completed on or before the day of ; and the several portions to be performed in such order of succession as to insure the final completion of the whole by that time. Each contractor to be answerable for any damages that may be done to his respective work during its progress (fire excepted), whether by the inclemency of the weather, or otherwise ; and to make all good, and to leave the same perfect at the final completion of the work. The whole of the works are to be paid for within after the completion of the contract. If the contractor or contractors shall omit to complete the work by the time specified, a deduction of 1 per cent shall be made from the amount of his or their contracts, for every week the time shall be exceeded. The whole of the materials are to be of a sound and good description, and fit for their several purposes. The works are all to be done in a substantial and work- manlike manner ; and every thing is to be performed that is necessary for completing the whole of the work in the usual and customary manner, notwithstanding any omissions that may have occurred in the foregoing particulars : and if any alteration shall be made, by the direction of the employer, it shall not vitiate or annul the con- tract ; but the value of such alterations shall be ascertained at the customary prices of the neighbourhood, by of ; whose decision between the parties shall be final. And furtlier, if any or all of the works should be performed in any way inferior to the description and intention of the particulars and drawings, or shall be deteriorated below a fair standard of good quality or sound workmanship ; the same shall also be valued by as aforesaid, and the sum deducted from the amount of the contract by the employer : the decision in this case also shall be final. And further, if, in the course of two years from the completion of the said work, there should become manifest any latent defects, resulting from imperfect or careless workmanship, or from badly burnt bricks, unseasoned timber, or other materials, the contractor shall be held to make the same good, upon receiving notice from to do so ; and in case the said contractor shall neglect or refuse to make good such defects within one calendar month from the date of such notice, to the satis- faction of the proprietor, he shall be at liberty to employ such other persons to do the same as he may think proper ; the expense of which shall be borne by the said con- tractor or contractors. The contractor or contractors to sign an agreement to perform the work according to the foregoing particulars and conditions therein ; which agree- ment shall contain such additional clauses as the solicitor to the employer shall deem requisite to secure and enforce the fulfilment of the same. Satisfactory security for the performance of the work to be given by the contractor, if required. 244. Estimate in Detail of the expense of building a cottage residence according to the annexed plans and particulars of Design XXXII. 245. Estimate of Excavator's, JFell-Diggers, and Bricklayers Work. £ s. d. One hundred and sixty-eight cubic yards of digging, filling, and ramming, for the foundations, cellar story, and drains One cesspool, dug and steened in four-inch brickwork, nine feet deep, and four feet clear in diameter One well, dug and steened in four-inch brickwork, forty-five feet deep, and four feet clear in diameter Five rods two hundred and fourteen feet of reduced brickwork in foundations below the level of the plinth (grouted; Ten rods two hundred and eleven feet of brickwork above ground, flushed solid, with flat ruled joints Two thousand and twenty-seven feet six inches, supei-ficial measure, of extra-labour in picking stocks of equal colour for the facing.... One hundred and ninety feet seven inches of gauged arches Seventy-five yards and a half of nogging flat Fifty yards of stock brick paving, laid flat in sand Fourteen yards of paving bricks, bedded and jointed in mortar Twenty-four yards of ten-inch tile paving, bedded and jointed in mortar Seventy-six yards of pebble paving, laid in sand Thirty-four feet lineal of cuttings to rakes, &c Thirty-four feet lineal of chasings cut for lead flashings, and making them good with Roman cement •