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 PAROCHIAL COUNTRY SCHOOLS. 745 the charity school, in y conformably to the drawings made and to be made for that purpose, and agreeably to this description ; and under the direction and to the satisfaction of the said committee or their surveyor. 1579. The Contractor to find all and every kind of material, labour, workmanship, scaffolding, carriage, &e., necessary, proper, and requisite for the due execution of all and every part of the works ; and no alterations that may be made in any part thereof shall set aside the contract, but shall be added to or deducted from the contract, as the case may be ; and the said additions or deductions shall be measured and valued, in proportion to £ per rod, for the best stock brickwork ; per foot cube, for the best Memel fir timber, framed and fixed in the building ; and per foot superficial, for l^-inch deal, wrought both sides, and fixed. 1580. The whole of the works must be executed with the best materials of their respec- tive kinds, and in the most substantial and workmanlike manner, and the rooms, &c., scoured and cleaned down, the chimneys cored (the sweep sent up them, to clear out pieces of mortar, &c., left in building), the windows cleaned, and the whole building left perfect and complete. The contractor to pay the district surveyor his fees, and all fees and expenses on entering the sewer (if within the operation of the Metropolitan Building Act, but not the expense of building the sewer), and fees for laying on water, &c. 1581. Digger. Dig, wheel away to a distance of fifty yards on an average, spread and level, as may be required, the ground from the whole surface to be covered by the school building, and yards for it and for the privies, the depth of 2 feet ; and dig out and wheel away the ground for the footings to the several walls, privies, &c., of the buildings, and for the garden fence walls, privies, drains, and cesspools, and to an extra-depth for the kitchen, and for the foundation of steps, &c. ; and cart away all ground not required to fill up the ditches, &c. Prepare, level, and ram the ground, provide and lay good gravel at least 6 inches thick, well beaten and rolled over the whole surface of both yards, with a fall for surface water as to be directed. 1582. Slater. Cover the roof of the building with strong duchess slates of the best quality, laid with 2 and a half lap, strong copper nails, and continued eaves (the first row of slates laid all along touching one another : in general the first row only breaks joint with the row over it). 1583. Bricklayer. Build the walls of the several dimensions and thicknesses, and with proper footings, as set forth and described in the plans, sections, &c., with good, sound, hard, well burnt, stock bricks and mortar, composed of well burnt fresh Dorking lime, and sharp dry seasoned road grit under gi-ound, and with Thames sand to the parts above ground, mixed in the proportion of at least one part of lime to two parts of sand ; and work all the walls above the ground on both sides in a neat flat joint, jointed, except to the committee-room and master's residence. Face the pilasters, arches, plinths, tablets, chinmey-shaft, &c., with the best coloured second marl bricks, picked square, and cut and rub all the closers for the pilasters, &c. ; face the whole of the remainder of the external work with the best coloured Cowley stock bricks, picked care- fully for that purpose ; but rub and set in putty all the gauged arches to the doors and windows with the best picked marl bricks. Properly bed all the bricks, rub them well 4q