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 166 Norrawicn.—For the erection of infectious wards, Northwich. Mr. Redford, Manchester, and Mr Davyen- port,Over, near Winsford, Cheshire, architects :— Zennett .... . £990 0 0 Tomlinson. 890 0 0 Vernon & Done 878 10 0 Molyneux. 76915 0 Owen ... 759 0 0 Joynson. 755 12 0 Leicester. 750 0 O Bostock. 750 0 0 Hodkinson 745 10 6 Cardwell (accepted) .. 739 0 0 SurroLk.—For restoring Saxmundham Chureh. Mr. R. M. Phipson, F.S.A., architect :— Nave, &c, Chancel. Porch. Cornish... £1587 £350 £163 Smyth & So 1369 269 16L Luff..... 212 167 Carter 200 120 Tooley re 290 120 Grimwood (accepted) 300 106 Surrey.—For the erection of laundry, kitchen, and bakehouse machinery and fittings to the new Lambeth Workhouse, Kennington-lane, including all incidental builder's work. Messrs. R. Parris & T. W. Aldwinkle, architects :— Jeakes «. £3757 Smith.. 3300 Benham (accepted). 8217 WanpswortH.—For rebuilding All Saints’ Schools, Wandsworth. Mr. John M. K. Halm, architect. Quanti- ties supplied by Morris Evans :— Extra on Internal Brick Facing. Total. Dove Brothers ... £2475 0 £40 0 £2510 0 Easton Brothers 2195 0 15 0 2210 0 Atkinson seed Sess 20 15 0 2163 0 E. Parsons 1997 15 65 0 2052 15 West DRAYTON.—For three cottages, and addition to drying room, for Messrs. Wilkinson and Co. Mr. G. D. Martin, architect:— Fassnidge ... wees L417 Staines & Son 376 Wuitrcuurcu.—For rebuilding the Church. Mr. R. J. Withers, architect: Evans and Morgan....... £853 Thomas & Woodward. 785 Jones & Lewis 697 Evans .. 667 Davies ... 660 Hughes 660 Ashton & Green, Slate and Slab Merchants and Quarry Agents.—Shippers, Merchants, and Con- tractors furnished with Price Lists of every description of ROOFING and MANUFACTURED SLATE, Railway- rates, &c, Agents for London and Country for the Sale of the celebrated WHITLAND ABBEY GREEN SLATES. S. Columba Church, Haggerstone; Patriotic Schools, Wandsworth, Sisters’ Home, Finsbury, 8. Mary Abbott's Chureh, Kensington, are fine specimens of Wohitland Slating. Complete list of Buildingscovered with these Slates supplied. Drawings and Prices of A. & G.'s RED RIDGE TILES specially prepared for use with these Slates, on application.—Offices and Show-rooms, 14 & 16, Bury- street, St. Mary Axe, London, E.0.—[ADVT.] —__—__<_—_ CONTRACTS OPEN FOR BUILDING ESTIMATES. War DEPARTMENT, February 28.—For construct- ing barracks at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.—Colonel M. H. Synge, Royal Engineer Office, Portsmouth. BRADFORD, March 1.—For the construction of two compensation reservoirs, and other works, at Leem- ing and Leeshaw.—W. T. M. McGowen, Corporation Offices, Bradford. MACHYNLLETH, March 9.—For works connected with the Town Hall.—H. Kennedy, Architect, 8, Adam-street, Adelphi. PAIGNtToON, March 6.—For the restoration of Paignton Church.—H. G. Lidstowe, Hon. Sec., Paign- ton. WALTHAMSTOW, March 9.—For laying down 12in. drain-pipes.—W, Houghton, 15a, S. Helen’s-place, E.C. DoncasTER, March 1.—For the supply of 3,700 yards 2lin. cast-iron pipes.—W. E. Shirley, Town Clerk, Doncaster. Yrovin WATERWORKS, March 1.—For the con- struction of a covered service reservoir, a tank, and other works.—Town Clerk, Yeovil. S. Mary, Isitineron, March 1.—For paving parts of the footpaths and carriage-ways of the parish, and repairing and keeping in repair the paved footpaths and carriage-ways.—J ohn Layton, Vestry Clerk, Vestry Offices, Islington, N. S. Mary, IsuinGTon, March 1.—For the supply of broken blue Guernsey, Cliff-hill, and Inderley granite. —John Layton, Vestry Clerk, Vestry Offices, Isling- ton, N. S. Mary, IsuinGron, March 1.—For the supply of ballast, hoggin, hard core, and clean flints.—John Layton, Vestry Clerk, Vestry Offices, Islington, N. S. Mary Isurveron, March 1.—For day and jobbing works in connection with sewersand drains. —John Layton, Vestry Clerk, Vestry Offices, Isling- ton, N. NEWCASTLE-ON-TyNeE, February 26.—For the erec- tion of a hospital for sixteen patients, near the Barras Bridge.—Mr. Lamb, Property Surveyor to the Cor- poration, Newcastle-on-Tyne. THE BUILDING NEWS. BATH AND OTHER BUILDING STONES, OF BEST QUALITY. RANDELL, SAUNDERS & O0., Limited, Quarrymen and Stone Merchants. List of prices at the Quarries and Depots, also cost of transit to any part of the United Kingdom, furnished on application to BATH STONE OFFICE: CORSHAM, WILTS. a TO ARCHITECTS. GREEN ROOFING-SLATES. Assupplied to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales at Sandringham The Penmoyle Sea-green Slates are specially adapted for Churches, Public Buildings, &c., &c. (Less costly than ordinary Gothic Tiling.) These durable and non-absorbent Slates can be obtained in sizes suitable for Gothic Architecture, at prices as under. In Railway Trucks, Docks, Gloucester:— Per Equivalentto 1,200 Slates. per square. [Apvr.] Best Green SlatesI4by7... .. 217 6 ... 16s.6d Do. do. AWbyS .. we 217 6 16s. 6a Do. do, 13by7. 25 0 14s, Do. do. Dyce hee O, 13s. Do. CGO. 9 WEA DyG els eave, ee Fl Bin ane ae Prices of large Sizes, Cost of Transit, Reference Testi- monials, and Sample Specimens may be obtained on ap- plication to MESSRS. RANDELL & CO., Corsham, Wilts. Specimens at Museum of Geology, Jermyn-street, Picca- dilly, W., and at Architectural Museum, Tufton street, Westminster. ———»>—_—___. LATEST PRICES OF MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION. Lean, Pig—Foreign. . . . .perton £1810 0 £1812 6 » English W.B. .. do 2010 0 21 0 0 ay) OHO OOs ee, seus mo, 19 5 0 000 1 Otherbrands. . . do 1817 6 19 5 0 Sheet Milled. ... . do 20 5 0 000 Shot, Patent. .... do 2110 0 000 Redorminium. . .. do 22 0 0 000 Litharge, W.B.. . . . do 22.0 0 000 Withte)Drys g--ae anc 2610 0 000 » groundinoil. . do 000 000 COPPER. British—Cake &Ingot .perton £90 0 0 £96 0 0 Best Selected. . .. do 92 0 0 98 0 0 Sheet. 2.2 6+.» ‘do 94 0 0 101 0 0 Bottoms. . chains) AO) 97 00 103 0 0 Australian .... . do 92 0 °0 97 0 0 Spanish Cake .... do 88 0 0 00 0 ChiliBars,cash ... do 8210 0 8 0 0 , Refinedingot .. do 94 0 0 95 0 0 Yellow Metal .. . .perlb. 0 0 8 0 0 8 IRON. Pigin Scotland,cash .perton £314 9 £0 0 0 Welsh Bar, in London. do 10 0 0 10 5 0 “1 Wales. do 9 5 0 910 0 Staffordshire .... do 1110 0 1210 0 Rail, in Wales -% do §10 0 000 Sheets, singlein London do 1310 0 1410 0 Hoops, first quality .. do 12°10’ 0 1310 0 NailRod. 2... . do 1110 0 1210 0 Swedish ..... . do 120 0 13 00 Orns, &¢. Seal, pale » « » « «pertun £38 0 0 £0 0 0 Sperm body. SG jembeeae) “a 0 0 0 0 6 Gadi 2cusntoae aneremesenc tae 00 00 06 Whale, South Sea, pale . ae 0 0 0 0 060 Olive, Gallipoli shee: ce 210 0 00 9 Cocoanut, Cochin, tun. . = 0 0 0 0 9 Palm, fine .. . : i 3810 0 39 0 9 Iuinseed . . . « me ie 33.10 0 0 0 9 Rapeseed, Eng. pale. . . ¢ 315.0 0 0 6 Cottonseed . fon oO os 5310 0 33.15 9 TIMBER. Teak .. apis eels load £13 0 0 £14 00 Quebec, red pine... + » 315 0 415 0 "4 yellow pine. . - ” 45 0 5 0 0 Quebec oak, white .. - » 6 00 6 5 0 (ss Mbixch! ccc ae mater 315 0 5 0 0 3 elm. aGielaestie ay 410 0 500 Dantzicoak. . . . « + ” 410 0 610 0 a Arai. ose . 210 0 410 0 Memelfir. .. Sashes 4 3.5 0 400 Higa | clic ge oleae cironmmnAD 32 0 313 0 Swedish . . «<3 = a: 7, 200 210 0 Masts, Quebec red pine . s 400 610 0 » yellowpine.. . a 40 0 610 0 Oregons) 5:56am rt 72.0) <0, 9 00 Lathwood, Dantzie,fm. . fs 5 0 0 72000 ea St. Petersburg ay 9 0 0 10 0 0 Deals, per O., 12ft. by 3 by 9in., Quebec, white spruce. - ‘a 13 00 18 0 0 St. John, white spruce. 1300 140 0 Yellow pine, pr reduced O Canada, Ist quality. . . 20 0 0 22 0 0 A Qnd ido). i. 4s 4 ay 1400 15 00 Archangel, yellow . . « A 1210 0 1410 0 St. Petersburg, yellow . a 1210 0 138 5 0 Finland <P she ieee A 615 0 715 0 Memel and Dantzic. .. Ay 000 00 0 Gothenburg, yellow. . - - $10 0 11 0 0 as white . . « iy 8 0 0 92030 Gefle, yellow .... + . 1010 0 1210 0 Soderham .. .. « « a 810 0 12 0 0 Christiana, per C.,12ft. by 3 by 9in., yellow. . = iS 10 00 1210 0 Other Norway. ... - " 8 00 900 Flooring boards, pr square of lin., first yellow . « D 010 0 O11 6 First white .7. . . » » a 0 9 010 0 Second qualities . . . + *) 060 090 Fen. 23, 1872 A JOURNAL FOR EveryzopY! THE ENGLISH MECHANIO™ a AND WORLD OF ScreNCcE. Price 2d. weekly. No. 361, published Feb. 23, contains Articles on Astronomical Notes for March; The Fairlie Locomotive; Aeronautical 4 Experiments ; Sodium as an Explosive Agent; Lessons on Chemistry; Danks's Rotary Puddling Furnace; Facts and Figures on Belting and Pulleys; Maltwood'’s Finder Supplemented; Utilisation of Coal-Dust; The Irre- pressible Comet; Royal Astronomical Society; Man- ches‘er Literary and Philosophical Society; Cosmogony —The Tides—Time—Longitude—and Astronomical Odds and Euds; Optical; Chronology in Kxtremis; Problem of Fifteen School Girls: Names of Stars; New Double Stars; Testing the Soper Rifle; Gravitation; English Decimal Coinage; Jupiter's Satellites; Iodine-—To M. Paris; Potato Culture; Volcanic Mountains.—III.; Artificial Light; Power of High-Pressure Engine; Air-Pumps; _ Air-Pump.—To “ Inductorium "; Dust from Dry Grinding; Cheap Pianos; On the Mode of Propagation of Light and Sound and the Practical Bearing of the Question; The Organ Built.—V.; Stoves—Waste of Fuel; Musical- Notation; Filtering Ale; Australian Meat; Colliery Explosions and their Prevention ; Piano Alliance; Railway Steam-Brake; To Pianoforte Manufacturers in General, and to Messrs. Brinsmead, Eavestaff, Molineux, and Schucht Especially; Advantages of the Metric System; Bridges of Musical Instruments; Confectionery, Sugar Boiling, and Colourings for Confectionery; Flow of Water- —Boiler Systems ; Valencies, &c. ; Lessons on Chemistry ; Ventilating Fireplaces, &c.; Aurora Borealis; The In- utility (?) of Carbolic Acid. Twenty-six columns of Replies — and Q ueries on subjects of interest to everybody; Useful and Scientific Notes; Answers to Correspondents ; &e., &e. Price 2d., post free 23d. Published at the office of the BUILDING NEWS, 31, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, W.C. — BANERUPTS. TO SURRENDER IN LONDON, Hollis, Caleb Edward, Lombard-street, City, and Offord- road, |, Barnsbury, timber dealer, March 5, at 11.30, TO SURRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. Linnick, Charles Richard Sleeman, Devonport, builder, March 6, at East Stonehouse.—Till, Richard Francis, Widley, builder, March 4, at Portsmouth. , PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Evington and Wharram, Hull, bricklayers.—Robinson and Marshall, Darlington, builders.—George Platt and Co:, Birmingham, gas-fitting manufacturers.—W. Ward and J. Ward, Stafford, dealers in building materials.— James Cropper and Co., Windy Bank, near Newchurch, in Rossendale, brickmakers.—Almond and Norris, Boiton, — timber merchants. , as s BREAKFAST.—EPPs'S COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND COMFORT inG.—“ By a thorough knowledge of the natural law which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition — and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may | saye us many heayy doctors’ bills.’—‘Civil Service. Gazette.” Made simply with Boiling Water or Milk i Each packet is labelled—“Jawes Epps & Co,, Hom@o- pathic Chemists, London.’ Also, makers of Epps’s Milzy Cocoa (Cocoa and Condensed Milk). . COMPETITION. i, i ei HE HUDDERSFIELD SCHOOL | BOARD are prepared to receive DESIGNS for a | PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL for 500 children. Premiums of £50 for the Best, and £25 for the Second-— best, Designs will be awarded. . Designs will be received up to the 1st day of April. 1 Printed conditions and particulars may be had on ap- — plication to my OTHO GILES ABBOTT, Clerk to the Board. 27, Estate Buildings, Huddersfield, Feb. 14, 1872... wy ONDON INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1872.—SEASON TICKETS now on Sale at the Royal Albert Hall Ticket Office, and at al the principal agents, admitting from Ist May, to 30 September, 1872, : 1. To the Exhibition two hours’ before the public, 2. To ceremonies and private views. 3. To the Horticultural Gardens. 4, Toall Musical Promenades in the Gardens, exclusive of Flower Shows. ¢ 5. To Musical Recitals in the Albert Hall, in connection with the Exhibition. Fora Gentleman, £2 2s.; for a lady, or for a youth under 15 years, £1 Is. HENRY Y. D. SCOTT, Major-General, Secretary. Mofo POLYTECHNIC) A EXHIBITION, 1872. The Committee are desirous of forming, for reference in Moscow, a collection of trade catalogues or price lists of makers of machines and tools of all kinds, and of mathematical and philosophical instruments. Parties) willing to assist, are requested to send at once to the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.O. Two copies of each such catalogue or list (illustrated preferred), and the same will be forwarded to Moscow, free o! expense, P. LE NEVE FOSTER, B. POPOVE, Secretaries to the London Committee of the Moscow Exhibition. ype INSTITUTION for DISEASES of the SKIN. Physician:—Dr. BARR MEADOWS, Patients attend at 227, Gray's Inn-road, King’s-cross, om) Mondays and Thursdays, and at 10, Mitre-street, Aldgate, on Wednesdays and Fridays; mornings at 10, eve: from 6 till9. Average number of Cases under treatmen 1,000 weekly, j THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Secs f