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 82 THE BUILDING NEWS. LATEST PRICES OF MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION. LEAD, Pig—Foreign. . . - -perton £1812 6 £1815 0 » English W.B. .. do 210 0 0 69 0 », Lead Co... - do 19 5 0 00 0 ., Otherbrands. .. do 19 0 0 19 5 0 Sheet Milled... .. do 20 5 0 0 0 0 Shot, Patent. . .. . do 2110 0 00 0 ‘Redorminium. ... do 2110 0 000 Litharge, W.B..... do 00 0 07°0'*.0 Wrhhite.Dry. (nee) Udo 2610 0 000 » groundinoil. . do 000 000 COPPER. British—Cake &Ingot .perton £92 0 0 £96 0 0 Best Selected. . .-. do 94 0 0 98 0 0 Sheet". » «i do 9 0 0 101 0 0 Bottoms . abet ss (0 98 0 0 103 0 0 Australian ..... do 95 0 0 99 0 0 Spanish Cake .... do ss 0 0 00 0 Chili Bars,cash ... do sé 0. 0 89 0 0 . Refinedingot .. do 96 0 0 97 0 0 Yellow Metal . . - per Ib. 0 0 8} 0 0 8} IRON. Pigin Scotland,cash .perton £313 6 £0 00 Welsh Bar, in London . do 915 0 1 0 0 an Wales do 817 6 Deas 6: Staffordshire .... do 1110 0 1210 0 Rail,in Wales . ... do 810 0 00 0 Sheets, singlein London do 1310 0 1410 0 loops, first quality .. do 1210 0 131¢ 0 WNailkRod'.... ¢ «+ « do 1110 0 1210 0 Swedish ita fone hea tO: 12 0 0 13.00 Orns, &¢. Seal, pale . + + ss pertun £3610 0 £0 0 0 Sperm body . Rake ee 98 00 385 0 0 (Gceriien hs ieegeria) sy 3410 0 0 0 0 Whale, South Sea,pale .,, 8600 37 0 0 Olive Gallipoli 5. ss 5y 53 0 0 54 0 0 Cocoanut, Cochin, tun. . ,, 4400 4410 0 Wel Ane |. esis ay 3910 0 40 0 0 TAR GC ee ci meMe cue: ass 32°12 6. 321510 Rapeseed, Eng. pale. . . “s 44 5 0 44.10 0 Cottonseed. . 1... as 33 0 0 3415 0 TIMBER. PR GaSe cali tml tet a cel de load £1210 0 £1310 0 Quebec, redpine. .. .- * 315 0 415 0 » yellowpine. .. ” 4 5 0 415 0 Quebec oak, white .. . ~ 60 0 6 5 0 » birch Gono a 815 0 5 0 0 >» elm. seamen. x 315 0 45 0 Dantzic oak. . 2... 9 410 0 610 0 PR IW ESE Bs, Jaleo tye ake s-| igs 27 10 400 MBG GIS fy cece eye ies way 35 0 000 PRSR AME Ney cs = asuieureire ces 30 0 310 0 RAWORIS emi cmar tien tek i6 “4 2700. 210 0 Masts, Quebec red pine. aa 400 610 0 » yellowpine... * 400 610 0 ONBMOR ete topes) (et he “4 70.10 10 0 0 Lathwood, Dantzic,fm. . + 410 0 600 oe St. Petersburg _,, 8s 0 0 9210550 Deals, per C., 12ft. by 3 by 9in., Quebec, white spruce. . * 1210 0 1s 0 0 St. John, white spruce. = 12 0 0 14 0 0 Yellow pine, pr reduced C Canada, Ist quality. . . a 1810 0 21 0 0 ss 2ndido ... . ” 13.00 1410 0 Archangel, yellow .. . 4 1210 0 1410 0 St. Petersburg, yellow. As 1210 0 1310 0 Prec ee Tee ate a On kts 615 0 715 0 Memeland Dantzic. . . ,, 000 00 0 Gothenburg, yellow. . . 4, 810 0 1010 0 F RenItey Ieee teh ass 8 00 9 00 Gefle, yellow. . Signe a 1010 0 1210 0 Soderham .... .. “9 810 0 12 0 0 Christiana, per C.,12ft. by 3by 9in., yellow ... a 10 0 0 1210 0 Other Norway. .... 4 700 8 0 0 Flooring boards, pr square of lin., first yellow. . cy 010 0 O11 6 DPIPRt WUE ss ee ne a 08 6 0 9'°°6 Second qualities... . 4, 06 0 08 6 —_——_————_—_——. BANKRUPTS. TO SURRENDER IN LONDON. Thomas Quinn, Great S. Helen's, City, merchant, Forest- hill, builder, and now of Addlestone, February 6, at 11. TO SURRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. Edwin John Makin, Darnall, slate merchant, February 8, at Sheffield. SITTING FOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION. February 20, H. Benthall, Norfolk-street, quarrier and stone merchant. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION, John Somerville, Glasgow, contractor and _ builder, January 31, at 12, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Rope & Stanford, Hadleigh, Suffolk, engineers.—Taylor & Biltcliff, Sheffield, builders.—Powis, James, & Co., Vine- street, Lambeth, mechanical engineers.—Martyn, Pearse, & Co., Southampton-street, Strand, tile merchants and Strand, factors.—J. & J. A. Hughes, New North-road, Islington, builders. — William Robertson & Co., Holland-street, Blackfriars, glass and lead merchants.—Catchpool & Thompson, Colchester, ironfounders.—Sax & Zimdars, Red Lion-square, Holborn, pneumatic engineers.—F. A. & A. P. Hutchison, Paul’s Wharf, Upper Thames-street, ironfounders.— Gane & Bennett, Bath, masons and builders, ——~>—_—_—_- BREAKFAST.—Eprps's COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMFORT- InG.—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by « careful application of the flne properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills.'’—‘ Civil Service Gazette.’ Made simply with Boiling Water or Milk Each packet is labelled—“James Epps & Co,, Hommo- pathic Chemists, London.” Also, makers of Epps’s Milxy Cocoa (Coco aud Condensed Milk), | BUILDING LAND. oo DRIVER beg to inform the public that they have some exceedingly eligible BUILDING LAND TO BE LET ON BUILDING LEASE, and SOLD in the following Districts :— KEW.—Cumberland Estate, close to the Station and Kew Gardens. Roads made. CAMBER WELL.—At the rear of the Camberwell New- road Station. EALING.—Adjoining the New Station. Castle Hill Park Estate. Seventy-five acres, in Plots. RICHMOND.—Lansdowne House Estate, frontage on Richmond-hill, the Lower-road, and abutting on the Thames BETCHWORTH.—Undulated and well-timbered. able for superior residences. LEYTONSTONE.—Thirty acres, close to the Station. Roads and Sewers made. BOW.—Suitable for small Houses. TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—The Culyerden Estate, adjoin- ing the Town. TOTTENHAM. — West Green-lane, thereto, and the high-road. About forty acres. DITTO.—Hanger-lane. Three acres. Good frontage. NORTH SHIELDS.—Valuable Building Sites surround- ing the Town. For further particulars and terms, apply to Messrs. DRIVER, Surveyors, Land Agents, and Auctioneers, 4, Whitehall, London, 8.W. pC TERING. LAND TO BE LET. WEST HAM, ESSEX, close to the Stratford ana Stratford Bridge stations of the G. IE. Railway, suitable for small property; also some very advantageous front- ages with wharfage, or will be sold in plots to suit pur- chasers. Advances made. SYDENHAM, KIRKDALE NURSERY, close to station, and adjoining the church. Gentlemen wishing to erect premises for their own occupation will find this a good opportunity. Apply to Beeston, Son, and Brereton, Architects and Surveyors, 27, Grosvenor Mansions, Victoria-street, West- minster. HO = BUILDERS.—FREEHOLD LAND in the delightful village of Carshalton, to be LET on lease for houses of from £40 to £60 rental. The land is close to railway station, 200ft. in depth, well drained, and fronting high road. Lease 99 years. Good pepper- corn. Houses of the above rental are sure to let.—Apply to J. Baines, Carshalton. UILDING LAND in the CITY.—To be LET on BUILDING LEASE, in one or more lots, a valuable Plot of Ground, haying a frontage to S. Mary Axe of 66ft., to Camomile-street of 40ft., and containing about 7,350ft. superficial. For plans and particulars apply to T. G. Kensit, Esq., Skinners’ Hall, Dowgate-hill, E.C.; or to W. E. H. Burnell, 32, Bedford- row, W.C. ape INVESTORS, TRUSTEES, and OTHERS.—EASTCHEAP, in the heart of the Colonial Market. To be LET on LEASE or SOLD, a mag- nificent site most admirably situated for the erection of a noble pile of buildings, suitable for the business of a Colonial or Dry Goods Merchant. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Edwin Fox & Bousfleld, No. 24, Gresham- street, Bank, B.C. (855.) ™ UILDING LAND FOR SALE, free of Tithe and Land ‘Tax, situate at Barnet, Dulwich, Leytonstone, Highbury, Tooting, and Wandsworth, Nine- tenths of the purchase money may remain on mortgage or contract at 5 per cent., to be paid in nine years by equal half-yearly instalments; but the whole or any part of the balance may be paid off at any time without notice.— Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained ten days before the sale at the principal inns in the neighbour- hood; of the foreman on the estate; of T. B. Yule, High- street, Acton; of Messrs. Russell, Davies, & Russell, 59, Coleman-street, London, E.C.; of the Auctioneer, 14, Moorgate-street, London, E.C.; and at the place of sale. UILDING LAND. to be LET, or FREE- HOLD SOLD, a few miles from the Marble Arch, adapted for detached villas, with stables, or for small houses. Terms moderate, and adyances probable.— Messrs. Powell, Estate Agents, 17, Bayswater-terrace, Laneaster-gate, W. UILDING LAND.—CHISWICK GLEBE.— Within a few minutes’ walk of the Turn- ham-Green Station. Plots with 18ft. {rontage, and 80 and 100ft. in depth, for the erection of £300, £250, and £200 houses, to be let on terms of $9 years with 2 years’ pepper- corn.—Apply to Richard and W. B. Smith, Solicitors, 7, New-square, Lincoln’s Inn. N.B.—Houses are in great demand in the neighbourhood, and let readily as soon as built. AMBERWELL. — Three CARKCASES for SALE, and one HOUSE nearly completed. A great vargain to an immediate purchaser; situated in the best parts of this neighbourhood; a portion of the money can remain at 5 per cent. Low ground rent.—W. Adams Murphy, Architect and Surveyor, 47, Church-street, Cam- berwell. Letters enclose stamp. RCHITECT’S AND SURVEYOR’S L PRACTICE.—To be DISPOSED OF, the Practice of a first-class Architect and Surveyor’s BUSINESS in the Midland Counties. The different Contracts yet to com- mence will repay a portion of the purchase-money, and a gentleman of good business habits, and who can com- mand about £2,000, will find the above a first-class invest- ment. Satisfactory reasons will be given as to the retire- ment of the present owner; and for further particulars apply to S. Birbeck, Architectural Bookseller, 26, Lower Pershore-street, Birmingham. Suit- with frontage AUTION.—Mr. LIPSCOMBE’S SELF- CLEANING CHARCOAL CISTERN FILTER, an immense improvement, three times more efficient, seven times more durable, than other Cistern Filters; above 2,000 in use; rented in London if preferred. Preventa i in engine boilers. Prospectus free—TEMPLE- BAR. NIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. — ARCHITECTURE. * PROFESSOR HAYTER LEWIS will commence the Lectures of the Second Term on Tuesday, 6th February. The Lectures on ‘Fine Art’ will be delivered at 6 p.m., and those on “Construction” at 7.5 p.m., each Tuesday. The Lectures on “Vine Art” will commence with a description of the general arrangements of Ecclesiastical Structures from the earliest period to the Sixteenth Century. Those on “ Construction” will comprise the subject of Quarries, Masonry, Lron, Timber, &c. Further information may be obtained on application to John Robson, Esq., B.A., Secretary to the College, Gower- street, W.C. January 24th, 1872. FIRST-CLASS MEDALS TO MAW AND CO., EXHIBI- TION OF 1862; DUBLIN, 1865: AND OPORTO. MPERISHABLE TESSELATED PAVEMENTS, combining a highly decorative and economical substitute for ordinary floors, and their perish- able coverings. MAW and Co.'s pattern-book, the work of the first designers of the day, forwarded together with special designs and estimates for every kind of floor and wall tiling. Specimens may be seen also at Maw and Co.'s Man- chester Agents, T. DALE and SON, 50, John Dalton- street; and London Agents, W. B. SIMPSON and SONS, 456, West Strand. Liverpool Agents—RUTTER, POWELL, and Co., 10, St. George's crescent. BENTHALL WORKS, BROSELEY. HE WARDOUR (CHILMARK) AND TISBURY STONE QUARRIES, WILTS.—These — Quarries produce stone of the Portland and Purbeck series of the upper Oolite, suitable for all kinds of Build- ing purposes, Carving, &c. Price of block, sawn stone, or worked complete on application to T. P. LILLY, Gilling- ham, Dorset. OOD AND STONE CARVING.— R. A. BRANGAN, ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTOR AND MOpELLER. Estimates furnished to the Trade for Carry- ing out of Wood and Stone Carving in every style. High Class Testimonials. Country Orders promptly attended to, 54, FOLEY STREET, PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON. TO IRONMONGERS AND THE TRADE GENERALLY. HULETT AND CO., MANUFAC- e TURERS OF GAS CHANDELIERS, HALL LANTERNS, GLASS LUSTRES, &., &e. A large assort- ment of the newest designs always on show; every article marked in plain figures. Patentees and Manufacturers of the Mercurial Gas Regulator. Complete Pattern-book and Price-list, 12s. Nos. 55 and 56, HIGH HOLBORN. ATHES.—The Cheapest House for good Lathes, with planed iron beds, iron standards, &e., the friction parts of hardened steel, is NEILSON'S, 19, Denmark-street, Soho, London, makers of every description of tools and apparatus for amateurs and mechanics. Inventions worked out, Llustrated price list three stamps. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1870. Silver Medal (only prize for Lathes) awarded for excellence of workmanship. INFORD’S IMPROVED CIRCULAR SAW BENCHES, with planed tops, for 30in. saw, £9 10s.; for 36in., £15.—Mansfield Wharf, Belgrave-road, Leicester. WANTED. Advertisements for ‘Situations Wanted” are inserted im” the ‘*BuILDING News” at a charge of One Shilling for the first Twenty-four Words. Vy ANTeD, A SALESMAN in a Church Furniture Warehouse. Must be a good Draughts- man, and well up in Gothic Details. One accustomed to Designing Fittings and Furniture preferred. — Address, with reference, and stating salary expected, S., care of Mr. B. Wheeler, Market-street, Manchester. V ANTED IMMEDIATELY, one or two experienced WOOD CARVERS.— Apply to Samuel Barfield, architectural seulptor, office, 6, Friar- lane, Leicester. ANTED, an ASSISTANTSURVEYOR, One experienced in Specifleations and Dilapida- tions preferred—Apply, R. B., care of Mr. Horncastle, stationer, High-street, Stoke Newington. Se ee ANTED, by a Good Draughtsman, an ENGAGEMENT in Town or Country. Can prepare both working and detail drawings, make surveys of pre- mises and land, also finish drawings of same ; and is well up in the usual office routine, Good references.—Address, K. Fitt, A.A., Oak Villa, Queen’s-road, Barking, E, O LAND AGENTS and SURVEYORS, or FARM ARCHITECTS.—Advertiser, aged 21, who is thoroughly experienced and trustworthy, and can be highly recommended, desires an ENGAGEMENT. Good surveyor, draughtsman, and accountant, and com-~- petent to design and superintend erection of farm buildings, repairs, &c. Salary required, 308. a week.— Address, Surveyor, care of Mr. G.‘Street, 30, Cornhill, London, E.C. 1O ARCHITECTS.—An Assistant is open to an ENGAGEMENT in Town or Country. Salary moderate. Highest reference—Address, J.A., General Post-office, Liverpool. See NO eee ee oe ANTED, by a Respectable Young Man, a SITUATION as PLUMBER.—Address, X. L., 18, Stainsby-street, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea.