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to be fitted with iron, thimbles 1/8 inch thick with close fitting tin covers.

Floors  To be of good quality, well seasoned yellow pine; joists for both floors to be 2 x 10 inch laid 18 inches from centres, with one row of cross bridging on each side of centre wall and girder: to have three (3) iron anchors 2 in x 1/2 inch iron, and four (4) feet long let in each side wall and firmly bolted with iron bolts and nuts to joists on each side. The joists thus anchored to lap over in the centre three (3) feet and to be bolted firmly together. The upper floor to be supported in the centre on a girder 8 x 10 inch running the length of the building, and to be firmly anchored with each end wall by iron anchors to be [[strikethrough]] 3 [[/strikethrough]] 2 in. x 12 in. iron and six (6) feet long bolted and nutted. The said girder to be well spliced and bolted where it is joined and rest upon two (2) neat iron columns five (5) inches in diameter with neat wooden caps making not more than three (3) lengths of timber. Floors to be laid with 1 1/4 inch mill worked yellow pine, tongued and grooved and secret nailed each joist.

Ceiling  The joists for the ceiling of the upper story to be 2 x 6 inches and laid 24 inches apart secured with three (3) iron anchors in each