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amount brought forward $624.00
For Hardware 146.75
For Lumber 50.
For Blinds 204.
For Dressing Lumber 135.
For Plastering (material and labor) 675.
For Painting (material and labor) 450.
For Labor 1200.
Add am't due for labor this month 100. $3584.45
Deduct unexpended money $1433.37
Am't unprovided for necessary to complete building $2151.38
According to this, the School House will cost, exclusive of furniture, $615.88. This is larger than the estimate made by the architect, or originator of plan, which is due, not only to the increase of his calculations as to price of material and labor, but to imperfections in the plan and specifications. To simply prepare the building so that it would accommodate a school, Blinds and Paint could be dispensed with and the estimated cost of plastering could be reduced, by not putting on the finishing coat.
In reference to subscription of labor, it may be sufficient for me to say that the short time allowed us in which to build has not allowed us to avail our-

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