The floors to be repaired and filled up as before, the brass work of locks relacquered and locks repaired.

Repair defective bell, tightening the wires, etc.

Repair the shelf in cupboard of small back room, and put new bearer and new lock to door of the cupboard.

Carefully clean the stoves in two principal bed-rooms with emery cloth and paraffin, and leave bright steel face, the ormolu ornaments to be taken off, relacquered, and refixed.

First Floor. - Drawing-rooms. - The ceilings to be carefully washed, and every crack cut out and stopped, clerecolle and distemper them; the cornice to be washed, repaired where chipped or broken, clerecolled and distempered in three tints, the enrichments in two, and a stencil pattern in two colours to be put at ceiling-line of cornice, with corners at each angle of the rooms; the ceiling flowers to be washed, cleaned out, and repaired where necessary, clerecolled, and distempered in three tints.

Strip the walls, repair them, prepare for and paper with paper of the value of 8s. per piece exclusive of hanging, in panels as directed, the panels formed by borders of the value of 6d. per yard exclusive of hanging, and hung with tinted distemper stiles returned top and bottom; put gilt enrichment on wood at wall line of cornice, and I-inch ogee gold moulding on top of skirting.

Carefully pumice down the painted work, and paint in three oils, finished in three tints to choice.

Put small gold cock bead, or other mould chosen, mitred round panels of doors and shutters, leaving a margin of 1 1/2 in. between the gilt moulding and the present painted one.

Take off the present defective knobs to lock furniture, and put new spindles of Pitt's patent, with cut glass knobs.

The brass work of locks to be relacquered as before.

The espagnolette and other bolts to windows, and the ormolu ornaments of the stoves, to be relacquered.

Clean the stoves and chimney-pieces as before.

The floors of these rooms to have extra care taken with them in filling up the open joints, and levelling down all knots or joints, so as to present a perfectly smooth surface.

Repair both bells, tighten the wires, and put new furniture to match that on door.

The knobs on shutters to be taken off and new ones provided and fixed, of cut glass, as to doors.

Provide and fix circular glass hit-and-miss ventilators in windows, as before.

Ground Floor. - Dining-room and Library. - The ceilings, cornices, and centre flowers to be prepared and finished in the same manner as drawing-room, omitting the stencilling. Strip the walls, repair them, and prepare for and paper with paper of the value of 6s. per piece exclusive of hanging.

Wash and rub down the painted dadoes of these rooms, and paint three oils, finished Turkey red, and once varnished, the skirting and capping to be finished in darker colours to choice.

Rub down the painted wood-work, and paint three oils finished in three tints.

Put three-quarter ogee gilt moulding under cornice, and on top of capping mitred at angles, and round all projections.

The floors of these rooms to be treated in the same manner as drawing-rooms.

The bells to be repaired if necessary.

The brass work relacquered.

Glass ventilators to be fixed, one to each room, similar to those before described.,

Basement. - Wash, stop, clerecolle, and distemper the ceilings throughout, and the cornice and centre flower in housekeeper's room.

Wash the paint, and rub down and touch up where necessary, and paint in three oils, finished stone colour as at present.

Wash distempered walls of kitchen, pantry, scullery, passages, etc, and twice distemper to a tint in common colours.

Strip the paper off walls of housekeeper's room, and re-paper with paper of the value of Is. 6d. per piece exclusive of hanging.

Any of the walls requiring it must be repaired before they are distempered or repapered.

Hack out all broken glass, and reglaze with glass similar to present.

Put new 5/8 brass boiler tap to range, properly fixed with red lead putty.

Take up stone paving in scullery, excavate for and lay a bed of 4 in. of concrete, composed of six of Thames or other approved ballast, and one of blue lias lime, and relay the stone paving, jointed in mortar, making good with new any broken or defective stones.

Take off worn-out bib tap in scullery, and fix new 3/4 screw-down bib.

The brass work on this floor is not to be relacquered.

Repair all defective fastenings and broken sash cords.

Repair bells.

Rehang door to spandril under stairs.

Put new 4-in. japanned barrel bolt to w.c. door, and put new 2 1/4-in. brass handles and spindles, if necessary, to locks on kitchen and scullery doors; provide and fix new 4-ft. pine plate-rack with draining-board over scullery sink, and provide new copper lid of 1-in. pine with 1-in. deal ledges screwed and slotted, and 11/2-in. handle.

Take off the lock of wine-cellar door and repair and oil it, and provide new key.

Put one dozen hooks on the kitchen dresser shelves as directed, and set those right now there, enclose the front of the pot board with I1/4-in. square framed sliding doors, with beaded fillets nailed to pot board on both sides of the doors as runners, and 1 1/2-in. brass screw knob to each door; prime, knot, stop, and paint the doors three oils, finished stone colour; the ends of dresser to be enclosed with 3/4 matched and beaded battens fixed to fillets top and bottom and painted to match doors.

Cut two openings through kitchen walls to front area and fix 9 in. by 6 in. ornamental air gratings on the face next area, and approved 14 in. by 9 in. ventilators of the value of 10s. 6a7. each, exclusive of fixing, flush with the face of wall in kitchen, 6 in. below ceiling line and 2 ft. from each side wall, make good the walls in cement on both sides; cut a similar opening in scullery in angle over copper, and fix similar grating and ventilator, and make good.

Hall and Staircase. - Wash, stop, clerecolle, and distemper the ceilings, soffits of stairs, cornices, flowers, enrichments, etc.

The cornices and centre-flowers in hall, on stairs, and to first floor landing to be finished in three tints.

Strip off the paper from walls, repair the walls, and re-paper with papers of the following prices: Dado 4 ft. (high from floor), 8s. per piece; 4-in. borders to ditto, 4d. per yard; filling in above dado, 4s. per piece; all these prices are exclusive of hanging.

Wash the paint, rub down the grained work, and paint in three oils, finished in hall and on stairs from ground to first floor in three tints, and above in two; scrape and re-polish the handrail from top to bottom.

Hack out broken glass and reglaze to match the old.

Relacquer brasswork.

The w.c.'s to be carefully examined and repaired where necessary, the pans cleaned, the brass handles relacquered, and the seats scraped and repolished.

External. - Examine and repair the defective stone coping to parapet.

Examine and wedge and point any loose lead flashings, and repair or replace any of the lead gutters, flashings, aprons, etc, found defective.

Take out any broken slates from roof, and put in new Blue Bangor Countess.

Rake out all pointing to chimneys and parapets, and point with a neat struck joint, gauging the mortar with Portland cement; make good any defective fillets to chimney-pots.

Erect proper scaffold, and rake out the joints of front brickwork, clean down the brickwork, and colour to match malm facing, and point with a white tuck joint, making good any defective pointing round frames in reveals.

Erect a scaffold to the back, clean down the brickwork, and point with a plain rule joint or bastard tuck, not colouring the bricks as to the front.

Point round the frames where necessary, and make good any damage after removal of scaffold. .

Repair or replace any broken or defective iron gutter or rain-water pipe.

Take up the broken paving in front and back areas and provide and lay new 21/2-tooled York paving in mortar, and neatly jointed with the same.

Provide a new 6-in. square bell trap, and fix in front area. Wash and paint all external work that is now painted, three coats in good oil colour, the woodwork to front entrance to be finished dark green, and to have four coats, carefully pumiced down at each coat, and twice varnished after with the best carriage varnish.

General. - Make good all damage to these premises, and to those adjoining, caused by the workmen in carrying out the foregoing works.

Clear away all rubbish, clean floors and windows, and black the stoves, throughout.