File 21/2 'Coal Depot at Koweit' [‎113r] (224/389)

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arrears to be inadequate for the S“4aff sn.bseq’aently
sn^Piested in letter No 3849 of the 1st Jnne 1911 from
the Director, Royal Indian Marine, to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gnlf* Assuming that quarters
for the menial establishment only would be required on
Coal Derot site it seems necessary to estimate for the
following accommodation:-
1 office-room 15* x 15 f (at north end of line)*
3 Living rooms 15 f cx 15 f (each to accommodate
two lascars A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships. )
1 Cook-room 12 f x 12 1
1 Sweeper f s room 12 ? x 12 1
Foundations and plinth masonry for these quarters shouZdZ-
be of stone and Portland cement concrete and Portland
Cement mortar (not Lime). On the superstructure a
saving on the estimates should be po^^i^l© by substi
tuting stone and mud masonry for the outside walls / 2^
thick with local mud brick and mud masonry for the par-
' .1^' thick,
-tition wallsj^between rooms in rl^co the existing
specifications^ verandah pillars should be of stone
and f juss f masonry ^ the whole , inside and out to be
plastered with gauaged f juss f plaster^ floors to be
^‘uss 1 plastered 1” thick over rammed earth* The type
of roof suggested , corrugated iron sheets on steel
joists covered with mud , has proved excellent in the
case of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Dispensary premises , but instead of
3 tf mud plaster there should be 2 W mud plaster ,2 Tf dry
beaten earth, and 2 TT good^plaster on top. The section
on sheet 7 shows the roof to have d slope^both to fronZr
and rear •— one continuous slope to the rear only
should be provided so that all rain-water drains to
the rear* of the quarters*