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Sink with hot and cold water cocks, bell-trap, &c. 610 415 3 10 2 10 Well pump 4 10 ... 3 10 2 10 20 ... ... ... ...

Soft water forcing-pump ... ... ... ... 6 10 4 10 3 10 2 10 Washing copper or iron boiler, with furnace grate, set complete ... ... ... ... ... 4 10 2 15 110 10 Plate rack 210 20 110 10 ... ... ... ... ... 33. THE KNIFE AND SHOE HOUSE is a small back office in which boots and shoes are cleaned; and, where a rotary knife-cleaner is not used, a knife-board is fixed for cleaning knives with brick-dust. In most houses, even where the knife-cleaner is used, such a board is wanted in addition, for the purpose of cleaning common kitchen knives when they are stained with vinegar, &c., or for taking out accidental deep stains in the best knives. The cost of this board is only a few shillings, say 5s. to 6s. 34. A DUST-HOLE is also required in all houses to receive the dust and ashes from the house; and in those families where economy is studied, provision is made for the proper sifting or "riddling" of these ashes, by which the cinders are reserved for future use. The circular sieve, with a wire bottom, is a very rude instrument for this purpose; and as, in using it, the housemaid must necessarily be covered with dust, the consequence is, that the ashes are very commonly put away without undergoing this necessary operation. Next to this in utility comes the large and simple riddling machine, which is merely a wooden framed covering to the dust-hole, but having a wire bottom and a handle, by which it may be shaken, while the housemaid stands at a distance. Here, again, however, she is somewhat incommoded, but not so much so as with the hand-sifter. Mr. Kent, the inventor of the rotary knife-cleaner, has patented a CINDER SIFTER also on the rotary principle, which does away with all the housemaid's objections; and, what is still better, compels the adoption of the process, because by no other means can the ashes be placed in the dust-hole. Its operation is thus most certain and effective. The unsifted cinders are thrown into the upper part of the machine; a few turns of the handle separate the ashes from the cinders in the most perfect manner, without the least dust or dirt escaping from the sifter; the refuse falls into a moveable box, and the cinders are actually deposited in the coalscuttle without the possibility of loss, or mixing with the ashes. It is sold at 329, Strand. In houses limited for yard room, this machine is of great service in preventing dust and smell, whilst the whole box