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MINING AND MINERAL PRODUCTS
Outside the Building.
Hosken, Richard, Pcnryn , Cornwall —Manufacturer.
Granite obelisk and base (two pieces), being together20 feet high, weighing about 15 tons. Exhibited to showthe quality of the Cornish granite. Taken from thequarries at Carnseu, near Penryn. Of this material agreat quantity was used in the construction of newLondon bridge.
[The granite best known as Cornish , is that obtained fromnear Penryn, which has been long and extensively usedfor various public works in England. It is obtained fromvarious localities, and several qualities are employed, thefiner kinds being very good. The whole quantity shippedat Penryn varies exceedingly in different years, amount-ing sometimes to nearly 20,000 tons, but is generally farless, often not a fourth part. The approximate valuemay be stated at about Is. 9d. per cube foot before export,and the weight is usually taken at 14 cubic feet to theton.—D. T. A.]
EASTERN END.
Monument of granite in form of a cross, cut out of asingle block, remarkably fine grained.
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Standish & Noble, Bagshot —Importers andProducers.
Cupressus funehris , or weeping cypress, 30 feet inheight, from the green-tea country, Whey chow (Hwuy-chow), in the north of China , where it is used for orna-mental planting, and in burial grounds, whence it takesits name. Live plants were first imported into thiscountry in the spring of 1849.
Pieces of polished wood from the same tree.
76 At some distance from the western extremity of thebuilding is a colossal equestrian statue of Richard Cceurde Lion, by the Baron Marochetti.
103 Legler, —, Paris.
Ornamental fountain in cast-iron bronze, with figures,statuettes, &c.
Tent, the material manufactured at the JubulporeSchool of Industry, in India , by Thugs.
The paving in the South Enclosure is laid down bythree exhibitors, Mr. Sinclair, Caithness; Messrs.Brown, Rusby, and Co. Yorkshire ; and Mr. Franklin,Ireland.
The pavement at the eastern entrance is laid by theSeyssel Asphalte Company, in their prepared asphalte.