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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23

Class 1

Class 1.

2801

Gillon, John, Hobart Town, Mason—Specimens of Building Stone from Kangaroo Point, which has been used in most of the recent public buildings in Hobart Town and Melbourne, and which, at the water's edge, can be supplied in large size and quantity at——per cube foot.

A Grindstone from same quarry.

Specimen of Hydraulic Limestone, from a spur of Mount Wellington, known as "Hall's Saddle," easily procurable in large quantity.

2802Glover, Miss E. A., Horsecroft Lovell—Surface Specimens of Grey Limestone, which has not been quarried, but is thought to be useful for monumental purposes. It occurs in large masses on the surface, within 3½ miles of a shipping port. Can be obtained in any size and quantity, and has produced good lime by burning.
2803Gowland, John, Hobart Town, Builder—Specimens of White and Brown Stone from a new quarry at Bridgewater on the Derwent, now used in Building the New Town Hall, Hobart Town, and is procurable in large quantity.
2804Hedberg, O. H., Hobart Town—A Surface Specimen of Grey Granite, which is obtainable on the coast in any quantity, and of very large size, at Port Seymour; also, Specimen of Fire Clay from Seymour.
2805Whiting, G., Hobart Town—Surface Specimen of Chudlcigh Black and White Marble, which has never been quarried, but occurs in large masses in various localities, easily accessible, and is burned in great quantity for lime about Chudleigh, near Deloraine, Tasmania.
2806Nicol, A. M., Hobart Town, Builder—One Cube of White Freestone, worked, and one rough for testing, from a new quarry at Cambridge, four miles from a shipping place. Can be supplied in any quantity, at 2s. per cubic foot, at the water side. Is being used in building the new Commercial Bank, Hobart Town. It stands well in a house erected 25 years ago at Cambridge, by G-. Stokell, Esq.
2807Chesner, F. R., Hobart Town—Two Specimens of Freestone from Woodstock Estate.