SOME LOCAL STONE MARKS. 1G9 



the contents of the block in cuhic feet, 16 of whicli go to tlic ton. 

 On rare occasions a 5th mark is added to indicate the bed from 

 Avhich the block "was taken. Thus (13) would mean Whitbed, 

 (H) Basebed. 



Some of the principal (juarry owners now use marks as follows : 

 — Weston (15), Pearce (16), Barnes (17), K. Giles and Co. (18), 

 Steward and Co. (19). 



The quarry marks indicating the precise spot whence the stone 

 was taken are of course much more numerous. Each quarry is 

 worked as a rule by four men and a boy. Some of their marks 

 now, or recently in use, are these ; the name being that of the 

 foreman : — 



S. Stone, Independent Quarry (20) 



and so on. 



The capacity of the block is expressed in modified Roman 

 numerals, indicating cubic feet. A fraction less than one-half is 

 not counted. 



Thus (30) means 3 cubic feet, (31) 3i ditto, (32) 5 ditto, (33) 

 5i ditto, (34) 10 ditto, (35) lOj^ ditto, (36) 15 ditto, (37) 20 ditto, 

 (38) 40 ditto, and so on. 



All these marks, with the exception of the contents marlc and 

 block number, which are painted on by the foreman (usually in 

 red), are cut on the Ijlock with a chisel at the (piarry. The 

 measuring is done with a two or three foot rule made of a thin 

 strip of iron and marked in inches and three inches, thus (1). 



