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creased demand, they might be supplied in England and France at a 

 lower price than the marbles of the country. 



For the purpose of comparing the cost of the different varieties of 

 marble, the following tables of the prices at the most important seats of 

 production, and at the city of Florence, are added : — 



PRICES OF THE PRINCIPAL VARIETIES OF MARBLES AT FLORENCE. 



Per Cubic Metre. 



Statuary, first quality, Monte Altissimo ... - £56 



„ Carrara ------ 



Marble of La Polla, first quality ------- 



Statuary veined or clouded, for architectural purposes, fur- 

 niture, &c. --------- 24 



Clear white, good quality ------ 



Ravaccione of Carrara or Seravezza - - - - 



Bardiglio, plain or veined, Seravezza - - - - 



„ flowered, Retignano, Seravezza - - - 



Portoro of Porto venere (Spezia) - - - - - 



Plain red Caldana ------- 



Red spotted, from Maremma --.__-- 

 Yellow and brocatello of Sienna ------- 



Partasanta of Maremma ------ 



Mixture (mischi) of Seravezza - 



Breccia of Rondone di Stazzemma (Seravezza) 



Breccia affricana of Seravezza - 



It must be remembered that no fixed list of prices can be given for 

 statuary, coloured or variegated qualities of a high class, as the price of 

 the individual block depends on its size, uniformity, colour, and a num- 

 ber of other circumstances which can only be determined by in- 

 spection. 



The price is generally given at per palm (palmo), Genoese measure, 

 and the rate increases more rapidly, particularly in good marbles, for 

 blocks measuring several palms. The cubic metre, mentioned in the 

 tables, is a conventional measure of 64 palms, or about 28 cubic English 

 feet ; it must not be confounded with the cubic metre of the French sys- 

 tem, which is equal to 353 cubic English feet. The ton is equal, on an 

 average, to 25 palms. 



PRICES OF THE MARBLES OF SERAVEZZA, DELIVERED AT THE WHARF 

 OF FORTE DEI MARMI. 



Ordinary white from Costa di Ceragiola, £ s. d. £ s. d. 



Solaio, &c, from 4 to 6 



Ravaccione from Trambiserra - - „ 500 ,,600 



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