Excerpt from The Sydney Magazine of Science and Art, 1859, Vol. 2: Containing, by Authority, the Proceedings of the Australian Horticultural and Agricultural Society, and the Philosophical Society of New South Wales The blue metsi is procured principally from the Pennant Hills. About 2 miles from the Parra matts River, and about 12 miles I believe fscm Sydney. It is found there in abundance in a conical hill, but a better description has lately been cured fi'om Melbourne, whence it is bran t as ballastin ships. The quarrying costs about se. Per ton the breaking, 5s. Per ton, the carting, 6a; the transport in boats to delivery in Sydney, 68. There are also some other expenses, which makes the cost per ton (delivered on the streets) about 21 shillings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.